The real-world benefits of moving ERP to the cloud

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The current global disruption of COVID-19 means companies in many industries are reassessing their relationships with remote working and on-premises software. Thankfully, the burden of sudden location changes and access issues are effectively eased by cloud-based solutions. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications stand to benefit from the advantages of the cloud and SaaS as much as any other enterprise workflow. Boosts to scalability, continuity, security, manageability, capacity to innovate and cost benefits are among the much-touted gains up for grabs. However, the back-office has lagged behind other lines of business in moving to the cloud.