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Unit 11: ERP-II




          11.6 Benefits of ERP Logistics Package                                                notes


          11.6.1 central components

          The process layer is the central component which reflects the transaction-based systems. ERP II is
          web based, open and componentized. This is different from being web enabled, and the ultimate
          ERP II concept may be implemented as a set of distributed web services.
          ERP is the central component in the ERP II conceptual framework. The traditional ERP modules
          like financials, sales and distribution, logistics, manufacturing, and human resources are still the
          backbone of ERP along with additional modules like quality management, project management
          or maintenance.
          ERP II systems are based on business process management (BPM). ERP has been based on “Best-
          practice” process reference models but ERP II systems build on the notion of the process as the
          central model entity including tools to design (or orchestrate) processes, to execute and evaluate
          processes (business activity monitoring).

          BPM allows for a flexibility of ERP II as regards different business practices, but for specific
          segments that otherwise would require problematic customization, like apparel and footwear
          or the public sector, ERP II also has vertical solutions. Vertical solutions are sets of standardized
          pre-configured  systems  with  “add-ons”  to  match  specific  requirements  or  partial  models  in
          CIMOSA terms.

          11.6.2 corporate components

          The analytical layer comprise the corporate components that enhance and extend central ERP
          functions by providing decision support for the management of relations and corporate issues.
          These components are not necessarily directly synchronized with the integrated database:
          1.   SCM systems support the planning and production of goods. For instance, SCM provides
               information such as where the product is to be produced, the procurement of parts and
               delivery schedules.
          2.   CRM systems facilitate the managing of a broad set of functions that primarily include the
               customer identification process and customer service management.
          3.   SRM is the vendor side analogy to CRM aimed at the effective management of the supplier
               base. SRM enables the enterprise to manage its supplier relations in their entire life-cycle.
          4.   Product lifecycle management (PLM) including product data management (PDM) enables
               enterprises  to  bring  innovative  and  profitable  products  to  market  more  effectively,
               especially in the evolving e-business environment. PLM enables extended enterprises to
               harness their innovation process through the effective management of the full product
               definition lifecycle.
          5.   Employee  lifecycle  management  (ELM)  is  the  integration  of  all  aspects  of  information
               relation  to  an  employee  from  hiring  to  retirement  from  the  company.  ELM  enables
               enterprises to effectively manage their portfolio of competencies.
          6.   Corporate  performance  management  (CPM)  is  an  umbrella  term  that  describes  the
               methodologies, metrics, processes and systems used to monitor and manage the business
               performance of an enterprise. Thus CPM provides management with an overall perspective
               on the business.








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