ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)

Author: Sumner, written by Zhang Yuting, translated by Yang Xiaoyun
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: The skills and knowledge provided by the book "ERP—Enterprise Resource Planning" will enable people to tackle the challenges required for the successful implementation of ERP systems. The book equips readers with powerful tools, which are the very factors that distinguish successful from failed ERP project implementations. Simply put, these tools will enable people to address the following questions:
How to conduct a business investment value analysis for ERP? Should a company reengineer its business processes to adapt to ERP software, or should it customize the ERP software package? What are the ten steps for implementing an ERP system? Which components in the ERP modules support marketing? Which support financial management? Which support product manufacturing and material management? Which support human resource management? What are the risk factors in ERP project management? What strategies can be used to minimize these risk factors? What are the differences between successful and unsuccessful ERP projects? How does ERP help businesses manage supply chains? How does ERP provide a foundation for e-commerce? How does ERP support business intelligence? What standards should be used to evaluate other types of ERP implementation, such as those using application service providers?
The authors of this book are renowned professors in the fields of ERP and MIS. With 25 years of teaching experience and meticulous professional research, they have made it possible to create a concise and well-written professional ERP textbook. This book can serve as training material for managers and technical personnel engaged in ERP work, as well as a textbook or reference for students in management engineering, management information systems, computer applications, business management, and related fields.