TODAY'S CHALLENGE                                                                                                     Back

• Accelerated Process improvement & Process control
• On time delivery of Quality products at lower price
• Reduction of product price & increase in volume
• Global standing and Demand driven market
• Introduce new product to stay in the Market
• Manufacturing Excellence
• Distribution & logistic

 NEED OF ERP

• Shortened product life cycles call for continuous design improvement, manufacturing flexibility, efficient cost control and better management of the entire functions. 
• Different functions of the organization need to operate with a very high level of integration without loosing flexibility.
• All these need faster access to accurate information system.
• ERP system with an organization-wide view of business process, business needs of information and flexibility meet these demands admirably.

 WHAT IS ERP

q       Integration of all functions on a single database

q       Improved system through Re-Engineering of business process

q       Workflow automation with operational controls

q       Information available on real time 

q       Elimination of duplication of activity

q       Clear planning of activities & Resources

q       Decision support system

q       ERP relates to the software infrastructure that holds the entire company together internally and supports the external business processes. 

q       ERP applications address a business process

q       ERP applications are modular & integrated

q       ERP applications include - suppliers, customers and partners

q       Scalability—ERP solutions are designed to grow with the company. Unlike some stand-alone applications, they do not "top out" without transition paths to other solutions, leaving you to start over from scratch with a new and different application 

 ERP BENEFITS

Ø     System driven NOT people driven

Ø     Real time information throughout the functional areas. 

Ø     Data standardization and accuracy across the enterprise 

Ø     Continuous business process improvement 

Ø     Data analysis and reporting for long term planning 

Ø     Ability to track actual costs of activities and perform activity based costing 

Ø     Elimination of duplication 

Ø     Reduce inventory – inventory analysis

Ø     Reduce sales order fulfillment time 

Ø     Data history available on-line 

Ø     Creates efficiencies 

 ERP TO SURVIVE                                                                                                                                  Back

• ERP is only the tool you need to achieve that step change in business performance, it is not a solution on its own. 
• For change to happen people have to do something different, a change of culture.
• To change culture you have to change performance measures.
• To change performance measures you have first to develop a shared vision, a new way of working together.
• You should regularly check your planning and control processes by benchmarking your company against best practice.