Guest Column: Best Of Breed Vs Enterprise Resource Planning Solutions

By Alan Morris, Managing Director, Retail Assist

Alan Morris compares Best of Breed and Enterprise Resource Planning solutions, and evaluates the opportunities and challenges that these differing avenues present to retailers.

"Best of Breed solutions" and "Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solutions" are terms that are widely used within the retail industry, however for people who work outside the remit of retail IT departments it may not be immediately obvious what the two phrases mean. Therefore, before comparing the functionality provided by Best of Breed applications with that offered by ERP solutions, I will provide a brief definition of the two terminologies in order to ensure that they are understood.