Microsoft details ERP strategy
eWeek | at | by Mike
Microsoft Business Solutions announced today some detail regarding its enterprise resource planning strategy. Based on the company's concept of "Integration Innovation," Microsoft has identified five themes, or development pillars, as central to the suites' respective development efforts: Best Total Cost of Ownership; Adaptive Processes; Empowered Users; Connected Businesses; and Insightful.
Microsoft said it has worked with customers to define and hone the pillar requirements and pointed to a beta program with Stulz-ATS as an example. The program apparently defined better user interface functionality to be included in Great Plains 8.0, expected in June, which falls under the Empowered Users category.