ERP System Selection and Implementation
Introduction
ERP System is a modern Enterprise Large-scale integrated management information system, a typical representative, in addition to its fully reflects the comprehensive use of advanced information technology, the full realization of information resources sharing and enterprise resource integration, but more importantly is that it can fully reflect modern management ideas and methods of the integrated use. Therefore, enterprises must implement the ERP is not just a technical issue, but more importantly is the management reform, real office should be vested in management, must be integrated into advanced management ideas and management. Thus, ERP implementation will also address the company's organizational structure, business process management model and even change aspects of your business, employees will have the concept of an impact. Precisely because of this, making the implementation of ERP is a complex, arduous and costly project, its successful implementation must establish the correct application of concepts, a good methodology as a guide.
ERP System Concept
The implementation of the ERP system is a management change
First of all, ERP to supply chain management as the core, contains a number of advanced management ideas, ERP applications will be the original business model of management thinking and management of an impact. Second, ERP application, or an enterprise business process reengineering. Implementation of the ERP should be in accordance with the advanced management ideas ERP enterprise business process optimization and re-designed to remove redundant and invalid work chain re-integration of the business purpose of the pursuit of excellent flow and rapid response to customer needs. And must not require companies to adapt to the existing ERP system, manual business processes and working methods. Third, ERP application is to create a good atmosphere in the process of corporate culture. The successful implementation of ERP will help enterprises to enhance the quality of employees, will change the work environment, change working methods, will help foster team spirit and sense of working together to help the long-term employee training and development to realize the exchange of information and communication equality and, eventually, the enterprise into a learning organization.Therefore, ERP applications need to access to business leadership and promote the highest policy level, the ERP application as a technical work to deal with is a big mistake.
ERP system is not a panacea
ERP companies can not expect to resolve all major issues. In general, ERP is able to directly address the issue of production efficiency, such as the inventory backlog, production cycle length, amount of funds used more cash flow is slow, the production costs are high, strict cost control, production planning issues, balanced production problems, shortages and matching issues, responding to slow, poor customer satisfaction. As for the issue of enterprise development strategy, product variety issues, technical and technological issues, infrastructure management and so on, can not be expected to be resolved through the ERP. Therefore, the right ERP system should have the right expectations.
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