ERP: Starting with Internal Integration

Author: Chen Qishen (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: "ERP—Starting with Internal Integration" is a summary of Chen Qishen's decade-long dedicated research. The book is well-structured, rich in content, easy to understand yet profound, and serves as an excellent professional reference in the field of ERP application and enterprise informatization construction in China.
- Jin Daren, Deputy Director of the ERP Committee of the China Electronics Society
This book is primarily written for middle and senior managers to understand the principles, operational mechanisms, management philosophy, project implementation, and management applications of ERP, with a focus on internal integration. For most Chinese enterprises, implementing ERP by starting with internal integration is a practical and feasible step-by-step approach—much like learning to walk before running. Therefore, internal integration is a solid and essential process. Addressing the diverse explanations of ERP both domestically and internationally, this book strives to trace its roots and present a fair and pragmatic perspective. Based on the research reports of GartnerGroup, the American firm that first proposed the ERP concept, it introduces ERP. Drawing on the classic literature of the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS), which advocates MRP, it explains the application of internal integration.
The predecessor of this book is "MRPII—Fundamentals of Manufacturing Resource Planning," a must-read introductory text for professionals engaged in management informatization in China. Since the advent of ERP, the core content of MRPII has been fully integrated into ERP and has evolved further, which is reflected in this book.
The book is divided into three parts: "ERP Principles and Management Philosophy," "Application of ERP Internal Integration," and "Project Management and ERP Implementation." It is an accessible and practical textbook designed to be easy to understand and focus on real-world applications. It is suitable for middle and senior managers, project implementation consultants, software companies, and readers from relevant disciplines in universities and colleges.