E–Business and ERP: Rapid Implementation and Project Planning - Hardcover

Shields, Murrell G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471406775 ISBN 13: 9780471406778

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2001

Synopsis

Proven strategies for companies seeking to accelerate an ERP implementation

Almost all large and midsize corporations worldwide will be involved in implementing enterprise resource planning and/or e–business applications over the next two to three years. This is the only book that discusses how to implement a rapid ERP system and shows how e–business is impacted by the implementation of an ERP system. This book also provides valuable tried and true methods of keeping the project under or within budget. A quality ERP transaction foundation is a prerequisite for taking advantage of many of the new e–business opportunities that executives have placed high on their list of priorities. This valuable guide examines the strengths and weaknesses of ERP and shows when rapid implementation is not appropriate. The book also provides outsourcing alternatives and the use of application service alternatives, and shows how e–business is impacted by the implementation of an ERP system.

Murrell G. Shields (McLean, VA) is the Director of Management Solutions and Services and National Leader of Technology and Infrastructure Services at Deloitte & Touche.

About this title

About the Author

Murrell G. Shields is a Director in the Management Solutions & Services practice at Deloitte & Touche. He has over twenty years of experience in the planning, requirements definition, selection, and implementation of computer systems for manufacturing, retailing, insurance, and distribution companies.

From the Back Cover

Strategies for Cost–Effective E–Business ERP Implementation–in the Shortened Time Horizons of the Internet Age

The need for seamless Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and e–business implementation is nothing new. What is new is the shorter time frames that now dominate the organizational landscape. Projects that used to take years to complete must now be up and running in a matter of months or even weeks. Moreover, they must be done successfully–the first time.

E–Business and ERP is the first book to detail the many aspects of organizing an ERP or e–business project for rapid implementation. This comprehensive guidebook–produced by an experienced manager of rapid application implementation projects–explains how to:
∗ Rapidly implement systems that meet current requirements and are easily adaptable to encompass the next generation of technology
∗ Better understand and manage the risks associated with such projects
∗ Understand outsourcing alternatives and the use of application service alternatives

The potential returns from implementing new e–business ERP applications have skyrocketed. Let E–Business and ERP supply you with all the information you need to develop a core competency in rapid implementation of packaged business applications–and take the fullest profitable advantage of today′s evolving e–business opportunities.

From the Inside Flap

While Enterprise Resource Planning has been a factor in manufacturing since the early 1990s, most other industries are just now stepping up to the ERP implementation challenge. An effective ERP backbone is often a prerequisite to achieving the benefits from the new e–business applications. Both types of applications need to be implemented in shorter time frames than were typical in the past.

E–Business and ERP outlines a new approach–and provides an innovative toolset–to understand and achieve a rapid implementation of ERP and e–business applications. From presenting a compelling case for making rapid implementation the preferred method, to providing guidance on the factors that must be present before an organization is ready to initiate a successful rapid implementation project, this timely book builds a formidable case for the viability and necessity of a fully operational rapid implementation scenario, including:
∗ Three different approaches for selecting effective, appropriate application packages
∗ Tools–called accelerators–that are necessary to support a rapid implementation approach
∗ Issues essential to supporting the IT aspects of these projects

In addition, E–Business and ERP covers the trends and changes in business and particularly, the packaged software industry that will have a decided impact on implementations for years to come, along with factors that are necessary before an organization can launch a successful rapid–implementation project.

E–Business and ERP explains how to select application systems and design the business processes needed in today′s fast–moving e–business environment, and implement them in a third or less of the time that such projects have taken in the past. It is the first book to comprehensively explain the requirements of effective package–enabled process redesign, combine those requirements with the Internet–age necessities of rapid implementation, and provide proven strategies to accelerate package implementation–as well as methods for keeping the project focused on benefits and under control.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471406775
• ISBN 13: 9780471406778
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288