ERP Consulting Career Perspectives: Career Paths and The Current Job Market for Emerging Professionals

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (05) ◽  
Author(s):  
D.S. Robinson Smart ◽  
Joses Jenish Smart ◽  
Erick C Jones
Keyword(s):  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Career Path ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Good News ◽  
Erp System ◽  
Organizational Functions ◽  
Career Options ◽  
Functional Areas ◽  
A Company ◽  
Business Sectors

It has been challenging for many individuals to discover their career path especially for budding professionals. It’s often difficult to narrow down to a subject and the risk involved is equally high. A career path is a cluster of jobs that uses similar skills and with due education and experience helps one to move up the ladder in their career. It often involves related training and certification in its field to reach the top level. A trial that any organization face is the integration or co-ordination of various activities between its different core functional areas. It becomes close to impossible to achieve such activities effectively. To accomplish such activities, organizations need to employ the modern information systems across their organization. One such system is the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system that integrates all or most of the core processes that a company needs to run such as its finance, manufacturing, HR, supply chain, services, warehousing, procurement, accounting, marketing etc.,. The anticipated sales growth of the ERP market up to 7.2% by 2020 yielding an assessed sales value of about $41.60 billion [https://www.educba.com/three-broad-erp-career-options/] clearly explains the upcoming possible opportunities for the need of trained ERP professionals who often is someone usually has a good understanding of the business process. The good news is, a typical ERP professional can changeover their career across different organizational functions as mentioned earlier and have the luxury to choose their specialization by business sectors even though the soft skills and qualities required varies significantly.

ERP Consulting Career Perspectives: Career Paths and The Current Job Market for Emerging Professionals

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (04) ◽  
Author(s):  
D.S. Robinson Smart ◽  
Joses Jenish Smart ◽  
Erick C Jones
Keyword(s):  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Career Path ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Good News ◽  
Erp System ◽  
Organizational Functions ◽  
Career Options ◽  
Functional Areas ◽  
A Company ◽  
Business Sectors

It has been challenging for many individuals to discover their career path especially for budding professionals. It’s often difficult to narrow down to a subject and the risk involved is equally high. A career path is a cluster of jobs that uses similar skills and with due education and experience helps one to move up the ladder in their career. It often involves related training and certification in its field to reach the top level. A trial that any organization face is the integration or co-ordination of various activities between its different core functional areas. It becomes close to impossible to achieve such activities effectively. To accomplish such activities, organizations need to employ the modern information systems across their organization. One such system is the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system that integrates all or most of the core processes that a company needs to run such as its finance, manufacturing, HR, supply chain, services, warehousing, procurement, accounting, marketing etc.,. The anticipated sales growth of the ERP market up to 7.2% by 2020 yielding an assessed sales value of about $41.60 billion [https://www.educba.com/three-broad-erp-career-options/] clearly explains the upcoming possible opportunities for the need of trained ERP professionals who often is someone usually has a good understanding of the business process. The good news is, a typical ERP professional can changeover their career across different organizational functions as mentioned earlier and have the luxury to choose their specialization by business sectors even though the soft skills and qualities required varies significantly.

scholarly journals Way to Grow

2008 ◽  
Vol 130 (12) ◽  
pp. 40-42
Author(s):  
Jean Thilmany
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Production Scheduling ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Order Type ◽  
Small Companies ◽  
Erp Systems ◽  
Erp System ◽  
Engineer To Order ◽  
A Company

This article discusses features of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems that aim to help small engineering firms in managing their businesses. With the proliferation of ERP systems and vendors in the past decade, the big vendors as well as a series of small and niche players are now marketing their offerings for the small-to-midsize company and for specialized companies. Small companies often find that ERP systems give them better control of inventory and production scheduling. The engineer-to-order operation has unique needs that can be met by a specialized ERP system. Jobscope, a company in Greenville, South Carolina, makes ERP software especially for small-to-midsize engineer-to-order companies. In order to serve engineer-to-order type of engineering companies, the Jobscope system stores business information on a per project rather than a company-wide basis. It is because engineer-to-order companies batch and track jobs on a project basis. The experts agree that bringing in an ERP system might seem daunting to the smaller engineering operation. However, they also agree on another thing: it can help small companies manage the complexities of growing business.

scholarly journals Enterprise Resource Planning Systems for Project-Based Firms: Benefits, Costs & Implementation Challenges

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yajun Zeng ◽  
Yujie Lu ◽  
Miroslaw Skibniewski
Keyword(s):  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Costs And Benefits ◽  
Erp Systems ◽  
High Stakes ◽  
Implementation Challenges ◽  
Erp System ◽  
Industry Standard ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning Systems ◽  
Functional Areas

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are configurable enterprise-wide information system packages that integrate information and information-based processes within and across functional areas in an organization. They have been widely adopted in many organizations and accepted as a de facto industry standard for the replacement of legacy systems. This paper analyzes and presents the costs and benefits of ERP systems for project-based industries, which  have lagged behind other major industries in adopting ERP systems due to their project-centric nature and the high stakes involved in ERP implementation. The challenges during the process of ERP implementations are also identified as part of the effort to understand the implied costs of an ERP system. The evidence of the costs and benefits are drawn from previous studies and the analysis of the prevailing working practices in project-based firms. The classification of the costs and benefits constitutes a cost and benefit taxonomy which can be used to enable executives in project-based firms to make informed decisions on their ERP system investments.

Enhancing Data Security in ERP Projects Using XML

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Chandrakumar ◽  
S. Parthasarathy
Keyword(s):  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Data Security ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Security Requirements ◽  
Erp System ◽  
Business Units ◽  
Xml Signature ◽  
Tightly Coupled ◽  
Basic Features ◽  
Functional Areas

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is integrated packaged software, which addresses most fundamental business processing functionality across different functional areas and business units, in a single software system, with single database and accessible through a unified interface and channel of communication. Meeting security requirements for privacy, confidentiality and integrity is essential in order to move business online ERP System requires an accurate, precise and Data security in business concepts of the enterprise. The authors introduce basic features and security of ERP System using Extensible Mark-up Language (XML) technology. Traditionally, XML security has developed along two distinct though related lines of research, corresponding to two facts of the XML security notion. The first fact defines XML security as a set of security techniques (encryption, digital signature) tightly coupled with XML to maintain the main features of the XML semi-structured data model while adding to it all necessary security capabilities. In this paper we will explore XML Signature specification from W3C and its implementation in .NET.

Implementing ERP in an emerging nation

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-40
Keyword(s):  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Erp Systems ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Erp System ◽  
Organizational Functions ◽  
The World ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings The use of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems has escalated over recent years. Implementing such systems helps companies to raise performance levels in line with other organizations around the world. A capacity to initiate change is one of the most significant features of an ERP system. It can, for instance, transform how different organizational functions connect. Existing practices are likewise subject to change. Scope also exists for ERP to significantly impact on the prevailing structure and culture of the company. Employees are not immune from its effects. Practical implications The paper provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world’s leading organizations. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Effectiveness of Enterprise Resource Planning System in Supporting the Lean Manufacturing

2013 ◽  
Vol 315 ◽  
pp. 899-904 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pang Chee Kong ◽  
Yusof Daud
Keyword(s):  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Lean Manufacturing ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Shop Floor ◽  
Record System ◽  
Erp System ◽  
Lean Practices ◽  
Integrated Software ◽  
Functional Areas

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is integrated software that linked the functional areas in the organization by using and sharing the database in one platform. The implementation of ERP system in most of the manufacturing plants help in simplifying the production and scheduling system and smoothing the process flow which will lead the organisation towards lean manufacturing environment. Most of the manufacturers do not analyse and review on the effectiveness and implications of the ERP system at the post implementation stage. This study was established to address the impacts of the ERP system in leveraging the lean practices at the shop floor and the recommendations for the continuous improvement initiatives. Data for analysis has been retrieved from in house ERP system and from manual record system of a company that already implemented ERP system. Questionnaires have been distributed to ERP users within Malaysia and Singapore to gain insight the related issue of using ERP system in their company. The study provides evidence on the effectiveness and positive impacts of the ERP system to support manufacturing industries to become more lean and agile. ERP system also effectively to response to the customer requirement and added the value along the supply chain.

A Review of Problems Faced by ERP Consultancy and Client Organizations in China

2013 ◽  
Vol 572 ◽  
pp. 690-694
Author(s):  
Jia Chen Hou
Keyword(s):  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Erp Implementation ◽  
Chinese Enterprises ◽  
Erp System ◽  
Consulting Firms ◽  
Efficient Information ◽  
Functional Areas

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a system designed to bring processes and resource together by sharing data and information across functional areas. The use of ERP consultancy is becoming essential to the enterprises in China. However, many issues have risen in the process of ERP implementation. This paper aims to investigate the major obstacles in the way of ERP implementation among ERP consultancy and client organisations. It has found that the quality of Chinese consultancy is far from that expected as leading ERP products were not widely mastered by consulting firms. Efficient information system is essential for companies to stay in the competition. However, transparent information flow across functional areas is hard to achieve in China. A good understanding of ERP system and business processes can help Chinese enterprises to ease unrealistic expectations from ERP implementation.

scholarly journals INPUT DATA COLLECTION FOR THE FIT-GAP ANALYSIS METHOD: A LITERATURE REVIEW

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Ieva Ancveire
Keyword(s):  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Input Data ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Gap Analysis ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Erp Systems ◽  
Erp System ◽  
Software Requirements Analysis ◽  
A Company

Development of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems has become an independent industry for the improvement of information systems. It can be stated that ERP systems are designed to support the operation of a company. The fundamental objective of the system is to create a business value that aims at reducing the time and costs of the business while increasing the profit of the company. Although the adaptation and deployment of the ERP system, in general, are complex and protracted processes that require a lot of resources, the obtained results sometimes differ from the expected results of users. Mostly for that reason, there are incomplete internal enterprise business processes and software requirements analysis and development. Therefore, there is a need to determine the compliance of the main enterprise requirements and business processes with the ERP system. To choose the most appropriate ERP system, it is necessary to identify all possible methods of input data for the fit-gap analysis method. Thus, the main aim of the present study is to identify possible input data for the fit-gap analysis method, which can be used for the selection of the most appropriate ERP system.

Analisis Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Terhadap Business Model Inovation (BMI)

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 54-65
Author(s):  
Grace Theresia Pontoh ◽  
Syamsuddin Syamsuddin ◽  
Rezkiyana Ulfha Irwan ◽  
Fitrah Astari
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Business Model Innovation ◽  
Customer Management ◽  
Erp System ◽  
Interview Method ◽  
High Degree ◽  
A Company

This research was conducted at PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk, which has a branch in Makassar with the aim of knowing how much influence Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) has on Business Model Innovation (BMI). This study uses the interview method. Based on the research results, an ERP system helps automate various processes in a company both in automating customer management, financial management, and employee management. This ERP system software helps provide any information or data in realtime with a high degree of accuracy. The ERP system used by PT. Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk is a SAP R / 3 Enterprise.

scholarly journals Pembelajaran Mandiri Aplikasi Enterprise Resource System: Studi Kasus pada Aplikasi SAP – Modul Sales and Distribution

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 627
Author(s):  
Johan Johan
Keyword(s):  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Learning Tool ◽  
Erp System ◽  
System Requirements ◽  
Functional Areas ◽  
Self Learning

ERP (enterprise resource planning) is a solution needed by companies to assist the integration of all functional areas. A self-learning media of ERP system is needed for the successful use which is highly depended on the users mastery. The learning media must be flexible to time and place. Therefore, this research creates a self-learning application for ERP system based on a case study on SAP application. SAP is an ERP-based solution widely used by medium to large companies. The method used are data collection, analysis on running business processes and the identification of information needs, followed by the application design. Identificationof system requirements uses Flash CS5 Action Script 3.0. The result achieved in this research is a multimediabased learning tool which assists training for trainers and trainee and facilitates trainee supervision during training. The learning tool is found helpful in self learning process.

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