Does my enterprise resource planning have a Turbo?

The 10-point health check for ERP systems

Depending on pain tolerance and ambitions on the market, the idea is close to a modernization of the Enterprise Resource Planning system (ERP) more or less. However, before a decision for a new solution falls, the question should be analyzed what exactly the company slowly, and where speed would provide the greatest benefit.

The own slowness to become aware of is not so easy. IT decision-makers do not use do not always even the ERP in their daily business and to shortcomings so little discretion. Active ERP users are either accustomed or do not find the right ear. And annoyed customers often seek tacitly faster vendors.

In a global survey of Epicor ERP in the past year showed: Only 9 percent of surveyed 1,500 ERP users consider their current ERP system as simple and user-friendly is. For 35 percent, it takes too much time to their ERP system provides the information available. Nearly half wanted an ERP, which provides the necessary information easily and quickly if needed. Improved responsiveness is therefore - unsurprisingly - the most important argument for future ERP investments.


The search for ERP modernization evidence

Where are accordingly the evidence to find, view the action at the ERP system? Ultimately easily - add up! How many individual systems has run an employee with customer contact in everyday life? In how many systems a Key Account Manager must seek to provide answers to customer not so complex questions?

As long as the management is waiting for reports on key performance indicators such as production performance, sales, plant productivity, resource consumption? What systems have to be traversed in order to even recognize optimization potentials? How often does a salesperson at the customer say this information I provide for? Like many colleagues there, with their mission-critical knowledge provide faster responses than a system query?

If an on questions of this nature creeps in the responses a bad feeling, it's probably about time to ripen the idea of an ERP modernization rapidly. The most important integrated in the ERP system functions and characteristics in order to measure put on speed are listed quickly:

    1. Mobile ERP - for full access to enterprise data on mobile devices

    2. Business Process Management - for high level of automation at the same time flexibility

    3. Business Activity Queries - for automated, personalized just want to create search queries

    4. Business Intelligence - for a better view of relationships and dependencies

    5. Dashboards - for a quick overview

    6. ERP-MES integration - for better networking of management and production

    7. Social ERP - for accelerated cooperation

    8. E-commerce integration - for simplified implementation of multichannel strategies

    9. Service-oriented software architecture - for simplified maintenance and Administration

    10. Selection of different deployment options - for faster implementation of expansion plans

Speed in the company has a lot of screws. But only with the right technology, it is possible that their own performance and to quickly bring to the streets.