Cloud ERP Customization using Serverless Runtime

Abstract: With the advent of cloud computing, it has been proved to be quite useful technology for development and delivery of ERP software. There is often need to customize an ERP software to fit the business process variation of an organization. Many research studies published during 2013 to 2022 acknowledges that deep customization of Cloud ERP System continue to be major challenge especially with public cloud-based edition. There is lack of further study to use server-less architecture to address deep customization needs. This study will present use of open FaaS to call function’s client specific implementation via API gateway so to provide deep customization capability in ERPsoftware. This is supported by a proof of concept with reference application of pricing element determination. Keyword: ERP, Customization, SaaS, Server-less runtime, Function-as-a-Service