New operation mode of modern enterprise: Cloud computing ERP

ERP is the abbreviation of Enterprise Resource calculates (Enterprise resource plan), is an American IT company in the 90 's of the last century according to then computer information, it technology development and Enterprise to supply chain management demand, Forecast in the future Information Age Enterprise Management Information system development trend and impending change, and put forward this concept. ERP is an integrated enterprise management software for material resource Management (logistics), human resource management (flow), financial resource management (wealth flow), information resource management (flow). It will include a customer/service architecture, using a graphical user interface, and applying an open system fabrication. In addition to the existing standard features, it includes other features such as quality, process management, and adjustment reports. The

ERP system integrates information technology and advanced management ideas into a modern enterprise's operating mode, reflecting the requirements of the Times for enterprises to allocate resources rationally and to create social wealth to the maximum, and to become the cornerstone of the enterprise's survival and development in the information age. However, because the ERP system is not a simple application software, enterprises often need a period of time to modify, adapt, to better integrate into the day-to-day operation of the business, which requires a long period of time, so most of the ERP system still needs the user individual ERP system installation and maintenance implementation. This not only increases the IT cost of investment, will also make the ERP system extension blocked.

In this case, cloud computing ERP is increasingly popular with businesses. Cloud computing ERP allows users to use, at any time to expand, users do not need to pay the software license fees, only to pay the server, network and other rental costs. For users, cloud computing ERP has increased the user's freedom of use, so that open source ERP in the Internet era has a more practical significance. Specifically, the cloud computing model brings the following advantages to the development of ERP systems:

1) shielding the underlying environment. For the ERP system service provider and the end user, most of the underlying hardware environment, software environment is provided by the cloud computing service provider, and the software service provider only needs to pay the service cost, does not need to worry about the hardware expansion and maintenance, reduces the hardware input cost.

2) guarantee the rights of both parties. The cloud computing model avoids the problem of piracy in the ERP system. Through to the system design, may increase the interactive Exchange platform, facilitates the ERP system service provider according to the user the demand maintenance, the promotion own product, more efficiently provides the service for the user. At the same time, due to cost reduction, ERP system service providers can also through the free open system, only charge service fees, break the traditional business philosophy.

3) is more secure and reliable. Because cloud computing service providers have a large cloud (computing resources) support, even if some of the cloud fails, it will not affect the global, and will not cause users to use resources. In addition, professional cloud computing provider due to long-term engaged in the relevant resources of the dimensionProtect the work, accumulated a lot of experience, in the security aspect will be more professional, reduce the security problems to the user's loss.

4 for depth analysis. The advantage of cloud computing is to deal with the data and information of the sea marrow. Through the in-depth analysis and excavation of the Open data resources of different users, we can provide more extensive service for users. This should be the cloud computing is completely different from the current ERP model of a creative point, this advantage of the reasonable use of the service providers will bring unlimited opportunities to bring unexpected gains to users.

Of course, under the current architecture, the ERP system's cloud computing model also has some deficiencies:

1. reliance on communication facilities. The current model mainly relies on the communication network, once the network has a large area of failure, the system will not work properly.

2 guarantee the privacy of the user data. ERP systems generally involve a large amount of data and business secrets that operate within an enterprise. How to protect the core confidential privacy of the enterprise is a very challenging topic for the development of cloud computing model. Involves the system, the legal safeguard, the model security design and so on many factors.

Because ERP system and cloud computing mode are all in the development stage, especially the cloud computing mode is still in the most elementary stage now. Although some service providers have noticed the potential of ERP systems under the cloud computing model, they begin to provide related services, but are still in the exploratory stage. Therefore, the ERP cloud computing model needs a fairly long development and improvement process.

(Responsible editor: The good of the Legacy)