ERP

Session 21

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Recap Session 20 & 21

Business Process Reengineering (BPR)
1. 2. 3. Fundamental Rethinking Radical Design Dramatic Improvements
Most of the work being done does not add value for customers

Change Management
1. 2. 3. Communication Strategy Impact Analysis Skills Analysis

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Session 23 - Topics

ERP Market Shares, Key players Future Trends

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ERP Market - Tiers

ERP Market Tiers

Number of users < 30 > 30 & < 100 > 100

Tier III II I

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ERP Market ERP Vendors & Tiers

Tier I Tier II Tier III

SAP Oracle Oracle eBusiness Suite Oracle JD Edwards Oracle Peoplesoft Misrosoft Dynamics

Epicor Sage Infor IFS QAD Lawson CDC Software

ABAS Activant Solutions Inc. Bowen and Groves Compiere Exact NetSuite Visibility CGS Hansa World Consona Syspro

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ERP Market ERP Vendor market share

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ERP Market Future trends

No more ERP Wow Factor , applications & functionality Must assure business leaders (CIOs & IT staff) that that the underlying architecture are allows for flexibility "What's the true cost?" ask CEOs. "Does the benefit equal the investment?" consumption, investment and deployment easier and ultimately make usage of software by end user easier. take the plunge on a new and different ERP package, such as a cloud-based or open source suite

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Career in ERP
Demand for ERP professionals are increasing day by day. The growth in ERP implementations in Indian industrial sector has created job opportunities for professionals opting for a career in ERP Package implementation and maintenance. Primary demand for career in ERP is for the Functional Consultant and the Technical Consultant. There are also other parallel openings in the fields of database administration, systems administration, software testing and network administration. Apart from the first two, all the other jobs are pertaining to the software field as a whole.

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Career in ERP Functional Consultant

Career in ERP for Functional Consultants require a fair understanding of and experience in a particular physical process. For example, an ERP package implementation in a pharmaceutical company would require functional consultants experienced in finance, HR, pharmaceutical manufacturing processes, procurement processes, inventory management, customer relationship, supply chain management, etc. A functional consultant should have undergone a training session in the ERP. Functional consultant plays a critical role in ERP implementation.

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Career in ERP Functional Consultant

ERP Technical consultants are other category and they are basically software developers or IT professionals. Their task involves development of forms and reports based on inputs provided by a functional consultant. minimum qualification to be an ERP technical consultant is, you should be a graduate in computer sciences. Experience is not an issue at the entry level. However, senior developers and system integrators need to possess at least 5 to 7 years of experience in development.

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QUESTIONS

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