ERP IMPLEMENTATION OF AGRO INDUSTRY: ISSUES AND CASE STUDY

Abstract

ERP, Enterprise Resource Planning is a discipline in which extensive research has been carried out and numerous methodologies churned out. Enterprise Resource Planning is concept of automating and integrating the business process. The Information Technology has made a great progress to realize the ERP from its concept in books. There are various software packages available to implement ERP in industry. But ERP is incomplete without BPR (Business Process Reengineering). BPR could be done before, after or along with ERP. This is a debatable issue. But what seems to be lacking is a structured approach. The BPR methodology includes the five activities: Prepare for reengineering, Map and Analyze As-Is process, Design To-be process, Implement reengineered process and Improve continuously. The ERP methodology includes Project Preparation, Business process mapping and configuration design, Configuration and Development in Development environment, Final preparation and Unit and Integ...