List Books » Erp Optimization: Using Your Existing System to Support Profitable E-Business Initiatives
Authors: Cindy M. Jutras, Jutras Jutras
ISBN-13: 9781574443325, ISBN-10: 1574443321
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: CRC Press
Date Published: December 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Existing ERP systems are being used to support an increasing amount of critical e-business initiatives, even though this is far from their original purpose. While ERP can form a foundation for successfully meeting e-business needs, future success will be derived not only from a firm, supportive foundation, but from a solid e-business superstructure that guides your company through a value chain that has grown longer and more complex.
ERP Optimization provides a technology-centric approach to leading your company through an e-transformation. It shows you how to leverage current investments in information systems while minimizing disruptions to the core business of the enterprise. Written in a business vernacular, the book effectively bridges the gap between technology and business strategy. The author takes you through the process of defining e-business goals and accessing and maximizing current systems capabilities. She details the steps required to assume a leadership position within an integrated business community and demonstrates how to support secure information exchanges with customer, suppliers,and partners.
ERP alone is not enough to secure and maintain a superior position in today's economy, but it can provide the backbone and infrastructure of enterprise applications that are the necessary, essential prerequisites to conducting e-business. Whether you are an executive today, or hope to be one in the future, ERP Optimization gives you the tools to lead your organization successfully into the e-business world.
1 | Can ERP Meet Your E-Business Needs? | 1 |
Time--The Most Precious Commodity | 2 | |
"Virtual" Integration | 5 | |
E-Business Equals Full Exposure | 7 | |
Beyond "Quality-Price-Delivery" to Interoperability | 9 | |
The Effect of E-Business on Your Business | 10 | |
The Sell Side of E-Business | 10 | |
The Buy Side of E-Business | 12 | |
Summary | 14 | |
2 | The Empowered Executive--Knowing @ The Speed of E | 15 |
A Story | 15 | |
What Do You Need to Know? | 17 | |
Transaction-Based Systems a Start, but Not Enough | 19 | |
It's Not Just about Infrastructure | 21 | |
Building a Management Superstructure | 23 | |
Information Overload | 23 | |
One Company's Approach | 25 | |
Aligning Business Strategy with Information Technology | 27 | |
Connecting Myers' Divisions | 28 | |
Notifying Myers' Management of Changing Markets | 31 | |
Searching for Hidden Factors | 31 | |
Recruiting Intelligence "Agents" | 33 | |
Managing Proactively | 35 | |
Using Events of the Past to Predict the Future | 35 | |
Myers Predicts Failures before They Occur | 36 | |
Summary | 37 | |
3 | Company Culture--Its Impact on Your Future | 39 |
How Do You Define Culture? | 40 | |
Absorption of Change | 41 | |
The "Not Invented Here" Syndrome | 44 | |
The Art of Communication | 45 | |
Is It Art or Is It Science? | 47 | |
Technology and Your Corporate Culture | 48 | |
Accelerating the Speed of Business | 49 | |
Silos of Information | 50 | |
Summary | 52 | |
4 | The Evolution of E-Business--Where Do You Stand? | 53 |
The Three Generations of E-Business | 54 | |
But First, Some Definitions | 54 | |
E-Information--The First Generation | 56 | |
Communicating with Your Employees | 62 | |
Communicating with Customers | 66 | |
Connecting Distributors--Another Way to Look at Bricks and Clicks | 69 | |
Connecting with Suppliers | 70 | |
The Transition to E-Commerce | 72 | |
E-Commerce--The Next Generation | 72 | |
B2B vs. B2C | 75 | |
Outbound Communication--B2B vs. B2C | 79 | |
Automating Processes | 80 | |
Full E-Business Integration--The Final Frontier | 80 | |
How Does E-Business Change Your Business? | 81 | |
The Story of Dell | 82 | |
Preparing for Full E-Business Integration | 85 | |
An Analyst's Perspective | 86 | |
Information Services | 87 | |
Interaction Services | 88 | |
Integration Services | 89 | |
Collaboration Services | 90 | |
Exchange Services | 91 | |
Summary | 92 | |
References | 93 | |
5 | E-commerce--One Step along the Journey to Full E-Business Integration | 95 |
Choosing a Business Model | 95 | |
Direct Selling | 97 | |
The Intermediated Business Model | 99 | |
E-Commerce Platform Requirements | 105 | |
A Shaky Beginning | 107 | |
The Value E-Marketplaces Bring | 108 | |
Evaluating Trading Exchanges | 110 | |
The Buy Side of E-Commerce | 114 | |
The Benefits of the Buy Side | 115 | |
Lower Purchase Administration Cost | 115 | |
Control Maverick Spending | 115 | |
Shortened Purchase Cycles | 116 | |
Lower Price of Purchased Items | 116 | |
The Purchasing Process | 117 | |
Spend Analysis | 117 | |
Supply Strategy | 119 | |
Requisition | 120 | |
Source and Price | 122 | |
Transaction Automation | 124 | |
Vendor Management | 124 | |
The Difference between Direct and Indirect Materials | 126 | |
Transaction Automation of Direct Materials | 127 | |
Transaction Automation of Indirect Materials | 128 | |
Summary | 130 | |
6 | Integrating All Information Assets | 133 |
Why Is Integration an Issue? Reason 1 | 134 | |
Why Is Integration an Issue? Reason 2 | 137 | |
Why Is Integration an Issue? Reason 3 | 138 | |
What Constitutes Integration? | 139 | |
What Approach Do You Take? | 140 | |
Summary | 145 | |
7 | Predicting Business Events | 147 |
Speed vs. Timing | 148 | |
Clues to the Future | 149 | |
Beyond the Capacity of Humans | 151 | |
The Possibilities | 152 | |
The Limitations | 153 | |
Summary | 154 | |
8 | Epilogue | 155 |
Appendix | Business Process Outsourcing | 159 |
References | 164 | |
Index | 165 |