Bristol, UK, November 23 2011, UNIT4, the world’s leading provider of business software for Businesses Living IN Change (BLINC™), today announced further findings of a new international research project undertaken by Technology Evaluation Centers (TEC) which surveyed 307 senior managers from a range of industries about their ERP and enterprise applications’ ability to support business change.
One of the key findings was that 55 percent of mid-market companies (with 100-1000 FTE) said they cannot make data and business process changes to their ERP software without bringing in external consultants which costs time and money. A similar survey conducted by analyst firm IDC at the end of 2009, showed substantial business disruption occurs to non-Agresso ERP solutions when any significant changes are required.
“The situation has not improved,” said Ton Dobbe, VP Product Management, UNIT4. “A survey by CFO Research conducted around the same time as the IDC study showed that users of traditional ERP systems required more than twice as much help from IT professionals to make changes, whereas Agresso Business World is designed to accommodate change easily without costly consultants and code-level programming. But it is not only about the time and the resources, to the contrary: The longer it takes to make a business system (ERP, Finance) change – the greater the disruptive impact to the organisation – and this incurs millions and millions in hidden cost i.e. losses. ERP is the backbone of many organisations and where they struggle to adapt their systems to changes in the business, they will be over-spending, and not only on IT resource, without ever really meeting business requirements.”
An infographic illustrating these survey results is available to download
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About UNIT4
UNIT4 is a global business software and services company aimed at helping dynamic public sector, and commercial services organisations to embrace change simply, quickly and cost effectively in a market sector it calls 'Businesses Living IN Change' (BLINC)™. The Group incorporates a number of the world’s leading change embracing software brands including Agresso Business World, our flagship ERP suite for mid-sized services intensive organisations and Coda, our best-of-class financial management software.
In the UK we focus strongly on the public sector, where we are the leading provider of ERP systems to local government and post 16 education organisations, as well as having a considerable presence in the emergency services and health sectors. We also focus strongly on professional services organisations and a range of commercial sectors including Financial Services, Retail and Media and Publishing. Overall we aim to be the UK’s foremost business software company, providing solutions that transform the delivery of public services and comprehensively support commercial organisations in their ability to adapt and prosper in rapidly changing environments.
With operations in 17 European countries, as well as 7 countries across North America, Asia Pacific and Africa and sales activities in several other countries, its revenue was €421.7 million in 2010. UNIT4 is headquartered in Sliedrecht, the Netherlands and has over 4,000 employees. It is listed on Euronext Amsterdam and is included in the Amsterdam Midcap Index (AMX). For more information on UNIT4 or any of its operating companies, please visit the website at www.unit4.com, follow us on Twitter @UNIT4_UK
