Integration of ERP and BI to maximize the value of information
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning Enterprise Resource Planning), including community is already very popular, either users or manufacturers, for the ERP has a very deep understanding. Proposal of the concept from the ERP to the present popularity, ERP can be described as experienced ups and downs, as long as two decades in the development, ERP gone through from concept to maturity, from extensive to the thin course. Especially in the manufacturing field, ERP also highlights its value. However, with changes in demand for enterprise business, traditional ERP has been unable to quickly adapt to business changes, from a functional point of view of ERP implementation in terms of sharing of information resources, but it does not put information in a more effective analysis and processing, the enterprise's information value is not more manifest. After the ERP system, enterprise applications, must also a comprehensive analysis system to help companies carry out effective analysis, on this basis, BI (Business Intelligence) appeared to solve for the enterprise value of information provides an important basis. How to integrate ERP and BI? In their respective enterprise value of how is embodied in the manufacturing sector in particular, how to better use of ERP and BI for the enterprise service? With these questions, this reporter recently visited the Marko Beck Art Materials Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to Marko Beck Art) IT manager for Nicolson, he untied the answer for us.

ERP "fixed" the world
"ERP system is accurately implemented in 2004, and now on-line ERP systems are already running." Nicolson first introduced the ERP's implementation.

Enterprises in any of the systems they are in doubt, why should the system? What is condition before getting on the information system? For this, Nelson concise answers to: "First, the pressure of demand management; second, cultural differences; third, ideological unity, the management of stress and cultural conflict, we must introduce advanced management concepts and tools management needs, cultural differences of the pressure to go the way information technology.

The implementation of ERP must have methods and principles in terms of art for the Marko Beck methods to implement ERP in business is equally important, Nicolson said: "the implementation of ERP are two, one if the implementation of a professional team; second is have to understand what information technology. Meanwhile, he reminded: "The industry is often said that the implementation of ERP is very risky, but we do very well to implement ERP. Well the reason, it is mainly when we have implemented ERP followed several principles involved.

1. There is the risk of things not do. We must wait until the implementation of the opportunity to mature, and business processes, carding, data preparation must be prepared to put in place in almost in the implementation. Meet the conditions for the implementation of the more mature, one-time successful implementation, so that you feel the pressure on the smaller;

2. The pace should be small, should wash. Looked to be a certain degree of results, and then went on to do so until it succeeds;

3. The selection of suitable software. If we choose a particular vendor's own software for the comparison of discrete support function is to adapt to us;

4. The leadership of attention.
ERP implementation of the principles and methods has not been without difficulties, and inevitably subject to certain post-resistance, such resistance comes from what? Nicolson sermon: As companies decide to on the ERP when the resistance is the man! First, the original of those in power business process reengineering for them a conflict of interest; second, are not familiar with what it is to contradict, because the new things for a conflict of interest for this how to ensure the system's normal scope? Marko Beck art is how to do it? Nicolson said: "Only a slogan 'people to adapt to the process', never mind how to do before, but now need to do base on processes. Must go in accordance with procedures to do and not man-made changes in processes. Processes and systems of conflict lie in the mastery of these two kinds of the base. Just the beginning, when the standard process first and there is questions about the questions for the record, it may later customization. Except for the first time, we must do according to the standard, which is the implementation of the general principles of the process. "Nicolson also admitted that" the early implementation of the system relatively standardized, but the data preparation process lasted for a four to five months. It sounds simple, but doing it cumbersome.