What ERP Will Do For and To
Your Company
Success for any company begins with
education. Education for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is critical
to a company's ability to reduce implementation risks. According to The Standish Group, IT projects have a high risk. Their
famous Chaos Report (1995) shows that only 16.2% of business management
projects for mid-sized companies completed on time and on budget and large
companies had only 9% of projects completed on time and on budget. Without
the proper education, without proper project management, and without proper
guidance, these projects are highly unlikely to succeed. Their
follow-up study in 2009 did not show significant improvements in these projects
for either mid-sized or large organizations.
Education decreases those risks. The return
on the investments dollars are difficult to quantify but research suggests that
payback exceeds $3 for every $1 spent. Manufacturing Practices stresses
education and has the experience to make that education work. The current
offering for business management software (ERP) education reduces a company’s
implementation failure risks.
The ERP Education is a multiple day class that
identifies properly functioning Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Systems. The sessions identify:
1. How ERP modules
function as an integrated unit
2. Why data
validity is important
3. How to setup
programs to create valid data
4. How to use
Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and the process necessary to help create
valid material plans
5. How to setup
proper Production Schedules
6. How to setup Shop
Floor Management Systems to monitor production schedules to create valid
Production Schedules
7. How to setup
Forecasts and use them to help define valid Capable to Promise schedules at
Sales Order entry time
8. How ERP Systems
use Costing Methods (i.e., LIFO, FIFO, Average Cost, Weighted Cost, and
Standard Cost)
9. How to structure
the company to lead the ERP Implementation
10. The role for Top Management, middle
management, and users in the ERP Implementation
11. How to create a project plan for the ERP
implementation
12. How to keep the project on track
13. How to use Key Performance Indicators
(KPIs) to Keep People Involved™
ERP Systems are more than a tool for people to use to
‘update the system’. To benefit from an ERP System, users have to
understand what happens when they push the ERP System buttons. Their
understanding must move past their department activities. Their
understanding of how their data affects other departments in the organization
is critical to ERP deployment success. ERP Vendors train users to
push the proper buttons at the proper time. Our education lays the
foundation so that users understand the impact of their activities on the
company’s bottom line. Our education removes a number of the
risks a company faces when they implement an ERP System.
To begin a dialogue, contact us. Call us at
770-772-6894, Skype: michael.a..roman, or email: operations@manufacturingpractices.com. We look forward to earning your business.
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