APPLICATION OF ERP IN DIFFERENT SECTORS

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54s9axmyQzM&feature=youtu.be

Is ERP a good fit for supply chain management?

The video speaks about a book by Dr. Frazelle on supply chain strategies. A few years ago they
were helping a retailer develop supply chain strategy. During a meeting Dr. Frazelle was called
upon to a 1-on-1 by their Chief Information Officer. The CIO wanted to discuss their options for
supply chain information systems, and share that they were considering a multi-billion dollar
investment in an enterprise resource planning solution, in order to manage their supply chain.

In order to buy some time, he asked the CIO a series of questions, a) what are the main activities
of your company? Buying, Merchandising, Inventory Management, Warehousing and
Transportation, the CIO answered. b) If you could use one word to describe all of those activities
what would it be? The CIO answered LOGISTICS. c) What is the weakest functionality in ERP
you are considering? Logistics, the CIO answered. d) So what do you think about investing
billions of dollars in a system whose week point is where you need to be the strongest?

To make a long sad story short, they went ahead with the investments. The supply chain was so
dysfunctional that at one point they had their own suppliers, in their own warehouse, counting
inventory for them. The shelves were so empty that they required a substantial loan from the
International Monetary Fund, in order to recover from the implementation.

To help the clients think from their own functionality strategy they frame the decision just like
they would any other optimization decision with objectives and constraints.

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYGes9u9WAo

ERP for Cosmetic Manufacturing Industry

Summoning to its 3 major components, innovation, sustainability, and adherence to regulatory
compliance, an ERP system is the best choice. Feeding the first requirement, moving with time
requires continuous innovation to develop trend, time, geography and age suiting products. Held
back already with so any hurdles, you just cannot afford to lost time and tide, in lengthy manual
calculations, property analysis, etc. Indulge in an ERP system to conceive new products, with the
laboratory module, and exploit its computerized calculations, to innovate concepts that
diversify recipes, analyze properties, and reach desired target values.

Leverage the flexibility of percentage formulation, formula sizing, as well as any time back
sizing to meet last moment customer varied requirements that too without the need of long lead
times. Availability of multiple units of measurements covers volumes and also, the particle size
distribution of materials. Our comprehensive bill of material is the true solution of your mixed
mode needs, which also allows for flexible packaging alternatives with support for private label
manufacturing.

‘N’ number of features prove how an ERP system can establish sustainability major being proper
usage of inventory increased traceability and reduced cost, multiple location sites and
warehouses, numerous classifications and pricing for proper management serialization expiry,
quarantine and above all large recalls in minimal time, if at any time you receive a complain
regarding a particular lot of raw material you will in no time be able to determine which finished
could contain the bad lot and which customers have received those finished goods.

Finally, an ERP system for cosmeceutical takes care of most of the regulatory requirements set
forth by FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition like cGMP Formula Management,
labeling requirements, and bidirectional law tracking. CFSAN is responsible for assuring that
cosmetics are safe and properly labeled. And with growing consumer awareness and consumer
laws, any quality compromise in cosmeceutical industry can prove to be very expensive. Thus an
ERP system provides quality check, not only through the entire process, but also for inventory
items, right when the item is received to when it is issued to productions after transformation has
finished and before shipping. It has to undergo quality testing. With everyday new products and
a wide variety of products, this sector is the one that pushes more through promotional offers
against market pull. This push and pull can be maintained in an ERP system through the
FORECAT ENTRY, MPF, MRP, SALES ORDER, SALES KIT, and PROMOTIONAL
PRICING. It offers vendor and customer wise discounts and even product wise discounts.
Beading all your need, an ERP system offers a complete spectrum of integrated solutions to
scrub away inefficiency, helps increasing productivity, and improved profitability.

3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx-cytR52ZE

ERP for Paints & Coatings Manufacturing Industry

An ERP system for paints supports the flexibility and variability that paints and coatings
companies need to respond quickly to technological advanced and new market conditions.
Unlike past, when the customer used a small catalogue to decide the color of his dreams, today
thousands of custom mixed colors in a range of different bases and finishes are expected,
resulting in unlimited formulas, special ingredients in every other formula, rigorous R&D, to
meet varied customer needs, continuous recalculations, to achieve zero or low VOC products and
lot more, but all taken care of quite well with an ERP system. In unison, it is understandable that
companies have very diverse batch processing needs, simple, single vessel, single product
manufacturing to complex multi path, multi vessel and multi product manufacturing, achieved
effortlessly through an ERP system. Also supporting any time batch sizing, batch substitution,
batch yields, and losses instantaneously. An ERP system embraces a conformance front with
ease and to perfection. The vision of safety is the prevention of accidents with chemicals. It
withstands full compliance with organizations like OSHA, Hazard Communication Standard,
SARA Title III, and ANSI. It also provides a Certificate of Analysis, providing the assurance of
hazard communications and regulatory reporting requirements. It also provides many in-line
benefits that help you make your process swift. It enhances the efficiency of whole paints and
coatings companies, by smoothly integrating its various divisions. An interactive dashboard
interface helps the middle management to view the complete real time information of purchase,
sales, production and inventory. Also available is the embedded business intelligence for higher
management, in order to have them complete control over all the functional KPIs, and for taking
proactive decisions. An ERP system is very handy to deal with voluminous data, dramatical
improvements in a business process through proper usage of inventory, increased traceability and
reduced waste, multiple locations sites and warehouse, numerous classifications, and pricing for
proper management, serialization, expiries, quarantines, and above all lot recalls in minimal
time. Additionally, it also provides effective handling of unit of measures with unit conversion
facility of both weight and volume rationales. The sales and purchase module makes the order-
to-cash cycle fast yet simple. It qualifies the overall system with mobile capabilities, so that you
can always have a finger over the pulse of business activities. In sequence to the production
process, it also offers, MPS, MRP and APS. It also stands single handedly for the technically and
functionally richness delivering a perfect product for perfect business operations, low
maintenance and minimal waste.