{"id":10870,"date":"2018-12-08T11:36:49","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T11:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prodrun.com\/erp\/?p=10870"},"modified":"2018-12-08T11:38:54","modified_gmt":"2018-12-08T11:38:54","slug":"what-is-the-best-way-to-start-digital-transformation-for-smes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prodrun.com\/erp\/what-is-the-best-way-to-start-digital-transformation-for-smes\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Best Way to Start Digital Transformation for SMEs?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"font-size:16px;\">\nDigital transformation (DT) is dominating the manufacturing business nowadays with the requirement of\u00a0competitive cost, quality and traceability that are the traditional fundamental capabilities needed of any manufacturer or supplier. Without DT, main enterprise actions like determining causes of manufacturing defects,\u00a0improving sales and market share,\u00a0reducing any type of costs are difficult to be implemented in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10871\" src=\"https:\/\/prodrun.com\/erp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/erp-300x122.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Manufacturers have tons of options to start their transformation on core processes. They may start it with a little step or some big step. For example, ERP softwares are out there that can be considered as\u00a0indispensable for SMEs. If we think about the cost first, most manufacturers have to look at\u00a0<strong>cloud solutions<\/strong>\u00a0for their technology platform choice, including platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-10872\" src=\"https:\/\/prodrun.com\/erp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/cloud-erp-300x110.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"110\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Small and medium-sized firms to start or switch to cloud software is always a simpler implementation than local ones with on-premise server. Because on-premises software always requires hardware, IT personnel, maintenance, customization for manufacturers. Ongoing costs like bug-fixes, updates, performance tuning, network and security settings can also be considered.\u00a0The biggest factor for small and medium-sized manufacturers to choose a cloud solution is to eliminate these costs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-10873\" src=\"https:\/\/prodrun.com\/erp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/future_start-300x139.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"139\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A cloud based ERP system would be best option to start manufacturers\u2019 transformation on core processes. If it implemented properly, ERP system can increase productivity, decrease costs and improve the traceability capability of enterprises. By choosing the right ERP software for improving your business, an organization is well on its way to continuous digital transformational change. Our cloud software\u00a0<strong>Prodrun<\/strong>\u00a0is a key to keep in your mind during Cloud ERP selection to start your digital transformation initiative. Contact us or\u00a0start demo for further insight!\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digital transformation (DT) is dominating the manufacturing business nowadays with the requirement of\u00a0competitive cost, quality and traceability that are the traditional fundamental capabilities needed of any manufacturer or supplier. Without DT, main enterprise actions like determining causes of manufacturing defects,\u00a0improving sales and market share,\u00a0reducing any type of costs are difficult to be implemented in small&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10875,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[109,98],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prodrun.com\/erp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10870"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prodrun.com\/erp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prodrun.com\/erp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prodrun.com\/erp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prodrun.com\/erp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10870"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prodrun.com\/erp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10874,"href":"https:\/\/prodrun.com\/erp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10870\/revisions\/10874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prodrun.com\/erp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prodrun.com\/erp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prodrun.com\/erp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prodrun.com\/erp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}