Embracing Erp Systems

Complexities, and some outright failures, with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems implementation have been well documented. The work described in this book empirically validated a model offering a systematic approach for successful ERP project management and achievement of business performance goals. Data collected from 217 organisations was analysed using structural equation modelling. Results show the need, at the adoption stage, to carefully analyse organisational readiness and the expected strategic value and quality of the ERP system. At the implementation stage project management and training are most crucial for success. Understanding is needed of the synergies among certain factors that have multiple influences across the different project stages, and also of the impact of a number of factors that can have two-way effects, where one needs to determine in which direction the effect is stronger.

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a class of integrated software that uses software technologies to implement real-time management of business processes in an organization. ERPs normally cut across organizations, making them large and complex. Software researchers have for many years established that complexity affects software quality negatively and must therefore be controlled with novel metrics and models of evaluation that can determine when the software is at acceptable levels of quality and when not. Metrics and Models for Evaluating the Quality and Effectiveness of ERP Software is a critical scholarly publication that examines ERP development, performance, and challenges in business settings to help improve decision making in organizations that have embraced ERPs, improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their activities, and improve their return on investments (ROI). Highlighting a wide range of topics such as data mining, higher education, and security, this book is essential for professionals, software developers, researchers, academicians, and security professionals.

As demand for Y2K-compatible systems began to decrease in mid-1998, so did the enterprise resource planning (ERP) software boom. To remain competitive in this era of online business, ERP vendors have extended their packages to manage more than the core business processes, which include payroll and accounting, human resources (HR), manufacturing, and sales and distribution. While these primary applications remain important components of any ERP system, ERP now embraces e-commerce, advanced planning and scheduling (APS), Internet-based procurement, business intelligence (BI), and customer relationship management (CRM). This report also examines other services offered by ERP software providers, including portals, Web-based hubs for easy application access, online marketplaces and interactive, industry-specific trading communities.

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) integrates internal and external management information across an entire organization, embracing finance/accounting, manufacturing, sales and service, customer relationship management, etc. ERP systems automate this activity with an integrated software application. Its purpose is to facilitate the flow of information between all business functions inside the boundaries of the organization and manage the connections to outside stakeholders. ERP systems can run on a variety of hardware and network configurations, typically employing a database as a repository for information. This book is your ultimate resource for ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, analysis, background and everything you need to know. In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning right away, covering: Enterprise resource planning, List of ERP software packages, 24SevenOffice, A1 ERP, Aiva 9001, Baan ERP, BOMtracker, Business Planning and Control System, Cambashi, Clear Enterprise, Compass ERP, Configurable Network Computing, ERP modeling, HeliumV, JustFoodERP, MAPICS, MAS 500, MECOMS, Microsoft Dynamics AX, Microsoft Dynamics C5, Microsoft Dynamics ERP, Microsoft Dynamics NAV, Microsoft Dynamics SL, MySAP All-in-One, NolaPro, Opti-Time Company, Oracle E-Business Suite, Oracle General Ledger, Profitability Analysis (SAP), Project-Open, SAP Business ByDesign, SAP Business One, SAP ERP, SAP IS-U, SAP R/2, SAP R/3, Secure Network Communications, ERP system selection methodology, Systems Applications Products audit, T-code, TaskHub, Transport (SAP), WorkPLAN, Adempiere, Apache OFBiz, BlueErp, Bots (edi), Comparison of Tryton and Open ERP, Compiere, Dolibarr, ERP5, FrontAccounting, GNU Enterprise, IntarS, JFire, MSupply, OpenAccounting, Openbravo, OpenERP, OpenMFG, Openpro, Opentaps, PhreeBooks, Postbooks, Tryton, WebERP, 1C Company, ABAS Software, Acsis, Acumatica, Advanced Business Solutions, Apriso, Baan, BatchMaster Software, CDC Software, Ceridian, CGram Software, Clear Objective, CMiC, CODA (company), Comarch, Consona Corporation, Deltek, Eastern Software Systems, Epicor, Exel Computer Systems, Ferranti Computer Systems, FinancialForce.com, FlexSystem, Geac Computer Corporation, Glovia Services Inc, IFS AB, Infor Global Solutions, Intacct, Intentia, IRIS Software, JD Edwards, Jeeves (ERP system), Krawler, Lawson Software, Maconomy, Mincom (company), NetSuite, Openda, Oracle Corporation, PeopleSoft, Plex Systems, ProfitKey International, Publishing Technology plc, QAD Inc, Ramco Systems, Sage Group, SAP AG, Sescoi, SIV.AG, Softline, Nsite Software (Platform as a Service), Solarsoft Business Systems, SSA Global Technologies, STN Ltd, Syspro, Transtek, UFIDA, Unit4, Visibility (corporation), Visma, WorkBook Software A/S, XTuple This book explains in-depth the real drivers and workings of ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning. It reduces the risk of your technology, time and resources investment decisions by enabling you to compare your understanding of ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning with the objectivity of experienced professionals.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) refers to large commercial software packages that promise a seamless integration of information flow through an organization by combining various sources of information into a single software application and a single database. The outcome of ERP itself is still a mystery, but the trends and issues it has created will be the enigma that future generations will have to solve. Traditionally, separate units were created within an organization to carry out various tasks, and these functional areas would create their own information systems thereby giving rise to systems that were not integrated. ERP strives to provide a solution to these problems. Enterprise Resource Planning Solutions and Management examines the issues that need to be further studied and better understood to ensure successful implementation and deployment of ERP systems.

Modern ERP can be used in an undergraduate or graduate enterprise resource planning systems course or to support an ERP module in information systems, accounting, business, or supply chain courses. This third edition continues to be vendor-agnostic and has been substantially revised to keep pace with advances in the ERP marketspace. New topics include cloud computing, mobility, and business analytics, while ERP security, ERP risk management, databases, and supply chain have been expanded. Innovative graphics and ERP screenshots have been incorporated to further aid in the learning process.

Step-by-step guidance to achieving maximum return on investment for your company Written by Arthur Worster, Thomas Weirich, and Frank Andera, industry experts at the forefront of the business processes arena, Maximizing Return on Investment Using ERP Applications provides accountants, IT executives, and finance professionals with a new way of looking at enterprise resource planning (ERP)-driven business improvement programs. This timely book explores how leadership can view its organization as an integrated enterprise and what this change in perception might suggest. It considers various aspects of running a business and how a different approach may present new insight. Incorporates all aspects of gaining "Return on Investment" from ERP investments Considers change management from all angles, including working with the executive levels on defining return on investment cases, working through political and cultural issues at the executive leadership level Includes a companion website featuring exercises, reference materials, and case studies With the rapid implementation of ERP systems worldwide, business executives often have difficulty in determining the return on investment from such systems. Along with a companion website featuring exercises, reference materials, and case studies, Maximizing Return on Investment Using ERP Applications offers straightforward and hands-on guidance to lead your organization through the change process and ensure that the intended benefits can be achieved.

ERP Systems for Manufacturing Supply Chains: Applications, Configuration, and Performance provides insight into the core architecture, modules, and process support of ERP systems used in a manufacturing supply chain. This book explains the building blocks of an ERP system and how they can be used to increase performance of manufacturing supply chains. Starting with an overview of basic concepts of supply chain and ERP systems, the book delves into the core ERP modules that support manufacturing facilities and organizations. It examines each module’s structure and functionality as well as the process support the module provides. Cases illustrate how the modules can be applied in manufacturing environments. Also covered is how the ERP modules can be configured to support manufacturing supply chains. Setting up an ERP system to support the supply chain within single manufacturing facility provides insight into how an ERP system is used in the smallest of manufacturing enterprises, as well as lays the foundation for ERP systems in manufacturing organizations. The book then supplies strategies for larger manufacturing enterprises and discusses how ERP systems can be used to support a complete manufacturing supply chain across different facilities and companies. The ERP systems on the market today tend to use common terminology and naming for describing specific functions and data units in the software. However, there are differences among packages. The book discusses various data and functionalities found in different ERP-software packages and uses generic and descriptive terms as often as possible to make these valid for as many ERP systems as possible. Filled with insight into ERP system’s core modules and functions, this book shows how ERP systems can be applied to support a supply chain in the smallest of manufacturing organizations that only consist of a single manufacturing facility, as well as large enterprises where the manufacturing supply chain crosses multiple facilities and companies.