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ERPSession – 21

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Recap Session 20 & 21

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Business Process Reengineering (BPR)1. Fundamental Rethinking2. Radical Design3. Dramatic Improvements

Change Management4. Communication Strategy5. Impact Analysis6. Skills Analysis

removed

No automationMost of the work being

done does not add value for

customers

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Session 23 - Topics

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– ERP Market Shares, Key players

– Future Trends

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ERP Market - Tiers

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ERP Market Tiers

Number of users Tier< 30 III> 30 & < 100 II> 100 I

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ERP Market – ERP Vendors & Tiers

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Tier I Tier II Tier III

SAPOracle

Oracle eBusiness Suite

Oracle JD EdwardsOracle Peoplesoft

Misrosoft Dynamics

EpicorSageInforIFS

QADLawson

CDC Software

ABASActivant Solutions

Inc.Bowen and Groves

CompiereExact

NetSuiteVisibility

CGSHansa World

ConsonaSyspro

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ERP Market – ERP Vendor market share

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ERP Market – Future trends

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– 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

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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

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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

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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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