Managerial Issues of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
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ERP systems have become very important for the survival of today’s organizations. This book discusses the scope of ERP systems implementation, explains the competitive advantages of using ERP systems, and support general concepts with short case studies.
The book contains 11 chapters that starts with the fundamental concepts and then go on to discuss the advanced issues. The chapters deals with topics like the concept of ERP, its evolution, ERP modules, the package selection process, business process reengineering (BPR) and its connection with ERP, implementation options, ERP project management, operation and maintenance, business intelligence systems, ERP and supply chains, security issues, and future trends. The book has a preface and an index in addition to the 15 chapters.
This book covers the fundamental issues important in ERP implementation and management, starting from an information systems, information technology project management perspective. Each chapter includes a review of real cases of ERP implementations related to that particular chapter.
The text is not vendor specific and is product independent. This enables all readers to adapt and relate to the topics covered with the systems they are familiar with. It also allows a reader who does not have any prior knowledge of ERP systems to get a better understanding of the concepts and processes and helps in selecting their own ERP system software and tools.
This is an excellent book that explains the fundamentals of the ERP system and its implementation without burdening the reader with too many details. The chapter end case studies go a long way in improving the understanding of the concepts as it gives a glimpse of the real world.
Book Details:
- Author: David L. Olson
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Irwin
- Year: 2004
- ISBN: 0072861126
- Cover & Page Count: Paperback, 192 Pages
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