Enterprise Resource Planning

Archive for 2008

Installing an ERP system for your company is a complex task and its therefore vitally important to fully research the ERP market before selecting your ERP provider.

Detailed ERP evaluation criteria is available in other sections of this website, so this page will provide some basic guidelines you should consider when researching ERP systems.

Articulate you company goals clearly and without ambiguity. This is probably the most critical guideline. Corporate goals look to the future. Its important to select a ERP package which
will handle your company’s future requirements.

Define your company’s tactical goals. Factors such as financial targets, required cost-saving, manpower projections, and similar tactical goals help prioritize your corporate needs. This translates to important ERP selection criteria.

Think laterally and avoid conventional wisdom. No single ERP system is best. Each system has its own subtleties and is most useful in certain specific circumstances which may – or may not - be what is expected in your industry. Just because other companies in your industry have selected a particular package is not sufficient reason for your company to do the same. It is far better to do a thorough evaluation of the various vendor’s offerings and then come to your own conclusion based on your company’s specific requirements.

Pick an implementation partner and follow their advice. It is important to have faith in the partner you select to assist your company in its implementation. A well considered, quality
vendor will assist you in meeting your project targets in terms of timelines, budget considerations, and project planning. This helps militate against the risk of implementation failure.

Plan for international implementations. Multinational organizations have sites in many countries with different work practices and across different time zones. Ensure that your project team has the skills needed to negotiate these challenges.

Traditionally, very few Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) applications could run on Linux. The reason for this is probably that ERP vendors are conservative and would only porttheir applications to a particular hardware type if they are sure there is sufficient demand.

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That time has now come, Linux is now an established – even a preferred – hardware platform for many organisations and the odd key vendors on reforming over themselves to provide a Linux version for their software.

SAP was the 1st first major ERP vendor to market a Linux version and all considered to be aggressively pro-Linux. This is illustrated by its attempt to support Linux for output management solution on the new IBM S/390 eServer ZSeries. In addition, SAP is working with Dell and Oracle to migrate the failover capability of Oracle Application Clusters to thescalability of the SAP R/3 system.

And now PeopleSoft – the world’s 2nd largest ERP provider – is also demanding a piece of the action. PeopleSoft recently introduced a new tool that allows Enterprise One suite to run on Red Hat Linux, using BEA WebLogic infrastructure/software.

But SAP and PeopleSoft are proprietary ERP systems, and don’t have a history in open source software. Compiere offers a genuine ERP open source package complete with customerrelations management (CRM), partner relations management (PRM), supply chain management (SCM), ERP and online analysis processing (OLAP) modules. The software is coded as a Java application under the Mozilla license. Compiere told its its product to medium size organizations. The product is considered to be excellent value for money. The licence is free!

As in the case of the proprietary ERP systems, the devil is in the implementation not the software. At last count there were over 50 organisations offering implementation services forthe Compiere ERP application. Costs for these services of comparable with the cost of consulting services for proprietary the ERP applications. Your company is therefore won’t save onconsulting fees, but certainly well on the licensing and product fee. Support from the vendor is a fraction of what you pay with SAP or PeopleSoft. For example, a one-year supportcontract for a ten user user license is about $1,500.

And the best is still to come. The Meta Group predicts that the Linux share of the ERP market will grow to 30% by 2007. There are ready is competition between SAP and PeopleSoft inthis space. In addition, Compiere is now offering a open source alternative. We can expect other open source products to be available soon. This is sure to improve the quality of allLinux ERP solutions.

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• Baan And SSA Baan ERP
  A history of Baan
  baan-erp.html

• You Improve Your Business With ERP
  Enterprise resource planning helps to constantly improve your business.
  You_Improve_Your_Business_With_ERP.html

• ERP Vendor Company Information
  Criteria to help select an ERP Vendor
  erp-company.html

• Guide To Erp Software Evaluation
  Factors to watch out for during ERP software evaluation
  erp-evaluation.html

• Enterprise Resource Planning For Quality Outputs
  The importance of enterprise resource planning and what it brings to a company.
  Enterprise_Resource_Planning_For_Quality_Outputs.html

• ERP Implementation Decision Points
  What to watch out for when installing ERP systems
  erp-implementation.html

• Well Known ERP Implementation Failures
  Insights from ERP Implementation Failures
  erp-implementation-failure.html

• Enterprise Resource Planning Improves Company Policies And Functions
  See how companies improve with the implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning.
  Enterprise_Resource_Planning_Improves_Company_Policies_And_Functions.html

• Career Opportunities For ERP Professionals
  ERP Employment Opportunities
  erp-jobs.html

• How To Manage Enterprise Resource Planning
  The various ways of Enterprise Resource Planning implementation.
  How_To_Manage_Enterprise_Resource_Planning.html

• ERP induced change is always good
  The organizational changes brought about by ERP implementation is always welcome
  ERP_induced_change_is_always_good.html

• Researching ERP Vendors And ERP Implementation Partners
  ERP Research and ERP Vendor Selection
  erp-research.html

• ERP Security Solutions
  Protecting your ERP from fraud and other security risks
  erp-security.html

• Understanding Erp Software
  Understanding ERP Software for automating business processes
  erp-software-solution.html

• ERP Vendors Shortlisted
  ERP Vendors including SAP, Baan, PeopleSoft, Oracle, JD Edwards and SSA.
  erp-vendors.html

• What Is Enterprise Resource Planning
  ERP – A description and implementation guide
  index.html

• Linux Erp – The Free Alternative
  SAP, PeopleSoft and Compiere have Linux ERP applications
  linux-erp.html

• Marketing Project Planning Insights
  The success of each project is dependent on a detailed and thorough marketing project planning done.
  Marketing_Project_Planning_Insights.html

• Your Privacy
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• Resource Project Planning Is Crucial
  Resource project planning is crucial to the success of project management
  Resource_Project_Planning_Is_Crucial.html

• An Introduction To Sap Software
  An introduction to Sap Software
  sap-software.html

• Upgrading Your SAP ERP System
  How to plan for a successful SAP Upgrade
  sap-upgrades.html

• Site Map
  sitemap-alphabetical.html

• The need for Enterprise Resource Planning
  The need for enterprise resource planning as a business imperitive.
  The_need_for_Enterprise_Resource_Planning.html

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