Evolution
Critical Success factors
System Selection
Implementation
Random Summary
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In the 1970 this was introduced to maintaine inventory quantities.
What is Material requirements planning systems?
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A clear definition of goals, expectations, and deliverables.
What is clear understanding of strategic goals?
100
Creat the vision.
What is the first step in system selection?
100
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What is the number of steps in the ERP implentation process?
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“ is business management software that allows an organization to use a system of integrated applications to manage the business.”
What is ERP
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The addition of techniques for capacity planning, Scheduling techniques and supplier scheduling to the MRP lead to its re-naming to this.
What is Closed-loop MRP?
200
Preparing, training and educating the organization to adapt to changes in organizational culture, structure and operations.
What is organizational change management?
200
1-Implement some overall business strategy for focusing on the information technology infrastructure. 2-Determine the particular features that are required to run a specific business.
What is two methods used for system selection?
200
Software training will teach users the keystrokes and transaction required to run the system.
What is the purpose of attending system training?
200
Time consuming, expensive, disruptive to company's culture, extensive training requirement, productivity dips, mishandled customer orders, and a damaged bottom line.
What is disadvantages to implementing an ERP system.
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The evolution of the MRP which incorporated financial accounting system, financial management systems, manufacturing and material management systems.
What is MRPII?
300
A top priority in an ERP implementation that is required to function properly.
What is Data accuracy?
300
Tangible: Better visibility of future requirements, improved material control, reduced costs, increased productivity, increased on-time deliveries, improved customer service and the elimenation of contradictory and redundant databases. Intangibles: Improved communication, reduced chaos/ confusion, higher moral.
What makes the investment justified?
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It is the first step. Which ensures system selection process has been completed and all factors critical ti implentation are in place.
What is "the review pre-implimentation process to date?"
300
1-a unified enterprise view of the business that encompasses all the functions and departments 2-an enterprise database where all business transactions are entered, recorded, processed, monitored, and reported.
What are the two major benefits of ERP?
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The expansion to incorporating all resource planning, Product design, info warehousing, material planning, capacity planning, communication systems, HR , finance, project planning.
What is ERP?
400
A successful implementation requirement for strong leadership committment and participation the lacking of which will lead to the enevidible failure of ERP implimentation.
What is commitment by top management?
400
The final step in the selection process. Using all information collected to make a decision on implementation.
What is validate the justification?
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The most important step in ERP implementation that recognizes and clearly demenstrates the importance of the project to the organization.
What is celebrate in ERP?
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1-Poor planning and management(77%) 2-change in business goals during project(75%) 3-lack of business management support(73%)
What is the most common reason why ERP implementations fail?
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In the 1960 companies began to use "just-in-case" inventory and focused on more efficient ways to manage large volume of inventory.
What is inventory control?
500
Measures like on-time delivery, gross profit margins, customer order-to-ship time, inventory turns, and vendor performance.
What is focused performance measures?
500
The step to uncover major suprises to facilitate overall implementation.
What is pre-implementation pilot?
500
Modules/products/ plans are brought on-line sequentially. After they are first made live they are refined and adjusted then the remaining are sequentially implemented.
What is phased approach?
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1-Strategy goals not clearly defined 2-Lack of top management commitment to system 3-poor implementation project management 4-lack of organizational commitment 5-poor implementation team 6-Inadequat education/training 7-data accuracy not ensured 8-Inadequate performance measures 9-multi-site issues 10-Technical difficulties leading to implentation failures
What is the ten categories of reasons ERP fail?
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