The Web Economy/33

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Universal Supply Chain

This is a lesson part of the module The Web Economy out of the Open Source ERP/Executive Diploma course conducted by a private university.

Companies or projects are trying to come up with a killer app that encompasses the whole world into a single system.
ERP can be one such system where the world supply chain of producers and consumers are all connected via the web.
For maximum connectivity, users should all rely on one single standard and protocol of how things should be done.
Either all software vendors agree on such standards or there emerged an ubiquitous free software for easiest adoption.
There has to be much lowering of prices to remove barriers of user entry.
One target business model of SaaS providers will be to aggregate from a high ocean of traffic and provide cheaper sources of suppliers and consumers.

How much has the price of ERP software changed since the last 10 years?
What are the open source ERP out there that has the highest number of adoption? What are their trends of growth and what are their factors?
Which kind of traders or producers/consumers will want to rely on a global supply chain? What about privacy and trade secrets?
Wouldnt over dependency on the Web be its biggest risk? What if suddenly the whole Web crashed due to some virus? Can business be normal again?

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  Course - The Web Economy Course Page
  Module - Open Source ERP / Executive Diploma Module Page