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One of the most influential IT developments of the past forty years has been Enterprise Resource Planning, or ERP. Thousands of organisations have used ERP to change their business models and improve their processes. In this book, the benefits of ERP are explained, and guidance is given for ERP implementations.
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2013
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Table of Contents
Content
1. Part 1: What is ERP?
2. Why ERP?
2.1. The main characteristics of ERP
2.2. Impact of ERP
2.3. Summary
3. The functioning of ERP systems
3.1. The value chain and the supply chain
3.2. The predecessors of ERP
3.3. The first ERP systems – data integration for manufacturing companies
3.4. ERP extensions – Data integration for other value chains
3.5. ERP extensions – Sophisticated best practices
3.6. ERP extensions – Data integration in the supply chain
3.7. Summary
4. Parties in the ERP market place
4.1. ERP software suppliers
4.2. Implementation partners
4.3. Application service providers
4.4. Summary
5. ERP and IT architecture
5.1. The logical architecture of an ERP system
5.2. The elements of a physical IT architecture
5.3. ERP on a mainframe architecture
5.4. ERP on a client-server architecture
5.5. ERP on a browser architecture
5.6. Summary
6. Part 2: ERP evaluation and implementation
7. Principles of an ERP implementation
7.1. Phases in the ERP life cycle
7.2. The preselection of suppliers, implementation partners and application
8. service providers
8.1. The sourcing basis: turn-key or do-it-yourself
8.2. Model-building strategy
8.3. Go live strategy
8.4. Summary
9. Functional fit analysis
9.1. Significance of the functional fit analysis
9.2. A method for functional fit analysis
9.3. Approach
9.4. Summary
10. Risk analysis
10.1. Significance of the risk analysis
10.2. A method for risk analysis
10.3. Approach
10.4. Summary
11. Cost benefit analysis
11.1. Significance of the cost benefit analysis
11.2. A method for cost benefit analysis
11.3. Approach
11.4. Summary
12. ERP ex ante evaluation – an example
12.1. Introduction of the example company
12.2. The principles of the ERP implementation at P&V Europe
12.3. Functional fit analysis
12.4. Risk analysis
12.5. Cost benefit analysis
12.6. Go-no go presented to the European board
13. Part 3: Managerial trends and ERP
14. ERP and open source software
14.1. Open source software: a brief introduction
14.2. ERP and open source software
14.3. Implementation strategy
14.4. Summary
15. ERP and corporate governance
15.1. Corporate governance legislation: a brief introduction
15.2. ERP and internal control
15.3. Summary
16. ERP and shared services
16.1. Shared service centres: a brief introduction
16.2. ERP and shared service centres
16.3. Implementation strategy
16.4. Summary
17. Criticism of ERP
17.1. ERP data integration and organisational culture
17.2. ERP best practice processes and competitive advantage
17.3. Summary
18. References
19. Endnotes
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