Enterprise Resources Planning
Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP)
It integrates all processes and data of an organization into a carefully designed and unified system to increase the total productivity of the organization. The term ERP originally implied systems designed to plan the utilization of enterprise-wide resources, today's use of the term ERP systems has much broader scope, it supports the following process cycles:
. Forecast/Order-to-Manufactory cycle
. Sales order processing to accounts receivable cycle
. Purchase requisition to receipt to accounts payable cycle
. Multi-country, multi-currency, consolidated financial month-end closing cycle
It handles the activities of manufacturing, logistics , distribution , inventory, shipping, invoicing , and accounting for a company. Enterprise Resource Planning supports business units, from sales , marketing, logistics, warehouse, distribution centre, retain shop, production, quality management, finance and human resources management.
The modules of ERP
ERP, among other things, combined the data of formerly disparate applications. It standardised and reduced the number of software specialties required within larger organizations. In the absence of an ERP system, the company may find itself with many software applications that do not talk to each other and do not effectively interface. A key factor of ERP is the integration of data from all aspects of an organization, it covers:
Manufacturing: engineering, bills of material, capacity planning, scheduling, workflow management, quality control, product costing, manufacturing accounting, manufacturing process, manufacturing projects, manufacturing flow
Supply Chain Management: inventory, order entry, purchasing, product configurator, supply chain planning, supplier scheduling, inspection of goods, claim processing, commission calculation
Financials: general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets, cash management
Projects: project, project activities management, project budgeting, project forecast, costing, billing, time and expense
Human Resources: human resources, payroll, training, time & attendance, benefits
Methodology of ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning contains the following methodologies and technology:
. Material Requirements Planning (MRP I)
. Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II)
. Capacity Planning (CP)
. Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP I)
. Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP II)
Enterprise Application Suite (EAS) is a new name for formerly developed ERP systems which include (almost) all segments of business, using ordinary Internet browsers as thin clients. It is cross-functional and enterprise wide. All functional departments that are involved in operations or production are integrated in one system. ERP brings benefits of the Best Practices compliance requirement.
Implementation of ERP
Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) should be implemented with proper planning, consulting for a large ERP project involves three levels: solution architecture consulting, business process consulting (primarily re-engineering) and technical implementation consulting (primarily programming and tool configuration activity). Please feel free to contact us to discuss your needs and requirements. Contact us
