ERP in local government

There is a lot of ERP talk at the moment, particularly in the light of LGR, and so I thought I would ask one of my robot friends to do some research into the state of things at the moment when it comes to finance, HR etc systems in local government.

You can find it here: https://bit.ly/lgerp

The procurement, deployment, and utilisation of Enterprise Resource Planning software in local government is currently at a critical inflection point. The historical era of the heavily customised, multi-year, on-premise monolithic ERP deployment is analytically, technically, and financially indefensible. The overwhelming market dynamics clearly indicate an aggressive, structural pivot toward integrated, multi-tenant cloud SaaS platforms designed to enforce standardised business processes and deliver rapid return on investment.