Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Calculation systems
1950-80 Single purpose Eliminate tedious human work Examples: Payroll, General ledger, Inventory Technology used: Mainframes, magnetic tapes, batch processing
Hard drives
Magtapes
Batch processing
Printer
800 lines/minute with 48 character train, 136 columns with 6 or 8 lines per inch spacing
Functional systems
1975-20?? Use computers to improve operations Applications: Human resources, order entry, manufacturing resource planning Technologies: Mainframes, PCs, LANs
Minicomputer
Functional systems
Typically contained within a department Islands of automation Applications independently developed and deployed Driving force: availability of minicomputers
Human Resources
Recruiting Compensation Assessment Development and Training Planning
Operations
Order management Inventory management Customer service
Manufacturing
Inventory Planning
ERP - Definition
ERP is a process of managing all resources and their use in the entire enterprise in a coordinated manner
What is ERP?
Enterprise Resource Planning Support business through optimizing, maintaining, and tracking business functions Broken down into business processes
HRM Distribution Financials Manufacturing
Benefits of ERP
Common set of data Help in integrating applications for decision making and planning Allow departments to talk to each other Easy to integrate by using processed built into ERP software A way to force BPR (reengineering) Easy way to solve Y2K problem
Vendors
Difficulty in implementation
Very difficult Extremely costly and time intensive Typical: over $10,000,000 and over a year to implement Company may implement only certain modules of entire ERP system You will need an outside consultant
Common Pitfalls
Do not adequately benchmark current state Did not plan for major transformation Did not have executive sponsorship Did not adequately map out goals and objectives Highly customized systems to look like old MRP systems
Overview
375 IT and business professionals 52% anticipate budget increases for new ERP implementations/new modules SAP and PeopleSoft/J.D. Edwards were cited as the most popular ERP packages 46% indicated that the main challenge to successful ERP implementations was inadequate definition of requirements and resistance to change
How would you characterize your budget for new ERP implementations/new modules deployments for 2004 compared to your budget in 2003?
Who is directly responsible for determining your ERP implementations/new modules deployments?
Who are the other key decisionmakers/influencers in decisions to add new ERP packages/new modules?
Are you considering adding new modules to your existing ERP package?
If you plan to deploy a new ERP package and/or add modules to your existing packages, when would this implementation take place?
Who do you partner with for new ERP implementations and additions of new modules?
What do you see as the main challenges to successful ERP implementations within your organization?