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help needed in research
Topics | Author | Date |  | | | Hammad | 19.08.06 | | CS Teoh | 26.09.06 | | Dan Desjardins | 27.09.06 |
help needed in research | | |  | Replies | | | | Author: | | Hammad (---.range86-132.btcentralplus.com) | | | Date: | | 19.08.06 | |
Following is the questionnaire that I have developed to evaluate my research on ERP and Application Service Providers.The question is whether it is feasible to host ERP software as an ASP service.PLease reply as soon as possible.Thanks for your co-operation.You can complete and email me at hammadafridi@yahoo.com.
Questionnaire
The purpose of this questionnaire is to collect information in order to evaluate ERP service as a hosted application on the internet; your answers will be strictly confidential.
Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey.
1. Please state your base country:
USA
UK
Australia
Germany
Canada
China
India
France
Japan
Other Please specify:______________
2. Please state your industry type:
ASP
Software expert/consultant
ERP vendor
ASP platform vendor
End user
3. Please specify the name of your organization:
_______________________________________________
4. Please describe the size of your organization:
Large
Medium
Small
5. Do you currently supply or receive ERP ASP services?
Receive
Supply
Plan to receive
Plan to supply
Non of the above
6. In general, do you think that implementing ERP as an hosted application on the internet is a good idea?
Yes
No
7. In what ways do you think an ERP as an ASP service will benefit:
(a) the user
Cost savings
Reduced cost of ownership
Ease of maintenance
Flexibility
Other Please specify: ______________
(b) The ASP company
costs
flexibility
ease of support
expand to new markets
other Please specify: ______________
8. What ERP modules are most suitable for implemented as an ASP service?
Financials
Operations and logistics
Production and manufacturing
Human resources
Sales and distribution
Research and development
Other
Please specify: ______________
9a. Do you think that your company will be happy to disclose important data to the third party i.e. ASP (Please give this reply if you are user of ERP software)
Yes
No
9b. What are the main technical problems you foresee in an ERP as ASP service scenario?
Integration with existing systems
Integration with other applications (i.e. Internet/Web based portals)
Integration with new business software (i.e. SCM, CRM, e-commerce applications,etc)
Customization
Security
Other, Please specify: ______________
10. Please specify, which of the following ASP components do you think might not scale to your ERP requirements when used as a service?
hardware requirement
software requirement
network requirement
data storage requirement
11. If you are using ERP as a service do you think that you will need customization in ERP or would you be happy to use your business processes according to the ERP implementation. Please give your opinion:
________________________________________________________
12. Which of the following pricing model do you think is suitable for ERP as a service?
Flat/flat
Flat/Tiered
Variable/Tiered
Per Click
13. Do you think that ASP Application Aggregators (AAA) model of ASP is suitable for ERP service, (AAAs is a model in which there is one interface and on the back end there are more than one software providers.)
Yes
No |
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Re: help needed in research | | | | Replies | | | | Author: | | CS Teoh (---.net.my) | | | Date: | | 26.09.06 | |
1. Please state your base country:
Malaysia
2. Please state your industry type:
Software expert/consultant
3. Please specify the name of your organization:
Agathae Business Solutions
4. Please describe the size of your organization:
Small
5. Do you currently supply or receive ERP ASP services?
Non of the above
6. In general, do you think that implementing ERP as an hosted application on the internet is a good idea?
Yes
7. In what ways do you think an ERP as an ASP service will benefit:
(a) the user
Cost savings
Reduced cost of ownership
Other Please specify: reduces ERP related distractions from the main business
(b) The ASP company
costs
ease of support
other Please specify: creates vertical & horizontal market opportunities
8. What ERP modules are most suitable for implemented as an ASP service?
Financials
Operations and logistics
Production and manufacturing
Human resources
Sales and distribution
Research and development
9b. What are the main technical problems you foresee in an ERP as ASP service scenario?
Customization
Security
Other, Please specify: in developing countries, the bandwidth, last mile and costs barriers related to connectivity
10. Please specify, which of the following ASP components do you think might not scale to your ERP requirements when used as a service?
network requirement
11. If you are using ERP as a service do you think that you will need customization in ERP or would you be happy to use your business processes according to the ERP implementation. Please give your opinion:
I'd use the ERP's processes but subject to the 90:10 rule for fit:gap. Unavoidable customizations, ideally would also be part of the ASP service, but if that is not feasible, can be run as a satellite process, locally.
12. Which of the following pricing model do you think is suitable for ERP as a service?
Flat/flat
Flat/Tiered
13. Do you think that ASP Application Aggregators (AAA) model of ASP is suitable for ERP service, (AAAs is a model in which there is one interface and on the back end there are more than one software providers.)
No |
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Re: help needed in research | | | | Replies | | | | Author: | | Dan Desjardins (---.sympatico.ca) | | | Date: | | 27.09.06 | |
ERP/CRM specialist.
With more than 8000 customers, NetSuite is the #1 online ERP/CRM solution.
http://www.dciscg.com/index_eng.html |
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