A study on an environment of ERP introduction

Author

John, Yongjean ; Yim, Ki-Heung

Volume

6

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

84

Abstract

In today´s dynamic and turbulent business environment, in order to become globally competitive, many companies are trying to get closer to the customer and deliver value added products and services in the shortest possible time which demands integration of business processes of an enterprise. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is such a strategic tool, which helps the company to gain competitive edge by integrating all business processes and optimizing the resources available. This paper shows how ERP evolved, what makes up an ERP system and what it has to offer to the industries. The paper includes the role of ERP, perception of ERP value, ERP plan and direction. The author also argues checkpoints as a preview to ERP introduction.

Keywords

management; manufacturing resources planning; optimisation; planning; production control; ERP; business processes; delivery time; enterprise resource planning; planning; resource optimisation; value added product; value added services; Aerodynamics; Companies; Control systems; Enterprise resource planning; IEEE activities; Information technology; Manufacturing industries; Manufacturing processes; Materials requirements planning; Process planning;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Info-tech and Info-net, 2001. Proceedings. ICII 2001 - Beijing. 2001 International Conferences on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7010-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICII.2001.983009

Filename

983009