Posts Tagged "ERP"

Here are a few sobering statistics on how IT automation has eliminated non value adding tasks – from Quartz magazine. Between 2000 and 2010, the jobs of 1.1 million secretaries were eliminated In the same period, the number of telephone operators dropped by 64%, travel agents by 46% and bookkeepers by 26%. “Two-thirds of the 7.6 million middle-class jobs that vanished in Europe were the victims of technology”. Let’s talk about...

Companies can potentially bleed staggering amounts of money implementing SAP APO (Advanced Planning Optimizer), with a mediocre results that requires extensive re-engineering.  Here are the top five steps required to create a company – wide – lean – mean – APO machine. 1. Get the best of the best to consult and guide you. You will fail or create a nightmare APO design if you do not do your homework and hire the very best...

ERP (Enterprise resource planning) systems integrate and automate business practices including Finance, Sales, Operations, Warehouse and any other aspects of a company engaged in manufacturing products or services. SCM (Supply chain management) network includes MRP planning, sourcing, procurement, inventory, production, associated master data and all logistics management activities. The primary objective of supply chain management is...