Methodology for Information Strategy Planning for ERP

1. Methodology for Information Strategy Planning for ERP By : Saleh A. Motawe Supervisor : Yassmen El bobo

2. Learning Objectives • Enterprise resource planning Definition • Functional areas • What is a Business Intelligence Strategy?

3. Enterprise resource planning • integrates internal and external management information across an entire organization, embracing finance/accounting, manufacturing, sales and service, CRM, etc. • ERP systems can run on a variety of hardware and network configurations, typically employing a database as a repository for information.[

4. Functional areas • Finance/Accounting General ledger, payables, cash management, fixed assets, receivables, budgeting, consolidation • Human resources payroll, training, benefits, 401K, recruiting, diversity management • Manufacturing Engineering, bill of materials, work orders, scheduling, capacity, workflow management, quality control, cost management, manufacturing process, manufacturing projects, manufacturing flow, activity based costing, Product lifecycle management

5. Functional areas • Supply chain management Order to cash, inventory, order entry, purchasing, product configurator, supply chain planning, supplier scheduling, inspection of goods, claim processing, commissions • Project management Costing, billing, time and expense, performance units, activity management • Customer relationship management Sales and marketing, commissions, service, customer contact, call center support

6. Functional areas • Data services Various "self–service" interfaces for customers, suppliers and/or employees • Access control Management of user privileges for various processes

7. What is a Business Intelligence Strategy? • A strategy that will outline how the company plans to use information to improve competitive edge; • A framework including the policies, standards ad best practices that will be used to manage the process and provide the roadmap to success; • Solutions that are based on a sound business case with clearly articulated return on investment (ROI);

8. What is a Business Intelligence Strategy? • An information management architecture that can support and incorporate vendor solutions; • Systems that integrate with other information management systems to ensure the right information is available at the right time to make the right decision; • Applications and software that can support dashboards;

9. What is a Business Intelligence Strategy? • Specialized information management jobs and trained staff or consultants to develop and implement solutions; • Commercial analytical software packages from established vendors such as Oracle, Cognos , and SAP; • Perhaps data mining to glean patterns of behavior.

10. What is a Business Intelligence Strategy? • Business intelligence is a sub set of information management, which includes the set of policies, standards, technology processes and skills required to ensure that an organization obtains the information needed to support information-based strategies and improve competitive advantage.

11. Business / IT Partnership Business Governance Use Specify requirements Define data & business rules Operate and Support Model information Develop databases & reports Technology Management IT Plan Run Build

12. REFERENCE • Bidgoli, Hossein, (2004). The Internet Encyclopedia, Volume 1, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 707. • Sheilds, Mureell G., E-Business and ERP: Rapid Implementation and Project Planning. (2001) John Wiley and Sons, Inc. p. 9-10. • information-management-architect.com