Select--erp Information System selection

Making a choice is not difficult, but it is hard to make a firm and correct choice. TCL Computer Company's ERP software selection is a correct and difficult choice process. Let's start from the beginning! ­

The industry is aware that TCL is the new industry in the IT sector, but also know another interpretation of Tcl: "Today China Lion." And we, as Tcl computer, in the wonderful left to others, but also have to start to our own and our living environment to reflect and think: we have to accept the front of the sales and soldiers frequently supply emergency complaints, while facing the replacement of the PC raw materials caused by the stock pressure , we have to accept the unprecedented change in the speed of the IT industry and product replacement, one side is the traditional manual workshop-style manufacturing mode; We are ahead of the making determined efforts to business-to-business it veteran, behind the emergence of the old rules of it rookie .... We have come to a critical moment when we have to reflect on old traditions and look for a new future, looking for a window to see the world, and pushing us to the difficult journey of ERP software selection. ­

Speaking of our ERP journey, it should be traced back to the April of 99, when the autumn X and X-green lead, they all the way, paving the stone open. Behind is NI xx, lan x, Li xx, net XX, such as six or seven guns, from their own work to squeeze a little bit of time, simple and cold hasty making. It was only for a less-than-great purpose that the inventory and plan could be managed well enough. A group of young people, 8 months of the band of the Moon, in exchange for the January 26, 2000 Abolition of the manual account of the switching system fiasco. At the same time, the project also faces new fluctuations: the team members in the rapid loss, the respective back to their original business positions, no one to mention ERP, the company's focus has been sales, business in the rapid expansion, so that management, ERP became the forgotten corner. ­

April 2000, the company management once again faced with serious challenges, management put forward the idea of tamping management. How to tamp? With ERP. This time seriously, the company also commissioned a special LU Total pipe, set up a full-time ERP team, and then put forward the bitter can not bitter e-commerce policy. Will arrive, the soldier also has, Imperial Sword also gave, everything is pleasantly, Tcl computer's ER project seems to be smooth sailing. But the actual progress is not so optimistic, the re-establishment of the ERP team is faced with a new choice: the old four-class system on the basis of the implementation, or discard the old cast a new start, this is not a simple choice problem. We took 2 months to make the choice, mainly based on the following four aspects of thinking:

First, our needs have changed. In 99, the company proposed the MRP system selection, the purpose is only to solve the problem of warehouse management, with the rapid development of the company, our needs evolved into a sales, manufacturing and financial system integration, supporting the Internet e-commerce strategy, an open, sustainable development and optimization, ERP system with optimal overall efficiency of the system. ­

The two or four-class MRP system has its limitations in technology. The four-class MRP system database for the United States Military database, the general is very poor, and other mainstream database difficult interface, thus determining the cost of the system customer is very expensive. ­

The three or four-class MRP system is unable to meet existing requirements in the development, procurement, financial and system security façade, and the consultant's technical support has expired, as is the need to renew the contract. ­

The early implementation of the four or four class MRP system provides us with a chance to learn and grow, so that we have a clearer understanding of the differences between our own needs and system functions, and we have some experience in re-implementing ERP. ­

This kind of reflection is very painful, especially like this from the four-class system all the way to the "Yilao", Time and time again in this criticism and reflection to bring themselves down and lifted up. But after the clouds were rainbows, we finally made a new choice to discard the old. ­

To restart the ERP journey requires us to be more prudent and more rigorous. We re-analyzed the TCL computer business needs, the development of the ERP software selection of three steps of the operation process, respectively, the initial selection of suppliers, software selection testing, business negotiations three links:

1, the preliminary selection of 10 domestic and foreign ERP software suppliers (according to the need can be changed), according to the proposed negotiation table for a preliminary frame selection, and the organization of the jury to the evaluation after screening to 3-5 software vendors, including the jury panel by the company's management, business unit business backbone, ERP project team members. At the same time, the preparation of the business prototype test data, respectively, to select the first-out of the factory testing and required to produce a prototype test data list, if necessary, test business demonstrations. Then enter the software selection testing phase. ­

Based on the following 7 basic principles in preliminary discussions with the software vendor:

(1) Management thought and advanced technology;

(2) Openness of software system;

(3) Technical support of the ability of the kimono support;

(4) The expansion of technology and business;

(5) Successful implementation experience (implementation methodology);

(6) Implementation costs and implementation cycle;

(7) Cooperation intention analysis. ­

2, software selection test--according to the prototype test plan and test list, the organization of the evaluation team to demonstrate, and software vendors to communicate with the technical staff, to not be able to directly meet the business needs of the two sides to fully business, to arrive at the most appropriate (to develop a scoring standard) and an alternative, and prepare for the business negotiations phase. ­

3, business negotiation stage------------------------business negotiation ­

There is another problem that we have to consider when we choose-the choice of international ERP software or domestic ERP software? The International ERP software system is more integrated and complete than the domestic ERP software system, and the impact on management and enterprise interest groups is also large, which means that the risk of the system implementation is also great. But it is its integrity and integration can enable enterprises to implement a good back-end ERP, the smooth expansion of e-commerce enterprise. International ERP software provides the software functions of continuous upgrading services, implementation of quality, after-sales service is also the domestic ERP software can not be compared. Of course, the price of foreign ERP software is also cited countless enterprises competing bow down. ­

Do not remember with how many ERP software vendors have one side or many sides of the edge, SAP, IFS, Symix, open think, proud peng ... Just as Oracle is becoming the most frequent partner, Oracle has introduced ERP software functions and implementation methodologies, visited Oracle's financial system for China Telecom, followed by a cost approach with Oracle's senior consultants, Oracle Senior Consultant visited TCL Computer Company's production base in Bao ' An factory, followed by the Oracle ERP system demonstration with TCL computer prototype data, and evaluated the product by the business backbone of each business unit, discussed the solution of TCL Computer special business, etc. But our decision is clear: ORACLE ERP system is our choice! ­

Choice is a process, the process of more growth also more temper, it is worth chewing slow products, more thinking. As sung in the song, you chose me, I chose you, this is our choice, we choose to join hands together to meet the advent of e-commerce era! ­

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Select--erp Information System selection