A Guide to ERP Benefits, Implementation and Trends
Publisher: Bookboon
Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 9788740307290
Table of contents: title: Part 1: What is ERP?; title: Why ERP?; title: The main characteristics of ERP; title: Impact of ERP; title: Summary; title: The functioning of ERP systems; title: The value chain and the supply chain; title: The predecessors of ERP; title: The first ERP systems – data integration for manufacturing companies; title: ERP extensions – Data integration for other value chains; title: ERP extensions – Sophisticated best practices; title: ERP extensions – Data integration in the supply chain; title: Summary; title: Parties in the ERP market place; title: ERP software suppliers; title: Implementation partners; title: Application service providers; title: Summary; title: ERP and IT architecture; title: The logical architecture of an ERP system; title: The elements of a physical IT architecture; title: ERP on a mainframe architecture; title: ERP on a client-server architecture; title: ERP on a browser architecture; title: Summary; title: Part 2: ERP evaluation and implementation; title: Principles of an ERP implementation; title: Phases in the ERP life cycle; title: The preselection of suppliers, implementation partners and application; title: service providers; title: The sourcing basis: turn-key or do-it-yourself; title: Model-building strategy; title: Go live strategy; title: Summary; title: Functional fit analysis; title: Significance of the functional fit analysis; title: A method for functional fit analysis; title: Approach; title: Summary; title: Risk analysis; title: Significance of the risk analysis; title: A method for risk analysis; title: Approach; title: Summary; title: Cost benefit analysis; title: Significance of the cost benefit analysis; title: A method for cost benefit analysis; title: Approach; title: Summary; title: ERP ex ante evaluation – an example; title: Introduction of the example company; title: The principles of the ERP implementation at P&V Europe; title: Functional fit analysis; title: Risk analysis; title: Cost benefit analysis; title: Go-no go presented to the European board; title: Part 3: Managerial trends and ERP; title: ERP and open source software; title: Open source software: a brief introduction; title: ERP and open source software; title: Implementation strategy; title: Summary; title: ERP and corporate governance; title: Corporate governance legislation: a brief introduction; title: ERP and internal control; title: Summary; title: ERP and shared services; title: Shared service centres: a brief introduction; title: ERP and shared service centres; title: Implementation strategy; title: Summary; title: Criticism of ERP; title: ERP data integration and organisational culture; title: ERP best practice processes and competitive advantage; title: Summary; title: References; title: Endnotes