Business Visibility with Enterprise Resource Planning

Copyright © 2015 by Anupama Sakhare.

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CONTENTS

1    Introducing ERP

1.1 Introduction

1.2 What is ERP?

1.3 Business Benefits of ERP ?

1.4 Business Needs and ERP :

1.5 Objectives of ERP

1.6 Performance Benefits of ERP

1.7 Entries as inputs in ERP

2    Technology used in ERP

2.1 ERP Infrastructure

2.2 ERP Architecture:

2.3 ERP – BUSINESS MODULES

2.4 Business Process Re-engineering

2.5 Elements of Business Re- engineering :-

3    Business Re-design

3.1 Re-structuring Business Processes –

3.2 Supply Chain Management

3.3 Cross – Docking:

3.4 Business Modules in an ERP Package:

4    ERP Modules

4.1. Financial Accounting Components

4.2 Interfacing of Financial Accounting module with other ERP Modules

4.3 Manufacturing Module

4.4 Motivation for manufacturing module:

4.5 ERP for Management Control includes:

4.6 Computer Integrated Manufacturing

4.7 Advantage of using Manufacturing Modules in ERP systems

4.8 SAP Modules used in Production Planning

5    Business Benefits of ERP

5.1 Selection of ERP

5.2 SWOT Analysis

5.3 Factors affecting SWOT Analysis

5.4 Supply Chain enabled ERP

5.5 EDI

5.6 Best Business Practices

5.7 Traditional Systems Development Life Cycle

5.8 ERP Implementation Life Cycle

5.9 ERP Cost / Benefit Analysis

5.10 Tangible and Intangible Benefits of ERP

5.11 ERP Vendors

5.12 Causes of ERP Project Failures

APPENDIX

Job Opportunities in SAP

I) Description of jobs carried out in SAP Subsidiaries

II) SAP – Related Job Description advertised on the Internet:

III) Jobs with SAP Business Partners:

IV) Job Description of Jobs with End-Users:

CHAPTER 1

Introducing ERP

1.1 Introduction

In the past several years, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have