IDC FutureScape Figure

Figure: IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Intelligent ERP 2018 Top 10 Predictions

Executive Summary

IDC FutureScape Predictions

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Prediction 1: By the End of 2021, Intelligent Killer Apps Will Account for 20% of Enterprise Application Purchases

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Prediction 2: By 2021, the Change and Impact Tracked from i-ERP Will Be a Critical KPI and Profitability Enhancer Measured by 15% of Global 2000 Businesses

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Prediction 3: By 2020, 60% of Organizations Adopting i-ERP Applications Will Fail to Fully Benefit from Their Intelligent Capabilities, Unless Data and Application Integration Are Addressed with an Enterprisewide Data Strategy

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Prediction 4: By 2020, 15% of Administrative Workforce Responsibilities Will Be Routinized to Eliminate Human Intervention Through AI, Seamless System and Services Integrations, and Automated Surrogates

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Prediction 5: By 2020, Driven by the Human Versus Machine Driver, 30% of Back-Office Transactional Processing Will Be Automated Within Many Functional Applications

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Prediction 6: By 2020, 60% of the Global 2000 Businesses Will Depend on Their i-ERP Systems for the Intelligent Core in Their Digital Platform and to Enable Them to Scale Their Participation in the Platform Economy

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Prediction 7: By 2019, 10% of Cloud-Enabled ERP Applications Will Incorporate Embedded Risk Capabilities to Ensure the Algorithmic Recommendations and Actions Are Compliant with Corporate and Statuary Policies

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Prediction 8: By 2018, the Potential Cost and Risk of Noncompliance with Licensing Terms, as Well as Effort Spent on Compliance, Will Increase the Cost of Maintaining On-Premises ERP by More Than 25%

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Prediction 9: By 2021, 25% of Enterprises Will Codevelop Custom Intelligent IP with Their Services and Technology Vendors

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Prediction 10: By 2021, 90% of New Packaged Enterprise Applications Will Have an Embedded Decision Architecture That Automatically Detects and Evaluates Conditions and Makes Decisions About How to Respond

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Advice for Technology Buyers

External Drivers: Detail

Accelerating DX — Technology-Centric Transformation Altering Business and Society

Pace of Change — Technology Capabilities Enable Sustainable Change at the Speed of Digital Business

Human Versus Machine — The Impact of AI and Automation

Sense, Compute, Actuate — The New Data-Centric Paradigm

Platform Disruption — Unleashing Digital Innovation's Power for Scale

The Future Workforce — Global Demand for Digital Talent

Innovation Impasse — Legacy Systems Constraining Transformation

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