¡¡ERP (enterprise resources plan) is one kind of new business managementpattern, it the customer demand, enterprise internal manufacture andsupplier's manufacture resources unifies, regards as enterprise'sservice flow is a close joint supply chain. ERP is several mutuallycordinates the enterprise interior division the work the supportprogram, like finance, market marketing, production manufacture and soon.

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ Any type enterprise needs the ERP system

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ Generally speaking, when the enterprise has the following somesymptoms, needs to consider purchases ERP software.

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ 1. old systems are unable promptly to provide the data and theinformation which the decision-making needs, perhaps the old systemtoo obsolete is unable to carry on the technical support;

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ 2. current uses systems too disperse, perhaps is composed by mutuallynot the connected several subsystems, these systems create the datathe repetition input;

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ 3. companies employees are unable promptly effectively to provide forthe customer or supply goods the information which business needs,perhaps is unable promptly effectively to reply the customer orsupplies goods the question which business proposed;

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ 4. enterprises pass through annex many times, create the system whichmany is not connected in any way;

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ 5. enterprises' essential data are not the real-time renewals, but isby the batch run way to carry on.

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ How chooses the appropriate ERP system

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ Forms a group to carry on the product the shaping

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ Panel member's experience and the opinion are very important regardingthe choice correct ERP product and the entire ERP project success orfailure. Suggested the panel members should include vice- President,information department director and the production which the managerproduces, retail, department's the and so on finance, customer servicerepresentatives. After the panel members designate, should determinethe group group leader. Group group leader should be familiar with theenterprise and the product situation.

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ The ERP group must achieve the mutual recognition to the following aseries of key questions: Budget, timetable, goal and effect. Thedifferent ERP product or the different implementation method often canhave the different price, also can have the different investmentrepayment rate (ROI). No matter how, the enterprise must have theenough fund to let the ERP group complete step and so on analysis andshaping.

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ Formulation system shaping timetable

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ An equipment enough resources and the complete member's ERP group,generally can in complete the shaping 2 to 4 months. Must regard asshaping this work is doing for enterprise's some important customers amatter, must carry on the work by such manner. The ERP system successimplementation not only is after all advantageous to the enterprise,simultaneously also lets the enterprise the service partner and thecustomer find mercies.

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ Decides the enterprise the essential service need

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ What problem does the enterprise want to solve? What advantage can theERP implementation have? The enterprise is wants to reduce the stock,or wants to reduce the date of delivery, perhaps the reductiontransportation cost, increases the market share, or the simplificationproduction process? At the same time, the enterprise current somestrategic steps also must perform to consider that, like the newproduct research and development and goes on the market, the customerserves the plan, company's expansion or the personnel losses and soon.

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ The ERP group must form a related enterprise interior basic situationthe document. This document including customer total, business goaland enterprise operation detailed description. This document mustpoint out this enterprise and other enterprise different service flowsor the procedure. Had these important flows or the proceduredescription, the ERP software supplier may have pointed prepares todemonstrate. Such document not only causes the enterprise the ERPgroup when carries on the shaping or the implementation with a cleargoal, it also let the ERP supplier have had understood well theenterprise service needed way.

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ Cannot lose on the starting line

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ The ERP system is the business management live soul, enterprise'ssuccess with whether uses the correct ERP system to be bound by acommon cause. Must pay attention in the ERP product purchase, whetherthis software already could use in the world-class enterprise. Onlyuses this kind of product, can cause the enterprise to be in theidentical beginning in the scientific management, this is so-called"cannot lose on the starting line".

Chooses the ERP product not only to need to look for several ERPsoftware supplier, enterprise itself also must understand the softwaresupplier in the profession status and the development direction. Thecorrect ERP supplier may become the partner which the help enterprisegrows.

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ The ERP product may the extension

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ Many enterprises, specially mid- and small-scale enterprise whenpurchases ERP software, should pay attention to software to bepossible the extension. Generally speaking, the ERP system may hangmeets some popular databases, like, MicroSoft SQL Server, MySQL orOracle and so on, each kind of database price difference is very big.The ERP product ought to be able nimbly to hang meets each kind ofdatabase. When the enterprise is relatively small, may purchase therelatively cheap database; When enterprise service expansion, againpurchases the large-scale database. Also must pay attention is thesystem language extension, when system design, therefore the productought to be able to support each language. The Chinese enterprisefinally will suppose the factory in the overseas to carry on theservice, whether this ERP product can carry on global the support.Many ERP product certainly does not have this aspect characteristic,the product localization is extremely difficult.

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ Product direct-viewing

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ The ERP product implementation has many quite successful examples,also has the defeat the example. Except well known so-calledimplementation leading group question, on the other hand is theproduct itself design question. The good implementation leading groupall is unable to eliminate the product the flaw. The ERP productimplementation needs by the enterprise various departmentsomni-directional investment and the use. In in the enterprise staff'scomputer level relative lower situation, requests the ERP product tohave good direct-viewing, can support the non- keyboard entry,specially the computer which must use in the production workshop.

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ ERP system foundation

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ Many customers are choosing the ERP system often to neglect the ERPsystem the information source - stock management system. The stockmanagement scientific nature and the accuracy, all ERP system all hasnot been spatial, also is far from the benefit management and the costmanagement on the basis. Must achieve "based on active accountantwhich ERP esteems manages (Activity Based Accounting)", must knowproduces all services activity as well as various materials actualcost which each kind of product carries on. The ERP system must toeach part (product, half-finished product, raw material) theconsumption process carries on the record, this must basically realizethe real-time bar code stock management in fact on the request system.The system (bar code) mobile will carry on the strict controlaccording to thing marking to it, such system will be able to achievethe true stock management, will be able to provide the accurate datato the ERP other modules. In the market many ERP system has not allrealized this point the importance, in fact they certainly are unablefor enterprise's operation to provide the high grade service.

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ Must truly based on the real-time bar code stock management, theproduction product only can by the average material cost operation,this be unable truly to know the production product the actual cost.More serious is, in the customer to the enterprise product qualityproposed when question, actually was unable to verify the product hasused which kind of material.

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ Therefore, based on the real-time bar code stock management is a ERPsystem essential link.

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ Whether the product does support two times of developments

¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡ Since the enterprise must purchase ERP, then ERP system whether 100%does suit each enterprise? The answer is negative. How regardless ofthe ERP sales promotion business did boast, the common enterprise allneeds to carry on the varying degree two developments. This needs theERP product to be able to have the plan to support two times ofdevelopments, also will not be able to create turns to a newgeneration from now on in the product on question. The ERP productsystem structural design should cause the core logic with the customercontact surface logic separation, like this causes when the enterprisetwo developments may turn to a new generation as necessary with theERP system Synchronization .