Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) has come a long way from the massive, enterprise-class behemoths with high failure rates and multi-million dollar implementations. It is of course, quite possible to spend millions of dollars on an ERP system, but the industry has grown beyond the enterprise to accommodate the midmarket as well. With more streamlined products that are available on a modular basis. Up-front costs can be diminished by purchasing only the modules that are required, and ongoing costs can be reasonable as well with simpler graphic interfaces and unified management systems.
