How to Assure a Successful ERP Implementation

As much as you might like to believe otherwise, implementing an ERP system is not a one-time event. Instead, implementations have become an ongoing process for manufacturers, especially as they adopt a more return on investment (ROI) driven approach for their technology investments. Between rolling out new modules or functionality, bringing another factory or division on-line, or upgrading to a newer version, ERP implementations can last for years.

The 12 Cardinal Sins of ERP Implementation

The Issues

The biggest single issue in ERP is the failure of a successful implementation. It is mind-boggling to continually encounter companies who make major ERP gaffes in this day and age, especially since most of the trials and tribulations of MRPII implementation were suffered and learned from in the early 1980's with alpha, beta and gamma releases.

What is ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)

ERP stands for enterprise resource planning. In an organization, ERP is not only utilized for mechanizing business transactions and complicated business processes, but also for redesigning work management system. Attaining innovation and higher level improvements in business process performance becomes a complicated task without measuring the capability of ERP. With the help of ERP, organizations can improve coordination and information access throughout the organizational units and this in turn leads to successful management of task interdependence. 

ERP provides combined business software modules which acts as a base and supports the functional units of an enterprise. it follows a process oriented approach and considers the core processes such as order fulfillment, materials procurement, preparation of balance sheet etc.