e-Business And ERP Rapid Implementation And Project Planning

E-business and ERP: Rapid Implementation and Project Planning

Jones, Phil
Publication: Supply Management
Date: Oct 18, 2001 2001
Subject: Project management, Enterprise resource planning
Location: United Kingdom
E-business and ERP: Rapid Implementation and Project Planning
Murrell Shields
Wiley, L35.95
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Combining e-business and enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications is considered by many people to be the next big thing in projects for organisations over the coming years.
Many in our profession will be involved in the implementation of these projects, and Murrell Shields has produced a book that he hopes will help. If this aim was not ambitious enough, the author has subtitled this book "Rapid Implementation and Project Planning".
This comprehensive title covers a lot of ground, which is one of its problems. To achieve its aim, the book must communicate a lot of information, which it does, but this makes it a challenging read.
So what do we get with this book? It's a useful guide to implementing ERP systems and how these can and could
be combined with e-business systems to ensure successful delivery. E-business and ERP succeeds in this by its concentration on the delivery techniques for projects based on a rapid development process.

Proven strategies for companies seeking to accelerate an ERP implementation

Almost all large and midsize corporations worldwide will be involved in implementing enterprise resource planning and/or e-business applications over the next two to three years. This is the only book that discusses how to implement a rapid ERP system and shows how e-business is impacted by the implementation of an ERP system. This book also provides valuable tried and true methods of keeping the project under or within budget. A quality ERP transaction foundation is a prerequisite for taking advantage of many of the new e-business opportunities that executives have placed high on their list of priorities. This valuable guide examines the strengths and weaknesses of ERP and shows when rapid implementation is not appropriate. The book also provides outsourcing alternatives and the use of application service alternatives, and shows how e-business is impacted by the implementation of an ERP system.
Murrell G. Shields (McLean, VA) is the Director of Management Solutions and Services and National Leader of Technology and Infrastructure Services at Deloitte & Touche.

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