...ERP IN MANUFACTURING SECTOR Group :6 Anubhav Chaturvedi (15) Anirudh Mishra (36) Amol Singh (57) Rohit Patil (60) INTRODUCTION ERP systems have traditionally been used by capital-intensive industries such as manufacturing, Services etc. Manufacturing firms are facing new challenges and in order to stay competitive many manufacturing operations require to be regularly updated with the Information Technology solutions. The manufacturing sector is one of the main economic activities in most of the nations. The most important aspect to characterize IT adoption is the industry and its specific characteristics rather than the country the firms belong to. Different industries have different operating characteristics and environments, and the factors related to ERP use may differ accordingly. Given the complexity of manufacturing firms, we then decide which aspects of a firm influence the use of technological innovations. Most of the manufacturing companies rely on ERP software to manage the entire range of business activities from CRM, manufacturing inventory and processes, accounting software, manufacturing planning, purchasing, quality, and more. For implementing ERP in any manufacturing industry the research objectives revolve around the following parameters(Mainly cost and quality measurement) * To identify whether there is significant difference in performance measures like cost and quality in industries with well defined IT system and industries with not such well...
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...Planning (ERP). Perhaps we can still survive without technology, but without ERP, a company may fail to remain competitive as they fail to respond quickly to new practices and procedures. Indeed, a company who quest for competitive advantage in this era of intense competition where business entities compete for innovation, expanding customer’s expectation and internationalization of markets, a company regardless of their size must have a reliable ERP to support them. ERP has proven to be an effective tool for competitive advantage as ERP help to delivery products of the highest quality on time, as quickly as possible and at the best price. Davenport (1998, p.121) suggests that “ERP appear to be a dream comes true as these software promise the seamless integration of the information flowing through a company. Markus et al. (2000) defines ERP as commercial software package that enable the integration of transaction oriented data and business process throughout an organization. The purpose of this paper is to discuss facts about ERP, its benefits and the critical success factors in ERP implementation especially for small manufacturing companies, which is in this paper, will sometime refer to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The remainder of this paper is organises as follows. In Section 2, facts about ERP software is presents. The ERP and its relations to small manufacturing company are discusses in Section 3. Section 4 outlines the benefits of ERP, mainly for SMEs. The...
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...| SaaS Technology for SMEs | Kriti Soral | Table of Contents Introduction 2 Small and Medium sized Enterprises 2 SMEs in India 3 SMEs and ERP 3 Barriers to implementation of ERP systems in SME’s 4 Strategies used 5 Saas Technology 5 Advantages of SaaS for SMEs 6 SaaS Vendors 7 Case Studies 7 SAP for 10 Users Company- Heckler & Koch GB 7 SaaS ERP for Oxford Bookstore 9 References 10 Introduction Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs) can mostly be considered as responsible for driving the competition prevailing in economic sectors. The definition and standards of a SME is different for different countries. These enterprises play an important role in setting the market trends and with this a need of using Enterprise Resources and Planning systems (ERP) for optimizing and automating their traditional business processes has aroused. But often ERP systems development, implementation and maintenance are very costly which makes it difficult for SMEs to use them. As a solution to these problems ERP system vendors now offer all the facilities of ERP system to the company without actually installing the hardware and software on the client side and this facility is referred to as Saas technology. This paper discusses SMEs of India, barriers of implementing ERP in SMEs, strategies used by ERP vendors and brief description of SaaS technology. Small and Medium sized Enterprises SME sector has been identified as an accelerator for economic growth...
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...A Project Report On Open Source ERP System By Dharit Gajjar (SSB10A07) Guided by Mr. Rakesh Pandya Sanskriti School of Business Near, DPS Harni, Harni-Virod Road, Vadodara-390022 www.ssbvadodara.net CERTIFICATE This is to certify that Dharit Gajjar (SSB10A07) student of Second level PGDM(IT) have successfully completed his project titled “Open Source ERP System ” towards partial fulfilment of the requirements of the subject “Enterprise Resource Planning” at Sanskriti School of Business, during the period August 2011 to November 2011. Project Guide Mr. Rakesh Pandya Executive Summary Information Technology in today’s world is must for cutting edge competition. The tendency is to produce more, with as little cost as possible and be reactive to the continuously changing needs and requirements of internal as well as external customers. That is why flexibility, adaptability and cost cutting are main reasons that are pushing increasingly more companies to adopt Open Source Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. The main objective of this study is to see whether open source ERP can satisfy the need of large organization as well as small and medium enterprises. Open source ERP systems are often targeted to enterprises whose requirements are not covered by standard software. Similar circumstances apply to organizations that need continuous adaption of the software to changing processes and needs. In this work the suitability of current open source ERP systems for...
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...SME CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the study: Banking system occupies an important place in a nation’s economy. A banking institution is indispensable in a modern society. Bank is an old institution that is contributing toward the development of any economy and is treated as an important service industry in the modern world. Economic history shows that development has started everywhere with the banking system and its contribution towards financial development of a country is the highest in the initial stage. Modern Banks play an important part in promoting economic development of a country Bank provides necessary funds for executing various programs in the process of economic development. They collect savings from large masses of people scattered throughout the country, which in the absence of banks would have remained ideal and unproductive. These scattered amounts are collected. Pooled together and made available to commerce and industry for meeting the financial requirements. Bank plays a vital role in the economy by providing means of payment and in mobilizing resources. Bank is the most important financial institution in the economy. The economic development of a country depends on the development of banking sector. Today’s modern banks ate not only providing traditional banking but also expanding the many financial services. In today’ world the lice of the people...
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...Then, researcher would curtail that down into more specific hypotheses that can be tested. The hypotheses are then further curtailed down, when observations are collected to test the hypotheses. This ultimately leads the researcher to be able to test the hypotheses with specific data, leading to a confirmation (or not) of the original theory and arriving at a conclusion. In this research Deductive Approach has been used. Importance has been given on identifying, all the factors that influence Small and medium scale enterprises to implement web based open source ERP system as SaaS. The objective is to identify and consider all those factors that are of importance for SMEs, while implementing web based open source ERP system as a SaaS. Another objective is to study and identify the overall impact, growth and performance of these small and medium scale industries after the implementation of web based ERP system and how much does it benefits to them. 7.3 Research Methods (Ghuari & Gronhuag, 2005 [61]) ‘Research method refers to systematic, focused and orderly collection of data for the purpose of obtaining information from them, to answer a particular research problem or question’. There are two types of Research Methods: 1. Quantitative Method 2. Qualitative Method 1. Quantitative Research Method: (Malhotra, 1996. [62]) In Quantitative Research Method, data is collected and quantified and thereafter statistical analysis is done to the quantified data. (Parasuraman, 1991...
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...information systems evolution and its historical role in organizations leading to systems integration and eventually Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). Learn about ERP systems and their evolution, components and architecture. Understand the benefits and drawbacks of implementing ERP systems and how they can help an organization improve its efficiency and worker productivity. Have an overview of the implementation process (e.g., the ERP life cycle, business process reengineering, project management, and change management). Understand the role of staff, vendors, consultants, and the organization in making the ERP implementation process successful. Comprehend the ethical, global and security challenges while implementing an ERP system, as well as get an overview of ERP vendors and industry trends. CHAPTER OUTLINE: I. II. III. IV. V. Opening Case: Hershey’s Enterprise 21 Project Preview a) Enterprise Systems in Organizations b) Information Silos and Systems Integration c) Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems Enterprise Resource Planning Systems a) What is an ERP? b) Evolution of ERP c) Business Process and ERP d) ERP System Components e) ERP Architecture f) e-Business and ERP g) Benefits and Limitations of ERP ERP Implementation a) Business Process Management b) ERP Life Cycle c) ERP Implementation Strategies d) Software and Vendor Selection e) Operations and Post-Implementation People and Organization a) Project Management ...
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...Jahrul Islam City, Aftabnagar, Dhaka Dear Sir, Subject: Application for report submission on “Enterprise Resource Planning”. As you will see, our observation pointed to the Managerial application of information technology, and we took into consideration the Enterprise Resource Planning as well as Its implementation, The Evolution of ERP, Integrating SCM, CRM, AND ERP, Integration Tools, vendors, advantages and disadvantage . We collected the data from secondary sources, analyzed within our group, and finally formulated the outline of our study. We would like to say that this report helps us a lot to understand ERP system largely. Moreover, your kind acceptance of this report would be highly appreciated. Sincerely Yours 1. Ms. Rasheda Naima Jahan (2013-3-95-019) 2. Mr. Md. Rafiqul Islam (2013-3-95-063) 3. Mr. Shadesh Baishnab (2013-3-95-075) 4. Mr. Md. Asaduzzaman (2013-3-95-099) 5. Mr. Avijit Das (2014-1-95-038) Acknowledgements We always have the guidance & clear instructions from our course teacher Dr. Md. Helal Uddin Ahmed. He never showed any sign of impatience towards us. He made us very much clear about the project content & what exactly He expected from us. Our term paper topic is “Enterprise Resource Planning”. To complete the report, we take help from several books named ‘ Management Information Systems’ by Kenneth...
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...ROLE OF ENTERPRISE INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN THE PROCUREMENT PROCESS Ashley Wright What is procurement? Steps taken to acquire raw materials or finished goods Also known as “Requisition-to-pay” process People, data, documents and information are essential components of procurement Who relies on procurement? Manufacturers Raw Legal/ Purchasing Contract Materials B2B Model Management Vendor Management Resellers Finished Goods B2C Model Purchasing Cost Business owners, management and shareholders Consumers Analysis Inventory Analysis Business Models B2B commerce- Business-to-Business When a business sells directly to another business Includes transactions for raw materials & finished goods Examples: Wood to make a skateboard, helmet, first aid kit B2C commerce- Business-to-Consumer When a business sells directly to the consumer Includes online transactions or internet retailing Examples: Airline tickets, eBay, Wal-Mart online Raw Materials to the Consumer Business-to-Business Business-to-Consumer Producer Manufacturer Distributor Retailer Consumer Business-to-Business (B2B) Commerce Manufacturers use B2B commerce to: Acquire Raw Materials from a Producer Manufacturer assembles raw material into a good End product sold to Distributor or Reseller Resellers use B2B commerce to: Acquire Finished Goods from a Distributor ...
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...To better understand erp systems and to be able to truly evaluate the most effective systems in the market today, you need to first ask the question, what’s an erp system? enterprise resource planning better known for its shortcut (erp)systems integrate internal and external management information across an entire organization, embracing finance/accounting, manufacturing, sales and service, customer relationship management, etc. ERP systems automate this activity with an integrated software application. The purpose of ERP is to facilitate the flow of information between all business functions inside the boundaries of the organization and manage the connections to outside stakeholders.[1] ERP systems can run on a variety of computer hardware and network configurations, typically employing a database as a repository for information. After extensive uses and application from thousands of corporation and companies both global and local from mid size to large , we were able to assess and evaluate the ten best current erp systems and they are in none specific order : First, Openbravo Open bravo is a web-based, open source ERP business solution for small and medium sized companies. Already in production, Open bravo ERP encompasses a broad range of functionalities such as finance, supply chain, manufacturing & much more. Open bravo ERP has been designed with broad business functionality to help businesses improve overall performance. It is based on a single, integrated database...
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...Business plan of the SaaS Company Content 1. Introduction …………………..……………………………………………...... 1 2. Marketing Strategy ……...…..………………………………………………... 1 2.1 Background …….….….……..…………………………………………... 1 2.2 SWOT Analysis .……..………..…………………………………………. 2 2.2.1 Strengths ……………………………………………………….…. 2 2.2.2 Weakness ……………………………………………………….… 2 2.2.3 Opportunity ….…………………………………………………… 3 2.2.4 Threats ……….…………………………………………………… 3 2.3 S.T.P.---- Segmentation, Targeting, Positioning …..….….…………… 4 2.3.1 Segmentation ………..…………………………………………… 4 2.3.2 Targeting ……………….………………………………………… 4 2.3.3 Positioning …………..….…...…………………………………… 5 3. Implementation of the strategy for 4ps …..……..…………………………… 6 3.1 Product……………..…………………………………….………………. 6 3.1.1 Core product ……………….…………………………………… 6 3.1.2 Extended product ……….………………………………………. 7 3.1.3 Branding ……………….…………………………...……………. 7 3.2 Price …………………………………………………..…………………. 7 3.2.1 Payment method …………….…………………………………. 8 3.2.2 Price policy ………………….………………………………….. 8 3.2.2.1 Differential pricing ……………………………………. 8 3.2.2.2 Membership pricing policy …………………………… 8 3.3 Place …………………………………………………………………….. 8 3.3.1 Online channels ………………….……………………………... 9 3.3.2 Offline channels ………………………………………………... 9 3.3.3 Distribution channels ………….….……………………………. 9 3.4 Promotion ………………………………………………………………. 10 3.4.1 Online promotion ………………………………………………. 10 3.4.2 Offline...
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...Migrating to a Standardized ERP System in a Cloud Computing Environment at ABC Corporation Barbara Ferneyhough Managerial Applications of Information Technology – IS535 (ON) Section B DeVry University, Keller Graduate School of Management December 11, 2011 Course Project Example used with permission from student Migrating to a Standardized ERP System in a Cloud Computing Environment at ABC Corporation Proposal Topic This proposal discusses the use of multiple financial systems throughout ABC Corporation (ABC), the impact that this has upon effective corporate operations and proposes a solution. ABC maintains four different ERP systems (BaaN, PeopleSoft, SAP and Deltek) and a financial consolidation system (Hyperion) across all of its divisions leading to increased IT costs as individual systems must be procured, maintained, and manipulated to provide financial data in a format that is meaningful to the home office for reporting and strategic management purposes. Not only is this a potentially inefficient use of technology, the use of a non-standardized system impacts the ability of management to obtain, manipulate and interpret critical data elements for strategic planning purposes and regular performance monitoring. Problem The business problem to be solved is how to improve operational efficiencies, reduce IT costs, and improve insight into the financial management aspects of the company for improved strategic planning and performance monitoring. Approach ...
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...1. INTRODUCTION ERP has increasingly becoming popular among big and SMEs in today’s world. Tougher competition in the marketplace is generating the need to optimize resources, improve profitability and expand business requirements. Many companies are implementing ERP solutions to improve their day-to-day operations, improve response time on reporting to the Management and enhance capabilities. There are many solutions already established that can meet the specific business requirements of any organisations in any industry, hence choosing the right and the best solutions are essential to avoid wasting money and effort since ERP implementation could be excruciating and costly. Therefore, in order for a company to decide on which solution is the best for their business, they need to identify their existing processes and analyse in depth the existing flaws and their business requirements. This is supported by Travis (1999) who indicated that companies which put on greater efforts in ERP selection will achieve greater success. 2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY According to Lee, Moon, and Lee (2006), ERP systems can be used as an integration with existing business systems and processes to assist an organization maintaining its competitive advantage. Consistent identification of such ERP changes or upgrades is essential to improve business processes due to robust technology development. Existing systems could expire and should be upgraded from time to time as business grows considering...
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...ucm.es Clara Muñoz Colomina. Complutense University of Madrid. Spain. cimunnoz@ccee.ucm.es Abstract. This research study is aimed, based on empirical evidence, at measuring the relationship between the use of the Accounting Information Systems (AIS) by the Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) in Spain, and firms’ improved performance indicators and productivity. This empirical study is based on a survey carried out among small and medium-sized firms to ascertain the extent to which development and implementation of accounting information systems had taken place, and subsequently an analysis was made as to how much this introduction may impact on improvement in outcome indicators and productivity. As interesting results we have found that there is a positive relationship among the SMEs that use AIS for fiscal and bank management and better performance measures. This research provides value added in accounting literature given the scarcity of works dealing with the relationship between the application and use of AIS and performance and productivity indicators in SMEs in Spain. Keywords: Accounting Information Systems (AIS), Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs), performance measures, productivity. 1 We would like to thank Professor Carlos Rivero, from the Statistics Department (UCM), for his valuable assessment. Also we would like to thank the anonymous reviewers of the journal for their contributions. DOI: 10.4192/1577-8517-v11_2 Submitted...
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...The Technology Choices Written By: Predrag Jakovljevic Published On: August 27 2005 Microsoft's Uncontested UI Supremacy In the battle between Microsoft Business Solutions (MBS) and the UK-based the Sage Group plc (LSE: SGE.L) for the small-to-medium enterprise (SME) market segment, technology choices will be a major factor. The previous parts of this note detailed the strategies of these two major vendors and analyzed how the market would respond. But, going a mile further, there are some important areas where the synergy and a bridge between MBS and the rest of the "classic" Microsoft world could take place, such as the previously mentioned "user experience" mantra. The basic hypothesis is that Office (i.e., Word, Excel, and Outlook) constitute the core of the user experiences of many millions of existing and prospective desktop customers. Leveraging that ubiquitous look-and-feel acquaintance in the MBS product lines (and in those of rapidly increasing independent software vendors [ISV]) is something that can add tremendous clout to MBS sales efforts—with the supposedly minimal training for the information technology (IT)-resource constrained SME market. In fact, the ongoing Outlook, Excel, or Word user interface (UI) metaphor moves may speak volumes about where the entire market is going. Possibly the most vocal in that regard could be the recent announcement made by Microsoft and SAP that they are jointly developing a product that will integrate back-end SAP...
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