tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68674007473416824252023-11-15T08:13:56.278-08:00Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)Prodcons Grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02227116214041311214noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867400747341682425.post-9873029132053970942009-01-28T05:36:00.000-08:002010-05-29T22:46:01.992-07:00Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)<em></em><br /><em>For everything you wanted to know on <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">building leadership and management</span></strong>, refer <strong><span style="color:#006600;">Shyam Bhatawdekar’s website</span></strong>: </em><a href="http://shyam.bhatawdekar.com/"><em>http://shyam.bhatawdekar.com</em></a><em><br /><br />(Refer our <strong><span style="color:#006600;">High Quality</span></strong> <strong>Management Encyclopedia</strong> <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">“Management Universe”</span></strong> at: </em><a href="http://management-universe.blogspot.com/"><em>http://management-universe.blogspot.com/</em></a><em>)<br /></em><strong><span style="color:#993300;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="color:#993300;">Evolution</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;">1970s: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">MRP</span></span> (Initially, material requirement planning; later, manufacturing resource planning)</span><br />1980s: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">MRP</span></span> II<br />1990s: <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">ERP</span></span> (Enterprise resource planning; it's genesis is traced to a research and analysis firm <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Gartner</span></span>)<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#993300;">What is <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">ERP</span></span>?</span></strong><br /><ul><li>These systems are basically management <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">systems</span> and are supported by the computer software packages called <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">ERP</span></span> packages designed and marketed by many software vendors. </li><li>Basic most <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">ERP</span></span> system qualifies to be called <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">ERP</span></span> if it's related software package provides at least two functions say, materials function and accounting function. </li><li>Currently, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">ERP</span></span> is an enterprise-wide system that is supposed to coordinate all the resources, information, and activities pertaining to all the business processes of an organization.</li><li>Computerized <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">ERP</span></span> provides a common integrated data base on the computer.</li><li>Earlier to advent of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">ERP</span></span> systems, each function of an organization used to have its own, usually, stand alone, non-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">integrated</span> customized computer system, mostly developed by in-house information technology professionals. For example, payroll system, purchase order system, material accounting system, financial accounting system, sales order processing system etc.</li><li><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">ERP</span></span> is an extension of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">MRPII</span></span> (and not the replacement of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">MRP</span></span> II) for businesses. </li><li><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">ERP</span></span> addresses the needs of multi-division, multi-location and multi-currency nature of businesses which was not the case with <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">MRP</span></span> or <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">MRP</span></span> II and also, with the earlier computerized functional systems for each function. </li><li><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error">ERP</span></span> systems now cover all the functions of an organization/company, regardless of the nature of businesses whether manufacturing, service, non-manufacturing, profit and non-profit organizations, governments etc. </li></ul><p><strong><span style="color:#993300;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error">ERP</span></span> : Functionality</span></strong></p><ul><li>Sales order processing provides the inputs on what and how much needs to be <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">manufactured and</span> delivered to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">customers</span> and when.</li><li>Building of Master Production Schedule (<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error">MPS</span></span>).</li><li><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error">MPS</span></span> drives <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-error">MRP</span></span> by taking inputs from the bill of material (<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-error">BOM</span></span>).</li><li><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_27" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-error">MRP</span></span> explodes the gross requirement and planning for the dependent demand is done.</li><li>At the same time it gets the feedback from the stores and production in terms of scheduled receipts.</li><li>Depending on this and the time frame (lead time ), it suggests Purchase Requisition (in case of bought out items) and Production Order (in case of make in-house items).</li><li>Purchase Requisitions get converted into Purchase Orders which lead to Goods Receipt Note.</li><li>In case of make in-house items, Production Orders are passed to shop-floor control.</li><li>At the time of releasing the Production Orders to the shop, it ensures that the resources required are available and are subsequently allocated.</li><li>Capacity requirement planning (<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_28" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error">CRP</span></span>) ensures that capacity in terms of machine hours and man-power is available.</li><li>Scheduling of Production Orders enables that bottle-necks are minimized by following the optimum algorithm of sequencing.</li><li>Inspected goods, which make way to the finished goods stores, are in turn made available for the next <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_29" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-error">MRP</span></span> run.</li><li>Plant maintenance module will interface with the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_30" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">shop floor</span> control system.</li><li>Human resources and payroll processing will interface with shop floor control, general ledger and costing. </li><li>Provides office automation tools like E-mail, EDI.</li><li>Provides business <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_31" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">work flow</span> system which supports processing of vendor invoices no matter how they arrive by EDI, fax or normal mail.</li><li>Management information system (<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_32" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" class="blsp-spelling-error">MIS</span></span>) models the data available from the core modules on various filters and presents the same in much simpler, graphical way.</li><li><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_33" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_27" class="blsp-spelling-error">MIS</span></span> provides a ‘what if’ kind of analysis and exception reporting (early warning system).</li></ul><p><strong><span style="color:#993300;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_34" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_28" class="blsp-spelling-error">ERP</span></span> is Not.....</span></strong></p><ul><li>Magic potion to solve your business problems.</li><li>Resource optimization tool.</li><li>Merely computerization.</li><li>Merely a tool to automate business transaction processing.</li><li>Merely a tool to reduce inventory:<br />- Inventory is your score board, not the game.<br />- You implement <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_35" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_29" class="blsp-spelling-error">ERP</span></span> to orchestrate your business and improve business efficiency, which reflects in reduced inventory.</li></ul><p><strong><span style="color:#993300;">Some Misconceptions</span></strong></p><ul><li>This is IT Department’s project.</li><li>We don’t have time.</li><li>This is not suitable for us.</li><li>Our problems can not be addressed.</li><li>Our business is different.</li><li>Our organization is different.</li><li>Our people are different.</li></ul><p><strong><span style="color:#993300;"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_30" class="blsp-spelling-error">ERP</span> Modules</span></strong></p><p><span style="color:#000000;">Computerized <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_31" class="blsp-spelling-error">ERP</span> software package should have the modules given below. Many software vendors provide them.</span></p><ul><li>Financial Accounting and Controlling</li><li>Capital Investment Management</li><li>Enterprise Controlling</li><li>Treasury</li><li>Project Management</li><li>Logistics Management</li><li>Human Resources</li><li>Production Planning and Control</li><li>Materials Management</li><li>Plant Maintenance</li><li>Quality Management</li><li>Sales and Distribution</li><li>International Management</li><li>Management Information System</li></ul><p><strong><span style="color:#993300;">For More Guidance, Assistance, Training and Consultation</span></strong></p><p>Contact: <a href="mailto:prodcons@prodcons.com">prodcons@prodcons.com</a></p><p>Also refer: <em>(Prodcons Group) </em><a href="http://prodcons-group.blogspot.com/"><em>http://prodcons-group.blogspot.com/</em></a><em>, (Training Programs by Prodcons Group) </em><a href="http://training-development-function.blogspot.com/"><em>http://training-development-function.blogspot.com/</em></a><em>, (Productivity Consultants) </em><a href="http://productivity-consultants.blogspot.com/"><em>http://productivity-consultants.blogspot.com/</em></a></p><p><strong><span style="color:#993300;">Other Topics of Interest </span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="color:#006600;">All Management Topics</span></strong> <em>(General Management, Marketing and Sales, Service, Operations/Manufacturing, Quality, Maintenance, Human Resources, Finance and Accounts, Information Technology, Life Management)<br /></em><br />The topics are listed in alphabetic order:<br /><br />(<strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Home Pages for All the Management Topics</span></strong>) <a href="http://management-universe.blogspot.com/">http://management-universe.blogspot.com/</a> and <a href="http://management-universe-enotes.blogspot.com/">http://management-universe-enotes.blogspot.com/</a><br />(<strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Building Leadership and Management</span></strong>) <a 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