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ing the platform grow into the original vision over the past few years .” Now , SourceDay provides a digital interface between a manufacturer ’ s ERP system and its suppliers , using proprietary software to automatically update the system in response to delivery dates , pricing , and quantity changes .
Currently though , Kieley notes , it is all too common for adoption to lag behind innovation . He believes that many of the pain points are created by a lack of trust in not only Enterprise Resource Planning ( ERP ) platforms , but the data that powers them . “ We ’ re still seeing mid-sized companies tiptoeing into new technologies . Part of that is probably caused by the fact when they bought their ERP system – which probably cost millions of dollars – they expected it to solve all their problems . That ’ s just simply not the case ,” explains Kieley . While all ERPs contain some elements of a mature resource planning engine , which informs procurement professionals what to buy
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