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CHAPTER TEN. Enterprise Resource Planning and Collaboration Systems. ERP (Your Book’s Definition).
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CHAPTER TEN Enterprise Resource Planning and Collaboration Systems
ERP (Your Book’s Definition) • Enterprise resource planning – integrates all departments and functions throughout an organization into a single IT system (or integrated set of IT systems) so that employees can make enterprise wide decisions by viewing enterprise wide information on all business operations
ERP (My Definition) • All of an organization’s business processes are integrated into a single system (SCM, CRM, accounting, finance, manufacturing, along with specialized function applicable to specific industries)
ERP (Players) • SAP has 30+ percent of the market • Oracle / PeopleSoft • IBM • Microsoft Dynamics
ERP (Benefits) • Breaks down or eliminates information silos • Business processes are performed more efficiently • All functional systems interact together
ERP (Risks) • Failure can be catastrophic • Hershey • http://www.slideshare.net/ankitm2/erp-failure-in-hersheys-presentation • This list is endless • Failure is typically caused by • Poor planning • Not understanding and adapting business process to the ERP
Core ERP Components (1) • Accounting and Finance • Integrates traditional AR / AP / inventory / payroll / general ledger • Financial reporting systems • Operates with multiple currencies
Core ERP Components (2) • Production and materials management • Raw materials supply chain • Manufacturing • You can’t make what you don’t have • Distribution • You can’t ship what you have not made • Human resources
Extended Components • Business intelligence integration • CRM • SCM • Often considered a core component • Ebusiness • Also becoming a core component • Procurement (B2B) • Sales (B2C)
Enterprise Application Integration • Integrate SCM, CRM, ERP business partners, suppliers, distributers, resellers, customers typically by creating SOA middleware
Collaboration Systems (Introduction) • Simply put, they help people (employees / partners / customers) effectively work together and share information
Collaboration Systems (Types) • Groupware to collaborate • Content management systems are used as an information repository • Knowledge management • Workflow management • Much of the software performs many of these tasks
Collaboration Systems (Groupware) • Groupware allows us to work together • Functions • Calendaring, scheduling, and conferencing • File sharing and change tracking • Providers • Lotus Notes • SharePoint
Collaboration Systems (Content Management) • Manage • Information creating • Information storage • Changes to information • Information publishing and acquisition
Collaboration Systems (Knowledge Management) • Closely related to content management • Capture, classify, retrieve, and share information • It preserves organizational memory • SharePoint
Collaboration Systems (Workflow) • Workflow describes how work gets done • You don’t have the prerequisites for a class you want to take • You fill out the College of Business automated add slip form • It’s routed to the department or advisement center • An advisor approves or disapproves the request • You are notified
ERP Demo • Accounting • Financial / Managerial • Sales and Distribution • Customers and products • Procurement • Production • Quality management • Warehouse management • HR • And whatever else…