Integrating Erp, Crm, Supply Chain Management, and Smart Materials

by Chorafas; Dimitris N.

• ISBN13: 9780849310768
• ISBN10: 0849310768
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2001-05-31
• Publisher: Auerbach Public

Summary

Organizations enjoy two kinds of strategic advantages. One is transitory: being in the right place with the right products at the right time. The other comes from having first class management and instituting processes that mobilize an organization, keeping in ahead of the competition. Which would you like to count on for your organization's success? Integrating ERP, CRM, Supply Chain Management, and Smart Materialsexplores how to create business opportunities and reap savings by: Restructuring and updating of ERP and CRM software as it integrates supply chain management and delivers new killer applications Evolving opportunities that will develop from the implementation of smart materials, automatic identification, classification systems, and quality assurance projects Auditing the implementation, operation, and maintenance of ERP and CRM software as well as the corrective action taken on the basis of results Internet commerce, online supply chain, and advances in technology - all available at increasingly lower costs - make systems of the past obsolete. However, just as new technology creates new opportunities, it can also create unforeseen consequences. By binding a wealth of interdependent issues between the covers of one book, Integrating ERP, CRM, Supply Chain Management, and Smart Materialsgives you the tools you need to create proprietary, high value-added solutions.

Table of Contents

Supply Chain, Enterprise Resource Planning and the Search for Cost Control

Functionality and Cost/Effectiveness of ERP Systems

Why Companies Adopt and Use ERP Software for Supply Chain Management

Implementing Successive Releases of ERP Systems

A Sound Methodology for Enterprise Management: GE's Six Sigma

Organizational Prerequisites for Smart Materials and for Automatic Identification

The Next Frontier in Technology and in Supply Chain Management: Automatic Identification

Advances Underpinning Development and Use of the Electronic Product Code

The Chorafas Classification/Identification System for Supply Chain Requirements

Practical Implementations of the DCS Solution

Outsourcing Software Support and Management of the Vendor Relationship

Web-Based Solutions to Enterprise Management

Supply Chain Software and Enterprise Resource Planning

Outsourcing Has Become One of the Major IT Challenges

Policies in Outsourcing and Regulatory Issues

Auditing the Implementation, Operation and Maintenance of ERP Software

The Ongoing Change in the Practice of Auditing Information Technology

Auditing Supply Chain Solutions and Enterprise Resource Planning Systems

Case Studies in Auditing a Company's Financial Statements and Other Reports

Auditing the Security/Protection Methodology and Providing Improvements