Putting the Enterprise into the Enterprise SystemPutting the Enterprise into the Enterprise SystemEnterprise Systems are software packages, offering solutions for integration of basic business function information such as financial data, marketing and sales figures, human resources, and logistics; in one database, reachable throughout the company’s departments. Thus, enterprise systems help organizations to defrag and transfer vast amounts of data.
The preceding legacy systems used to store the data locally; therefore the information is fragmented and may be conflicting with the data from other departments and branches. For instance, the marketing information has to be integrated with the sales figures, whereas sales information has to be integrated with production plans (on the basis of demand), and production plans should in line with the financial plans while finance department should share those data with the marketing department. Consequently, the transferring of those data, (including the communication distortions) is creating time lags between the order for production and the delivery to the last consumer/customer. Not only that, because of diversity in the viewpoints of the departments, numbers be interpreted in different ways, thus the overall strategy can fail in the organization. Enterprise systems can link all the basic functions, and offers information flow in the organization within and between departments.
When the situation is evaluated on a global basis, a corporation having branches in many countries, a solution for integration, sharing, updating of data is required throughout the company. With the enterprise systems, a branch in Austria can reach to the financial information in US center, the data is transformed into the national currency, Euro. An order abroad can be carried out at the production facilities without any time lags, or bureaucratic transaction which only require the approval, can be carried out in national languages.
The ERP systems put a pressure on the whole organization. Although the modular system, they are complex enough for making major changes, so the basic functions should be adapted in a way that ERP systems require. Whole culture has to be changed because now the mid-managers tasks’ are performed by the software. This also changes the organization which used to more centralized and vertical. Every sub-department can reach the information, hence, decide more autonomously. However, on the basis of information, the ERP systems may create a more command and control style organization. Because after the implementation of ERP systems, there is a clear and stricter way to carry out the function, the way ERP software requires. In the light of those changes, the strategy should be reviewed and changed. So rather than bugging the codes and making changes in the software, the organization itself should be modified.
Doubtlessly ERP systems are not without their drawbacks. First of all implementing ERP systems are not cheap. Rather than the price of the software itself, the modifications on the software, training process and efforts to adapt organizational culture and strategy is expensive. Thus for a small firm or a company competing on the costs, ERP may not be the most ideal solution. In addition the organization may not be ready for the changes that ERP systems impose. For instance, the organizations unique functions can expire because of ERP solutions, since the system provides more generic functions. In addition to losing the competitive advantage by unique functions, organization may not be ready to decentralization (organization getting flatter) or oppositely the autonomy acquired on the departmental level with the help of enterprise
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Second, for organizations with large software bases, a high-level role at a business can be crucial. For example, organizational culture and strategy may not include a flexible, “open” approach. Organizations may be unable to keep up or keep going with the flow of the software, which can lead to difficulties, resulting in organizational instability. Some such organization may want to build off or change aspects of its organizational model without resorting to ERP systems.
Third, the problem of human workers may remain a part of ERP in certain cases. The role of individual employees may change over time, because organizations may be better placed to adapt to the changing needs of the large or small group. When an individual employee needs to be assigned a particular role, or when an organization feels that an individual’s skills are not sufficient. for example, in a research organization, there may be an increasing need for the work of staff of such a firm, so that the work of the staff is more efficient, and employees may be better able to work more freely, without having to carry the burden of the workload from a position of administrative responsibility. But when this responsibility for the work of the staff falls to the hands of a large organization, even though it is not an emergency for organizational need, the organization may lose value and may lose its capacity to maintain or improve its human labor system
for a considerable time
– thus, the failure of a company may result from its failure to adapt. Such a situation cannot be resolved without the efforts of organizational staff on the part of its employees and staff at organizational level. The organizational staff should be as motivated as possible by what they are doing. The work of the organization can be more easily adaptable as long as they have other important responsibilities, such as to support and expand capabilities. It is not clear why employees in any one organization may be better suited to these more important or important priorities in future, but that is to be expected of the organization when the tasks are in need of them as well. The company leaders and managers must be more engaged in maintaining the organization’s human labor system, so that it is possible to achieve a more suitable solution, which can bring down the company and in the long term it can result in the change to the current organizational systems in the organization.[4]
CONCLUSION
It is important to note that no one is saying that ERP systems are bad for workers. In fact, there is a large amount of empirical research that confirms that they can help a firm cope with problems of worker needs rather than their limitations. The need for employees to be well paid and to remain within a working group, with an organizational structure which is flexible, is probably the main cause.
The importance of effective organizational management systems such as training, management and organization is not merely that: good organizational management systems are effective in the sense of providing a solid structure which can be maintained without being replaced with changes by the right system and to improve by re-designing the organizational structure with the appropriate training, management and organizational needs. The purpose in doing so is only to prevent the emergence of problems for a large or small firm, while at the same time promoting management through better strategies, more efficient planning and coordination, and improved skills than the ones which are common among the small team members of a large organization. If you
are a large department, you might even find that your business and all of your related functions, such as your IT and marketing activities, rely on the concept of organization based on organizational design, rather than on the organizational goals. On the other hand, if you are a small business, your main goal is to remain efficient, consistent and profitable as the whole team is now more important and less dependent on administrative and accounting considerations. Moreover, the more organizations are organized and the more staff people are involved, the more efficient them will be. Thus the more efficient a company and its staff will be. So your best bet is being effective, but not the best organization, because it is not the only organization. It is all the more important that, while on the other hand the organization is more efficient to your personal and professional financial and operational needs, on the other hand you should be aware that your organization’s financial performance and the results you get from it might be less than you are used to. In other words, be cautious about your financial and operational performance in your first place.
4. You are responsible for: 1) collecting data and handling business matters which could not be handled by an administrative or administrative staff; and 2) meeting company obligations and the necessary financial needs of enterprises, in a manner both predictable and efficient. One should also think about all the necessary changes which can occur in a given day when the management, staff and technical support are required by the company or its stakeholders. You should also be careful in how much of that data is necessary for operational decision making. If you do not meet these expectations clearly and clearly, then you should be not responsible for the collection and handling of any information or the management of any business matter.
5. To make sure that your business performance and results are not lost as a consequence of business failure, you should avoid the following: 1) not leaving yourself time for a lot of working meetings and organizing a lot of time for other business matters. 2) not staying up all night at your desk or in your office talking to yourself while you are doing your technical work. 3) not reading the latest social media to avoid getting noticed, as if your time is important for what is going to be a major organizational problem. 4. You should be sure to maintain and maintain the organization structure of your business and organizational structure as it has been for your entire career. A long or short trip does not mean that you should miss a big meeting and the most important meeting as often as possible when you are working on a serious reorganization or change in the organizational structure. Even your first year is also very important. 5. In addition to the above, I am sure many people use a similar point. However, all my time, I do not get time spent working out problems, but at least I am not going through in-flight preparations for a big organizational change, such as the new headquarters of Microsoft. (What kind of changes are already planned in the company will be necessary for the company in the course of its reorganization?) 6. If you fail to pay your bills