ERP provider NetSuite has introduced
NetSuite for Manufacturers to take advantage of
SAP's delay in fully launching its on-demand Business ByDesign
ERP platform.
NetSuite's alternative on-demand offering is aimed at "light"
manufacturers like apparel and electronics companies, with NetSuite
specifically citing the SAP Business ByDesign delay for its
introduction.
Warren Wilson, an analyst at Ovum, said, "NetSuite has targeted
SAP directly in an effort to capitalise on the recent,
much-publicised announcement that SAP was slowing its roll-out of
Business ByDesign, that was launched in September 2007, but today
is used by only about 150 customers."
SAP delayed the wider availability of its on-demand offering
when it found it was becoming too expensive to deliver it to
customers. On-demand software sees firms effectively rent the
software on a monthly basis whilst it is remotely delivered and
managed by the provider.
Wilson said the NetSuite for Manufacturers software could also
be seen as a direct competitor to the
Microsoft ERP platform that targets
SMEs in the manufacturing sector.
