ERP Implementation

Aside from being a major capital expenditure, ERP software requires the refinement of business methods. Considerable planning needs to take place before Enterprise software can be successfully implemented. In most businesses, ERP implementation will take anywhere from 3-12 months. A typical ERP software implementation is intensive. It usually includes the following steps:

• Project planning
• Choosing an Enterprise software selection/review team
• Select which products and providers to review (this is where we can help)
• Business and operational analysis
• Identification of best practices
• ERP software evaluation, including:
• RFP creation (in some cases)
• Demo-testing
• Selection of a software vendor
• Joint creation of a detailed implementation plan
• Installation and configuration
• Mapping of business requirements and best practices to software (customization)

ERP Vendors

Purchasing Enterprise Resource Planning software is a significant corporate decision.

• Abacus
• ABBASOFT Technologies Inc.
• Acacia Technologies
• Access International Group
• Adaptable Business Systems
• AIMS Software Inc.
• American Software Inc.
• Avalon Software.
• Axis Computer Systems
• B&L Information Systems
• Baan Co.
• BHR Software
• Caelus Inc.
• Cambiotech, Inc.
• CAMM, Inc.
• CBM Systems Company
• Cimcase International Corp.
• CIMPAC, Inc.
• Cincom Systems
• Clarkston Potomac

ERP Modules

The value of an Enterprise Resource Planning software system is in its ability to function as a comprehensive system. The level of comprehensiveness may vary by individual providers or by their particular industry focus. Nevertheless, a complete Enterprise software system may include the following modules:

• Accounts receivable
• Accounts payable
• General ledger
• Sales and marketing
• Customer relationship management
• Material resource planning
• Bill of materials
• Inventory control
• Purchasing
• Logistics
• Work order management
• Shop floor control

Adventages ERP

Installing ERP system has many advantages- both direct and indirect. The direct advantages include improved efficiency, information integration for better decision making, faster response time to customer queries, etc. The indirect benefits include better corporate image, improved customer goodwill, customer satisfaction, and so on. The following are some of the direct benefits of an ERP system

• Business Integration
• Flexibility
• Better Analysis and Planning Capabilities
• Use of Latest technology.

Enterprise resource allocation can also help improve reporting and accuracy. In fact, ERP encourages:

• Location of all data in a single database where it is easily accessible.

• Reduction or elimination of reliance on paper documents.

• Elimination of re-keying of data (which can produce errors).

• Integration of reports; sales, financial, and manufacturing reports can be viewed in conjunction.

• Improved monitoring capability enabling management to view departmental data instantly.

• A single interface allowing users to easily use and interpret reports all through the same ERP software system.

 

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ERP Growth

Reasons for the Growth of ERP Market

There is no doubt that the market for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems is in great demand. Industry analysts are forecasting growth rates of more than 30% for at least the next five years. Why are so many companies replacing their key business systems? The answer is:

To enable improved business performance

Cycle time reduction

Increased business agility

Inventory reduction

Order fulfillment improvement

To supports business growth requirements

New products/product lines, new customers

Global requirements including multiple languages and currencies

To provide flexible, integrated, real-time decision support

Improve responsiveness across the organization

To eliminate limitation in legacy system

Century dating issues

Fragmentation of data and processing

Inflexibility to change

Insupportable technologies

To take advantage of the untapped mid-market (medium size organizations)

Increased functionality at a reasonable cost

Client server/open systems technology

Vertical market solutions. http://erp.iwrap.com

About ERP

History

In manufacturing industry, MRP (Material Requirement Planning) became the fundamental concept of production management and control in the mid 1970s. At this stage BOM (Bill of Material), which is purchase order management that utilizes parts list management and parts development, was in the mail stream. And this concept (MRP) unfolded from order inventory management of material to plant and personnel planning and distributionn planning, which in turn became MRP II (Manufacturing Resource Planning).This incorporated financial accounting, human resource management functions, distribution management functions and management accounting functions. It came to globally cover all areas of enterprise mainstay business and eventually came to be called ERP. What is ERP Enterprise Recourse Planning (ERP) covers the techniques and concepts employed for the integrated management of business as a whole, from the viewpoint of the effective use of management resources, to improve the efficiency of an enterprise. ERP packages are integrated (covering all business functions ) software packages that support the above ERP concepts. Originally, ERP packages were target at the manufacturing industry, and consisted mainly of functions for planning and managing core business such as sales management, production management, according and financial affairs, ect. How ever, in recent years, adaption not only to the manufacturing industry, but also to divers types of industry has become possible and the expansion of implementation and use has been progressing on a global level. ERP software is designed to model and automate many of the basic processes of a company, from finance to the shop floor, with the goal of integrating information across the company and eliminating complex, expensive links between computer systems that were never meant to talk to each other.   http://erp.iwrap.com

choise is come true

sewaktu SMP, guru saya pernah berkata, “Saya ada pilihan untuk kamu semua,

jika kamu dilahirkan bukan sebagai anak manusia, kamu pilih yang mana?

pilihannya ada 4:

pertama : anak Pohon Pisang,

kedua : anak rumput ilalang

ketiga: anak peluru,

keempat: anak tangga.

coba berpikir sejenak, pilih salah satu diantara pilihan tadi,………………………………………………

setelah berpikir pikir, saya memilih pilihan pertama, “anak Pohon Pisang”,

setelah itu, guru pun melanjunkan kembali,

jika kamu pilih sebagai :

anak Pohon Pisang :

anak pohon pisang itu tidak akan tumbuh( berkembang) sebelum induknya mati/ dipisahkan dari anaknya. Dia kan terus seperti itu(tidak tumbuh2) jika dia tetap berada d dekan induknya, dan akan selalu mengandalkan induknya. Tapi jika dia dipisahkan/ induknya mati baru dia bisa tumbuh untuk menghasilkan buah pisang yang bagus.

anak rumput ilalang

pernah melihat padang rumput ilalang?, apakan kamu bisa melihat anak2 dari rumput ilalang dari sekian banyaknya ilalang2 yang tumbuh, tentu tidak. anak ilalang ditutupi oleh induknya yang lebih tinggi. Coba kamu cabut satu induk rumput ilalang, maka “anak anaknya” juga akan ikut tercabut, intinya jika induknya mati maka anaknya juga mati. Kamu hanya bisa berlindung di dekat induknya dan tidak mau mandiri. kamu tidak bisa menunjukkan siapa kamu sebenarnya, dan kamu hanya membangakan induk kamu.

anak peluru:

anak peluru jika sudah lepas dari sarungnya, maka ia tidak akan kembali ke sarungnya lagi, type seperti ini adalah orang yang tidak mengingat jasa jasa orang lain( induknya) dan cenderung egois.”

anak tangga:

anak tangga selalu membawa seseorang menjadi lebih tinggi jauh, type seperti ini adalah orang yang membahagiakan orang tuanya( induknya) .

Pilihan saya benar benar terjadi pada saya, itu suatu takdir atau kebetulan. setelah “ditinggal” saya baru berpikir kearah mana saya akan melangkah. seharusnya saya memilih pilihan ke empat”anak tangga” agar saya dapat membahagiakan dia sebelum dia “meninggalkan” saya.

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