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KUMAVISION Business Cloud ERP and CRM software from the cloud KUMAVISION has specialised in offering business software to the mid-sized sector. The ERP and CRM solutions, which are based on Microsoft Dynamics (Navision) for the industry, trade, service and healthcare sectors, are now additionally available as cloud solutions.
tuations in demand,”explains Markus Birk, who is a member of KUMAVISION’s executive board and responsible for the department of cloud services at the company.
TEXT: KUMAVISION AG | TRANSLATION: NANE STEINHOFF I PHOTOS: KUMAVISION I RAWPIXEL.COM
Flexibility as a competitive factor
Whether enterprise resource planning (ERP), customer relationship management (CRM) or office and business intelligence (BI) – the KUMAVISION Business Cloud enables companies to obtain these pivotal business applications directly from the cloud. The deployed cloud platform Microsoft Azure allows for a smooth integration of further Microsoft solutions. Because infrastructure and operations are entirely managed by the provider, the use of company software on the user side becomes significantly simplified. ”The new offer allows mid-sized companies to react
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quicker and more flexibly to changes in the market, new regulatory demands and fluc-
But what exactly are the advantages of solutions like the KUMAVISION Business Cloud compared to local installations? When companies receive their ERP and CRM software from the cloud, they remain more flexible in many ways. The adjustable solutions are easily scalable: changing user numbers, as well as amended requirements due to new business models, can be intercepted. Because, if needed, additional capacities can simply be added or cancelled. Furthermore, cloud offerings foster liquidity: when ERP software is implemented, a company does not need to invest in new software and costly