The so-called ERP is the abbreviation of Enterprise Resources Planning (Enterprise Resources Planning), which integrates the financial, procurement, production, sales, inventory and other business functions of the enterprise into an information management platform, so as to realize the standardization of information data and the integration of system operation , Rationalization of business processes, dynamic performance monitoring, continuous improvement of management.
A story to understand "ERP"
One day at noon, the husband called home from outside: "Dear wife, I want to bring some colleagues home for dinner tonight, can I?" (order intention)
Wife: "Of course, how many people are coming, what time do you want to eat?"
Husband: "6 people, let's come back around 7 o'clock, prepare some wine, roast duck, scrambled eggs with tomato, cold dishes, egg drop soup... Do you think it's okay?" (Business Communication)
Wife: "No problem, I'll be ready." (Order Confirmation)
The wife recorded the menu to be prepared (MPS plan), the specific dishes to be prepared: duck, wine, tomato, egg, oil... (BOM list of materials), found that the needs: 1 duck, 5 bottles of wine , 4 tomatoes...(BOM expanded), 6 eggs are needed for scrambled eggs, and 4 eggs are needed for egg drop soup (common materials).
Open the refrigerator and look (warehouse), there are only 2 eggs left (short of ingredients).
come to free market
Wife: "Excuse me, how do you sell the eggs?" (Purchase Inquiry)
Hawker: "1 yuan for one, 5 yuan for a half dozen, 9.5 yuan for a dozen."
Wife: "I only need 8, but this time I'll buy a dozen." (Economy Bulk Buying)
Wife: "There is a broken one, change it." (Acceptance, return, replacement)
back home
Prepare to wash, cut, and fry vegetables... (process route), and there are gas stoves, microwave ovens, rice cookers... (work center) in the kitchen. My wife found that plucking duck feathers was the most time-consuming process (bottleneck process, key process route), and it might be too late to cook roast duck with a microwave oven (insufficient production capacity), so she decided to buy ready-made ducks in the restaurant downstairs (outsourced products).
At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the phone rang again: "Mom, some classmates want to come to the house for dinner tonight, please help prepare." (urgent order)
"Okay, son, what do you want to eat, dad has guests tonight, would you like to eat with them?"
"You can figure out the dishes, but there must be scrambled eggs with tomatoes. We don't eat with adults, and we will come back around 6:30."
"Okay, I will definitely satisfy you." (Order Confirmation)
There were not enough eggs, so I called the hawker to bring them. (Urgent purchase)
6:30, everything is ready
But the roast duck hadn't arrived yet, so I hurriedly called and asked: "I'm Mrs. Li, how come the roast duck I ordered hasn't arrived yet."
"I'm sorry, the delivery person has already left, it may be a traffic jam, and he will be there soon."
The doorbell rang, "Mrs. Li, this is the roast duck you want. Please sign the form." (Acceptance, storage, transfer to accounts payable)
At 6:45, my daughter's phone call: "Mom, I think it's okay to bring some friends home for dinner now?"
"No way, daughter, mother already needs to prepare two tables of meals today. There is really no time. I am really sorry. I will tell you sooner next time and I must prepare them for you." (Haha, this is the limitation of ERP. A stable external environment requires a minimum lead time)
After seeing off all the guests, the tired wife sat on the sofa and said to her husband: "Honey, our family treats guests very frequently now, we should buy some kitchen supplies (equipment purchase), and it is best to hire a babysitter. "(Even the human resource system has an interface)
Husband: "You are in charge of the house, and you can do whatever you need." (passed the review)
Wife: "Also, the family has spent too much recently, so use your private money to subsidize it, okay?"
summary
Does anyone still not understand ERP? Remember, every qualified housewife is a strong contender for the production manager!
So here comes the problem. We all know that companies use ERP for more convenient work, but what about the reality? ? ? Many enterprises use ERP not only to fail to improve efficiency, but to make a lot of money. Why is this? Let me know your opinion!
