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Planning and Managing IT Infrastructure Manmohan Sharma, Lovely Professional University

Notes Unit 11: Enterprise Resource Planning – II

CONTENTS
Objectives

Introduction
11.1 ERP System Implementation Process
11.1.1 The Prior-implementation Stage
11.1.2 Various Stages of ERP Implementation
11.2 ERP Best Practices
11.3 ERP Trends
11.4 Summary
11.5 Keywords
11.6 Review Questions
11.7 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you should be able to:
 Explain the process of ERP system implementation
 Discuss different stages of ERP implementation
 Define the concept of ERP best practices
 Discuss critical best practices of ERP
 Recognise various trends of ERP

Introduction

The term Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) was used to describe the planning of a large
organisation to manage its organisational resources. The uses of ERP systems were restricted to
the larger industrial companies. Over the years, the use of ERP has greatly changed and has
grown to be extremely comprehensive. ERP implementation can be defined as the installation
of a software package that integrates all data and processes of an organisation into a unified
system. These software are cross functional and enterprise wide system that handles
manufacturing, HR management, order entry, accounts receivable, and payable general ledger,
purchasing, warehousing, transportation, etc. for an organisation. Picking the best practices to
implement ERP helps all size businesses regardless of size to achieve what their organisation is
missing for implementation. The scope of this unit is to highlight the best practices about
implementing ERP in any organisation; this is because most of the ERP implementation fails
due to the fact that they either go over budget, over time and/or lose the focus of the business.

11.1 ERP System Implementation Process

ERP can be defined as an integrated, multi-module system that assimilates all the data and
processes of an organisation into a unified system. To attain this goal, it is essential to strike a
successful combination of both hardware and software and that at times make the process of ERP

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