D P GOYAL
ENTERPRISE RESOURCE
PLANNING A Managerial Perspective
CHAPTER 5
Understanding the importance of strategic analysis Application of various models for strategic/competitive analysis
Establishing the need for ERP Systems in an organization
Discussing the process for conducting need analysis
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Need analysis for ERP system is vital for success. Organizations that perform proper analysis and determine the need for such a complex and high investment decision tend to achieve better results than organizations that do not.
For establishing the need for ERP systems, organizations must perform strategic / competitive analysis and ensure that the proposed ERP system aligns with the mission, goals and strategies of the organization.
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Assessment for current State
Assessment for During The Implementation.
Assessment for Future State or after the
Implementation.
What are the expectations from the ERP
SYSTEM they are going to Implement.
Do they really need the ERP SYSTEM ?
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When the organisations do not perform need analysis or do it unsystematically; and decides to go for ERP systems by investing huge amount of
Money and other resources. The return from the system are far below the expectations or not able to complete due to unforeseen circumstances, prove to be failure.
Many a time the organisation don’t need such elaborate/complex system and they make such high investments for it, without doing any need analysis. Copyright © 2011 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
It becomes all the more important that an