ERP calls for different operations and applications in different industries. Each industry has their own drawbacks and plus points in dealing with the enterprise applications. A comparative study will help in analyzing them precisely.
A D V E R T I S E M E N T
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software helps integrate management, staff, and equipment, combining all aspects of the business into one system in order to facilitate every element of the manufacturing process. ERP groups traditional company and management functions (such as accounting, human resources [HR], manufacturing management, and customer relationship management [CRM]) into a coherent whole. Manufacturing management also includes inventory, purchasing, and quality and sales management.
ERP systems aid in the control and communication of business activities, such as:
efficient handling of order processing and production scheduling
management and analyses of business processes within an interactive environment
synchronization of departmental activities (e.g., within human resources or finances) with the needs and output from production facilities
monitoring, sharing, and tracking of information throughout the organization
Enterprise Resource Planning Evaluation helps in
Examine how each solution addresses your management and manufacturing requirements.
Compare systems to see if they offer the functions critical to your industry.
Analyze each solution's capacity to support your company's growth and operations over time.
Some of the well known beneficiaries include the following sectors:
Manufacturing ERP has helped to increase the efficiency and quality of the manufacturing process. The manufacturing process experienced slumps quiet often because of improper communication, miscommunication, wrong communication and even lack of communication. ERP provided solutions to those troubles by coordinating the actions of supply chains, ware house and logistics. It also helped greatly in functions like tracking down the status of the product. Formerly customers were made to run from pillar to post to enquire the status of product or for enquiring a technical problem. The customer service representative would not be in a position to directly reply to these queries. On the contrary he would ask the person from the concerned department. The person would check the details and get back to him be it the status of a product or technical issue. This seemed to be time-consuming and meaningless. The longer the chains of communication greater are the chances of mistakes. CSC erp finance is a software meant for accounting purposes.
Software The manufacturing sector has been rated as the largest beneficiary. This sector can be rated as the one who uses ERP easily because it is a product from their species. This does not undermine ERP'S use in Software sector because it becomes easy to manage projects with acute deadlines. ERP industry paper will also reveal that it is easy to train and make people work in this sector than anywhere else.
Insurance Enterprise Resource planning has played a vital role in this business by covering three vital areas. Firstly it has provided a common platform for insurers and his agents. This has helped in easing the transactions and keeping an eye on the performance of the agent. This has addressed the difficulties of both the agents and insurers and thus facilitated coordination in the better interests of the business.
Secondly it has helped in curbing procedural delays and inefficiencies for which the sector is famous for. This statement can turn out to be truer if the sector is owned and controlled by the government either fully or partially. Of course bureaucracy and redtapism are inborn features in a state's set up but their presence in an insurance industry can do more harm because it calls for dispensing immediate information during lawsuits and pending claims. IBM erp Insurance is a famous player in this sector.
Healthcare The sharing of databases among hospitals seemed to be a great advantage for doctors and patients. This even makes one to exaggerate that a person need not maintain a collection of his medical problems provided that his/her choice of hospital/hospitals has a database of patient records(or commonly shares them by any other means).Even though it is not practical to follow those practices ERP has been a lifesaving measure to patients who are admitted in a hospital in an emergency condition irrespective of the fact that the doctor in charge is aware of his medical history as ERP provides everything. ERP industry analysis here will reveal that confidentiality is affected but the life of a person is to be given the utmost priority.
Hospitality ERP has helped a lot in bringing down the operational costs and coordinating the acts of individual departments. Hotels are well known for the segregation of functions. One can find many small departments like house keeping beverage supply room service etc. Even though these segregations sound small they have a large impact on the organizational structure. ERP offers a common medium to coordinate their actions. The entire action can be controlled in the reception desk. ERP industry paper points the exact benefit as per ERP industry analysis. Besides this textile erp insurance is equally famous.
