Industry Specific ERP Systems
For Ford and GM there is no choice as to which system you want to operate with. SAP was designed and built for a major tier 1 manufacturer such as they are. What it does is schedule and manage the tier 2 and tier 3 manufacturers to bring their supply chain in line with Ford or GM’s needs. All that Ford or GM have to do is say they want a red truck to be built and the purchase orders for all the parts are distributed to all the manufacturers that build those parts and they are brought to the assembly line exactly when they are needed to build that truck. SAP does this with a precision and ease that make it their business in any manufacturing environment of size and scale. This is where they dominate and are the defacto standard ERP system.
At the same time SAP, which is the standard ERP system in the oil and gas industry, has essentially nothing to do with what happens in the oil and gas industry. Oil and gas is somewhat remotely related to a manufacturing process. Or it could be suggested that might have been the case in the past. And therefore elements of the SAP application might have been able to be retrofitted. With what I assert, the dynamic, innovative and profitable oil and gas producer needs, is the focus on the sciences on a go forward basis. And therefore the ability of SAP to deal with the needs of the oil and gas producers demands in the future are lost due to their focus on the tier 1 manufacturing capabilities.
At the same time it would be inappropriate for People, Ideas & Objects to market the Preliminary Specification or the decentralized production model to the likes of Ford or GM. Systems today have unique attributes that are industry specific and once outside of that industry, those software attributes are counter to the interests of any the other industry.
We may see what People, Ideas & Objects are imputing in their offering coming about in other industries in the next few years. What we are imputing is a homologation of the industry on one ERP system. And in the case of oil and gas that one system is People, Ideas & Objects Preliminary Specification hosted in a cloud computing configuration. With the capital costs of development, the focus necessary to complete the developments, high levels of inter-company interactions and the advantages of standardization. Competition in the ERP systems space will be between industry specific players with intra industry competition being a thing of the past.
Some would disagree with me on the viability of a model based on the ability to compete within an industry as a sole provider. Those that would disagree should be reminded that it is the Intellectual Property of the Preliminary Specification that is the source of competitive advantage that is used by People, Ideas & Objects. The ability and capability to circumvent that IP doesn’t exist in the marketplace. Therefore making the scenario that I have sketched out here the more probable one for the 21st century.
The Preliminary Specification provides the oil and gas producer with the most profitable means of oil and gas operations. People, Ideas & Objects Revenue Model specifies the means in which investors can participate in these user defined software developments. Users are welcome to join me here. Together we can begin to meet the future demands for energy. And don't forget to join our network on Twitter @piobiz anyone can contact me at 403-200-2302 or email here.