IDC's Worldwide SemiannualEnterprise Resource Management Applications Tracker monitors vendors' business performance by delivering more frequent releases of global semiannual vendor shares. Unique to this tracker, IDC is delivering data for additional local vendors from many BRIC countries. Additionally, this tracker provides an understanding of which vendors are gaining or losing share across mature and emerging countries, which has become business critical for enterprise resource management (ERM) application vendors, supply chain partners, vendors looking to acquire ERM application companies, and the investment community. This tracker provides semiannual updates to vendor shares and forecasts across the ERM software market.
Technology Coverage and Data Segmentation
This tracker provides total market size and vendor share for the following technology areas. Measurement for this tracker is total software revenue, which includes license plus maintenance plus SaaS and other subscription revenue.
Enterprise resource management applications:
Financial accounting applications
Human capital management
Payroll accounting
Procurement
Order management
Financial performance and strategy management applications
Project and portfolio management (PPM)
Enterprise asset management
Geographic Scope
Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan)
Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa
Latin America
Japan
North America
Western Europe
13 countries plus rest of regions: United States, Canada, Japan, China, India, Australia, Korea, Italy, France, Germany, United Kingdom, Russia, and Brazil
Forecast Coverage
Annual five-year market forecasts for this tracker are updated semiannually and include five-year annual market projections. Forecasts are available at worldwide, regional, and country levels. Examples of the segmentations being forecast in this tracker include:
Markets
Regions
Countries
Delivery Schedule and Deliverables
This tracker is delivered on a semiannual basis via an Excel-based tool with an online Web Query component. The delivery schedule for this tracker is as follows:
Historical data: Week 18 after period closes
Forecast data: Week 18 after period closes
Deliverables:
Half-year Vendor Shares by Functional Market by Geography Updated Semiannually (History goes back to first half of 2009)
Annual five-year Forecasts by Functional Market by Geography Updated Semiannually
IDC's Tracker Methodology
IDC's tracker data is developed using a rigorous methodology that includes well-planned and well-coordinated local, regional, and worldwide data cross-checks combined with a proprietary advanced data consolidation and analysis data platform managed by IDC's Worldwide Tracker organization. Data sources used in the process of determining IDC's tracker numbers include, but are not limited to:
In-country local vendor interviews
Distribution data feeds
Worldwide and regional vendor guidance
ODM data
In-country local channel partner discussions
Import records
Feedback from component suppliers
Vendor briefings and public financial reports
Enabling Better Business Decisions Across the Organization
IDC trackers provide the accurate and timely market size, vendor share, and forecast information you need to identify market and product expansion opportunities, increase revenues, and win market share. IDC's tracker research is a critical input to the planning and monitoring cycles of the business process. Common uses of the tracker data include:
Planning Process
Regional planning — setting regional and country sales targets based on market opportunity
Product marketing — creating a product strategy and road map based on currently available product features and expected growth
Production planning — using customer demand data as an input in the creation of production schedules
Product portfolio planning — accessing accurate and detailed data as an input into the product development process
Monitoring Process
Performance measurement — comparing vendor performance on prior fiscal periods