MGT 300 CHAPTER 12 : ENTERPRISE RESOURCES PLANNING
LEARNING OUTCOMES :
- Describe the role information plays in enterprise resources planning systems
- Identify the primary forces driving the explosive growth of enterprise resources planning systems
- Explain the business value of integrating supply chain management, customer relationship management, and enterprise resources planning systems
- ENTERPRISE RESOURCES PLANNING (ERP)
-At the heart of all ERP systems is a databases when a user enters or updates information in one module, it is immediately and automatically updated throughout the entire system
-ERP systems automate business processes
- BRINGING THE ORGANIZATION TOGETHER
-Organization before ERP
-In most organization, information has traditionally been isolated within specific departments, whether on an individual databases, in a file cabinet or on an employee's PC.
*DISADVANTAGES :
-updates issues
-redundancy
-inaccurate information across databases
-different formats of information in the different databases
- bringing the organization together
-ERP enables employees across the organization to share information across a single and centralized databases.
*DISADVANTAGES :
-not as flexible and far more difficult to change
-might not meet all department needs as well as an individual specific system
-multiple access levels increases security issues
-ethical dilemmas from accessing different department information such as payroll
- THE EVOLUTION OF ERP
- INTEGRATING SCM, CRM, and ERP
-SCM, CRM, and ERP are the backbone of e-business
-Integration of these applications is the key to success for many companies
-Integration allows the unlocking of information to make it available to any user, anywhere, and anytime
*SCM and CRM market overviews
-General audience and purpose of of SCM, CRM, and ERP
- INTEGRATION TOOLS
-Data points where SCM, CRM and ERP integrate
-ERP systems must have integrate various organization processes and be :
*Flexible :
-must be able to quickly respond to the changing needs of the organization
*Modular and open ;
-must have an open system architecture, meaning that any module can be interface with or detached whenever required without affecting the other modules
*Comprehensive :
- must be able to supports a variety of organizational functions for a wide range of businesses
*Beyond the company :
-must support external partnerships and collaborations efforts
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