Business Process Management:

E-Business

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Creating the Opportunity to Serve Existing and New Markets Faster and More Efficiently

Gib's Law:

Computers are unreliable,

but humans are even more unreliable.

Why ERP?

Internet economy not only permits companies of all sizes to compete on a more equal footing, but also accelerates the need for business to adapt, to keep up with rapid changes in the marketplace.

IT-enabled Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems establish direct customer and business-to-business (B2B) relationships and create the opportunity to serve existing and new markets faster and more efficiently.

Tips for Successful Integration of Technology

into Business Operations:

• Clearly articulate the benefits you expect from your system

• Conduct an independent risk assessment of the new system's implementation

• Designate and maintain control over inherently strategic or "core competence" functions and identify opportunities to outsource other non-value adding functions

• Keep monitoring the performance of the outsourcer – you may relinquish some controls but not your responsibilities

• Make the necessary changes in the company's control structure when you implement an e-business or a business-to-business initiative

• Designate a manager to be responsible for ensuring the project's strategic objectives are met on time and on budget

• Break the project into manageable components

• Plan and implement a new system quickly enough to keep up with today's fast-paced business environment

• Ensure that you have appropriate human and financial resources, and backup plans for both

• Install the new system that allows you to interface directly with your key business partners when needed

• Pay particular attention to the interfaces between legacy systems or third parties that connect to your company's new system

• Install only the functionality you need, rather than everything that comes with a package

• Monitor and track all system problems and events

 

Cymruco Inventory Manager is a new, easy to use inventory control program. It is an ideal tool for any company, large or small, which doesn't wish to operate a complex, oversized, MRP system when all they really want is the ability to manage inventory, vendors, customers and associated purchase orders, sales orders and invoicing.