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TALK ON ENTERPRISE RESOURSE PLANNING
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AGENDA
•WHAT IS THIS ERP?
•EVOLUTION OF ERP
•ERP & BPR
•GOING ERP WAY.
•ERP SOFTWARE MARKET
•ERP VENDOR SLECTION DIFFICULTIES.
•SAP R/3
•ERP IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES.
•BENEFITS
•FUTURE TRENDS
•ERP LIFE CYCLE
•PITFALLS
•BARRIERS TO BENEFIT.
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ERP IMPLEMENTATION IN AN ORGANISATION BRINGS TO
GETHER DIFFERENT BUSINESS FUNCTIONS,DIFFERENT
PERSONALITIES,PROCEDURES,IDEOLOGIES AND
PHOLOSOPHIES IN TO ONE PLATFORM WITH AN AIM TO POOL
KNOWLEDGE BASE TO EFFECTIVELY INTEGRATE & BRING
WORTHWHILE AND BENEFICIAL CHANGES THROUGHOUT
THE ORGANISATION BY EVALUATING “AS IS “ SITUATION AND
DECIDING WOULD BE SITUATION.
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•ERP IS A FULLY INTEGRATED BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
COVERING FUNCTIONAL AREAS OF AN ENTERPRISE LIKE
LOGESTIC,PRODUCTION,FINANCE ACCOUNTING & HUMAN
RESOURCES.
•ERP IS GLOBAL ,TIGHTLY INTEGRATED CLOSED LOOP
BUSINESS SOLUTION PACKAGE.
•ERP IS ONE DATABASE , ONE APPLICATION & ONE USER
INTERFACE FOR THE ENTIRE ENTERPRISE
CONTD..
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•ERP SYSTEM IS A PACKAGED BUSINESS SOLUTION THAT IS
DESIGNED TO AUTOMATE AND INTEGRATE BUSINESS
PROCESSES ,SHARE COMMON DATA AND PRACTICES ACROSS
THE ENTERPRISE AND PROVIDE ACCESS TO INFORMATION IN A
REAL TIME ENVIRONMENT
•IN TRADITIONAL SYSTEM -TRANSACTIONS ARE BUILT AROUND
THE STRONG BOUNDARIES OF SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS WHEREAS
IN ERP , TRANSACTION IS A PART OF INTER-LINKED
PROCESSES THAT MAKES UP THE BUSINESS.
CONTD..
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ERP
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INFORMATION SYSTEM TO SUPPORT THE FUNCTIONAL
UNITS OF AN ENTERPRISE
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IT BRINGS NEW CULTURE,COHESION & VIGOR TO THE
ORGANISATION
• NO NEED TO CHASE THE INFORMATION,CHECK COMPLIANCE
TO RULES OR CONFORMANCE TO BUDGET.
• ORGANISATION MAY BE MULTIPLANT,MAULTILOCATION,
GLOBAL OPERATION SPANNING THE CONTINENTS
• LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT COST SAVINGS BY CONTINUOUSLY
MONITORING THE ORAGNISATIONAL HEALTH.
• FUNDAMENTALLY ERP INTEGRATES THE DIFFERENT
PROCESSES NECESSARY IN A BUSINESS IN TO
CENTRALIZED POOL THAT FACILITATES DATA SHARING
AND ELIMINATES REDUNDANCY.
…CONTD