ERP Comes to the Cloud and (Finally) Smaller Businesses

http://www.cio.com/article/2381419/enterprise-resource-planning/erp-comes-to-the-cloud-and–finally–smaller-businesses.html

I wanted to try and find an article that discussed ERP as a service or “cloud” application that is also an affordable solution for small businesses.  Whenever I think about ERP I think of larger companies, global corporations that have six, seven or even eight figure budgets.   It seems that only recently it makes sense for a small or even medium size business to pursue an ERP solution.

Questions.

1.) At what point does it NOT make sense to implement an ERP solution?

2.) What are some of the advantages/disadvantages of a cloud ERP solution?

3.) How can a ERP solution provider make their cloud ERP solutions better for small business?