ERP Applications: narrowing the gap between the ideal and the reality
Why ERP system in the demonstration when the processes are running very smooth, but a hand to the user when used on a completely different flavor? This is one of the secret is wrong? This is because the ERP system in the demo, do not consider the exceptions. Daily activities and enterprises, the total will inevitably be unforeseen circumstances. For these unforeseen circumstances, ERP generally provides for more stringent handling requirements. But in fact, the daily management of enterprises is usually not reach this requirement.

In other words, the actual operation of enterprises is still lagging behind with the ERP requirements. However, the difference between the two in the end there? No one specifically made statistics. Today I come to sum up, companies due to various factors, which generally does not reach the ERP requirements.

Raw materials, warehousing and material contradictions collar
Such as a raw material, at 20 o'clock on January 5, the supplier sent to businesses. However, the employees are off duty, leaving only a warehouse Attendant at work people wills not ERP related operations. If normal, you can work the next day an important qualification documents. However, it is possible this material is an urgent material, the production sector is necessary to arrange the day of 22 o'clock production, need to use this material. Enterprises often out in the system are not the case documents on the collar material directly from the warehouse. Unlike the previous materials used, if less acute, often supplemented feed directly to receive the next day is also expected to have little relationship, do not forget to fill as long as the list on it. But now, a little trouble. First, this material into one to make up a two documents, and must make up storage lists, and then replacement of a single material (if the order wrong, or requisition can not be audited, or will have negative inventory); Article Second, if you forget a single supplement has increased even more trouble. I encountered a customer, because such a situation they had no entry documents. And then simply forget about it. In this way, the material amount of storage out of the library is flat, and the software point of view not of problems. In reconciliation, they find that suppliers had sent the material. Afterward, check for a long time, it was found had been spent by the production line.

In many enterprises, this situation is prevalent. Because, generally not at night clerk on duty. In other words, ERP system operators can not be always in place, which can lead to ERP system documentation timely entry. This document with the ERP system, contrary to the principle input promptly. How then to reconcile between the two conflicts?

The author believes that these types of programs can be taken as follows.
1. when the operator can not be in place when the ERP, the first document by hand instead of the next day, after work, and then in the system for retro-crediting. In actual operation, when the investigation is still a clear need to pay attention to all before the movement into and out of libraries and the corresponding lack of supporting documents. At the same time, some documents must pay attention to the order. In order to ensure correct, companies can document the establishment of sector entry time limits. As for the warehouse sector, required to work the next day, after half an hour into last night's transaction documents are filled; while the production sector, then within half an hour goes on to document completion. Otherwise, it will not happen or the documents can not be a negative inventory audit problem.

2. can be a simple training of some staff members. While the front-line operator, is not likely to use computers, but a little training, can still carry out some of its simple operation, such as document generation and so on. Of course, enterprises in shifts, they can make some adjustments to those who have a certain computer-based staff, came in a different frequency. Second, it can give them permission to open documents, without audit authority. So, the next day at work, others can open documents of their proof-reading time, to see if there are no errors, proof-reading is correct, the re-examination. This can prevent leakage of the open documents.