How to improve the success rate of ERP implementation

The economic crisis has come. Printing companies are struggling to improve their internal strengths, tap potentials, and rely on management to improve their chances of efficiency.

There are many ways to strengthen management. As a collection of thousands of love and hate in one ERP, how can we ensure its success rate and ensure that valuable investment can effectively produce the greatest benefits?

Having engaged in the informatization construction of the printing industry for many years, it has hundreds of experience in the informatization construction of printing companies. There are some tips for the successful implementation of ERP. Some of the experiences are willing to share with the printing industry colleagues, hoping to help everyone avoid detours and achieve information smoothly. Construction.

I. Thought preparation

1. Leaders must have determination and firm confidence. The industry is well aware that ERP is known as the “one-handed project.” It not only brings about changes in work methods and work habits, but also brings about adjustment of work processes and job responsibilities. This inevitably causes the ideological fluctuations of the relevant personnel and even contradicts the thoughts and actions. In the face of these difficulties, which are clear or hidden, if leaders do not have determination, they may end up halfway. The successful implementation of ERP requires a process, ranging from one week, two weeks, and three months to six months or even one year. If the leadership does not have the confidence to win, there is a good chance that the troops will withdraw.

2. The employees of the company must recognize that working methods, work habits, and even the responsibilities of some departments will also face a change. It is necessary to make practical preparations and psychological preparations. The rapid development of modern society and rapid progress must establish a new era of learning for lifelong learning, consolidate on it, and stick to the rules sooner or later to be eliminated by the society. To follow the trend and catch up is a wise move to be the strongest player in the era. As the saying goes, the arts are not pressed and have the skills to go anywhere.

3. Psychological preparation for increased workload in the short term. In the early stage of ERP implementation, there is usually a period of one week, or one month or even longer period of manual management and ERP management. During this period, manually managed documents could not be unloaded, and ERP should be entered. ERP was not used in the early stage and the schedule workload was much more busy. In fact, this time is quite good. In ERP, because the data of the back flow is automatically generated by the data of the previous flow, the data between all departments can be shared scientifically. ERP also has many automatic prompting automatic control functions, and can instantly report instant reports, so the whole Saying that ERP can definitely bring about a significant increase in work efficiency, we must maintain a firm confidence in this.

Second, accurate selection

1. Determine the requirements and use department. ERP faces large companies and faces small businesses; some processes are long, functions are comprehensive, and some have only a few features. Full-featured needs more than a dozen people or even more people to use, less functional or even one or two people can use. From the perspective of price, there are hundreds of thousands of large ones, and there are also several ten thousand or even one or two ten thousand. If one's own needs are not settled, there will be no consensus when facing so many choices.

2. Examine suppliers and products. Functionally speaking, the printing industry is a very professional industry. The universal ERP cannot solve many unique problems in the printing industry. And the printing industry is divided into a number of subdivided industries, such as books and magazines, commercial parts, packaging, digital, bills, flexible packaging, magnetic cards, etc. Different sub-sectors not only differ in the contents of their orders and production orders, but also their businesses. The process is also different. Even in the same type of printed matter, due to unexpected accidents in the actual work, corresponding process flow of various unexpected situations occurred. If the type is improper, ERP cannot be used. Technically speaking, ERP is divided into C/S architecture and B/S architecture. If ERP is only applied to the internal LAN of a company, both architectures do not matter; if ERP needs to be used on a wide area network, B/S architecture is the best choice. The product.

3. try out. The best way to determine whether a product is right for you is to try it out. Even visiting successful cases is not as valuable as trying out, because the success of ERP is not only related to the product, but also related to the user's staffing and execution. The same products are used by others, they may not be able to use them, the key is to be based on their own actual situation. During the trial period, users can consider various unexpected situations. Do not follow the normative process to see if the ERP products can be handled scientifically. After the trial proved to be appropriate, it is more reliable.

Third, personnel in place

1. Leading group. It is better to form a leading group by the decision-making layer of the printing enterprise, the specific person in charge of the printing company ERP project, and the customer service personnel of the software provider. Every ERP can not be separated from the leadership of the smooth support of the firm, the highest level of the company can play a directional role that other people can not replace, that affirm the positive role of ERP, and ordered everyone to actively cooperate. The specific person in charge of the ERP project of the printing company can implement the order of the leader to each department, which can play a role in the communication between the various departments and ensure the normal operation of the hardware and network environment required for the ERP operation. The software supplier's customer service can ensure that the user's problems are answered in a timely manner.

2. User equipment and rights division. This is very important. The key to success of ERP depends on whether the data of various departments of the printing plant can enter the ERP. If there are no corresponding users to operate the ERP, the data cannot be accessed. The user cannot see the task and the work is delayed. Therefore, before the ERP is used, it is necessary to meet to identify which users and what functions each user should use. It is best to put it on paper, print it out, and put it on each user's desk. After a few days of this operation, everyone is familiar with it and is accustomed to it, which is conducive to ERP as soon as possible.

With the above three conditions, you can safely implement ERP.