Why ERP vendors support digital manufacturing | PLUS: The rewards of moving to S/4HANA Cloud, the risks of a multivendor ERP strategy, and more

Business Applications Digest A roundup of business applications content from TechTarget's network | July 4, 2017 FEATURED STORY ERP vendors doing more to support digital manufacturing technologies By Linda Rosencrance Efforts by SAP, Oracle, Infor and Epicor vary widely in their comprehensiveness and depth, as do their philosophies about whether to develop a separate digital manufacturing platform. Here's what you should know. (SearchManufacturingERP.com) Advertisement NEWS   Integration key in the postmodern ERP era With businesses under pressure to operate more efficiently, the finance department must provide better insight. Here's what that means in terms of ERP-related technology. (SearchFinancialApplications.com)   Move to S/4HANA Cloud boosts security, performance Emplay, an SAP Startup Focus partner, moved its Sales GPS app to SAP S/4HANA Cloud and saw improvements in performance, scalability, security and advanced analytics. (SearchSAP.com)   The risks and rewards of a multivendor ERP strategy As old-school mega ERP implementations increasingly fall out of favor, companies are now picking and choosing software. Here are some of the issues that these choices create. (SearchFinancialApplications.com)   The essential guide to supply chain management Our guide to supply chain management can help companies cut through the confusion about the best ways to achieve goals, such as how to create supply chain alignment. (SearchManufacturingERP.com) EXPERT ADVICE   Will Employee Central Payroll cover a global workforce? Combining Employee Central Payroll with multi-country payroll outsourcing is often the best way to cover workforces of widely varying sizes across the globe. (SearchSAP.com)   Take control of your Oracle contracts You don't have to be afraid of Oracle, and you don't have to be pushed by Oracle into spending money that is best used elsewhere by your company. Here's what to know. (SearchOracle.com) About This E-Newsletter This e-newsletter is published by the TechTarget network. To unsubscribe from Business Applications Digest, click here. Please note, this will not affect any other subscriptions you have signed up for. TechTarget Enterprise Applications Media Group, 275 Grove Street, Newton, MA 02466. Contact: webmaster@techtarget.com Copyright 2017 TechTarget. All rights reserved.