THE ERP

Presenter’s
Amany faroun
Reham Hararah
Manal Al-Nablsi
Leen Al-Khayat

Submitted To: Dr.Mohammad Obeidat

 Agenda

•Full definition of ERP system

•Goal of ERP
•Why ERP?
•Steps to implement an ERP system
•Difficulty of implementation
•Offices before and after ERP
•The ERP Modules
•Advantages & disadvantages of ERP
•Costs of ERP
•Conclusion
 What is ERP ?

..E..
An Enterprise is a group of people with a common goal, which
has certain resources at its disposal to achieve that goal.

..R..
Resources included are money, and all other things that are
required to run the enterprise.

..P..
Planning is done to ensure that nothing goes wrong.
In general ERP is :

“a business strategy and set of industry-

domain-specific applications that build customer
and shareholder communities value network
system by enabling and optimizing enterprise
and inter-enterprise collaborative operational
and financial processes”(Source: Gartner’s Research Note
SPA-12-0420)
.
 Goal of ERP

The goal of our enterprise is simply to get, keep, and grow customers.
GET
• Acquire profitable customers
KEEP
• Retain profitable customers longer.
• Win back profitable customers
• Eliminate unprofitable customers
GROW
• Up sell additional products in a solution
• Cross sell other products to customers
• Reduce service and operations cost.
Why ERP?
•ERP offers solutions for all
business functions

•Packages available for

organizations of all sizes and
types

•Global nature (multi

currency)
 Steps to implement an ERP
system :

Definition
and production
analysis
design transaction

build
Difficulty of implementation

•Very complex

•Extremely costly and time intensive

Typical: over $10,000,000 and over a
year to implement

•Company may implement only certain

modules of entire ERP system

•You will need an outside consultant

Offices before ERP
Offices after ERP
 The ERP Modules

• Financials
• Production Management
• HR Management
• Sales & Marketing
• Asset Management
• Quality Management
• Material Management
• Event Planning
Asset Management

ERP modules
Quality Management

ERP modules
 Financials

• FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING
• CONTROLLING
• INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT
• CASH MANAGEMENT

ERP modules
Production Management

ERP modules
 Sales & Marketing

•Developing strategies for market penetration for new products

as well as increasing the share of the existing products.

• Reviewing & interpreting the competition &

market information to fine-tune strategies.

• Selecting & deciding the right distribution channel for the

product& implementing the right pricing & promotional policies.

• Coordinating marketing activities, obtaining leads

for new projects
ERP modules
 HR Management

ERP modules
Advantages of ERP
• Integration
• Efficiency
• Cost reduction
• Less personnel
• Accuracy

Disadvantages
• Take time to implement
• Security issues
 Costs of ERP

• Direct costs
..hardware
.. Software
..and people on the project

• Indirect costs
..the total cycle life of ERP
..maintenance and upgrades
..increasing salaries and the on going production
Conclusion
•To successfully implement; a proper
mix of people, processes and
technology should be maintained

• Technology is an enabler, not the

driver (it is there to assist the
organization to achieve business
goals)
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References

•ERP Implementation Fundamentals

Richard Byrom
Oracle Consultant, Speaker and Author
http://www.richardbyrom.com

•http://projectmanagement.ittoolbox.com/docume
nts/research/

•ERP demystified(second edition). Copy right

2008, Alexis leon