Merhaba öğrenci ve öğretmen
On this class I saw the initial state of implementing an ERP. The need. One aspect that was interesting to me is that sometimes the needs of a company can be fulfilled by implementing other IT tools, cheaper ones or less conflictive. (access, a data warehouse, etc...)
I found the ERP systems to be more like a tool that links departments. This is useful to monitor the performance of all departments in order to measure the global achievements of the company. This is very important when an enterprise is focused in an specific objective.
Why should a company not implement ERP system?
¤Costs>Benefits
I think this is easy to say, however, in the first reading we saw that the managerial decisions are taken ina political way,more than in a classical or "cientific" way.
¤Organization's state of development
When a company is medium size or small, sometimes they can work with ther own tools and ways.
¤The company is performing well
Also, a change in a company is sometimes useless if the performance is optimal for achieving the objectives.
Without anything more to add, Hoscakal.... GÖRÜSÜRÜZ !!!!
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
Second Day Learning -- Qiao Chu HUA
Hi, everyone,
For today's learning, I feel the SWOT and GAP analysis prior to the design and implementation of an ERP system is quite important as well as necessary, I have gained benefits from this insights.
So a thorough analysis in and out of the company on terms of it's S,W,O,T is vital to decide if or not an ERP is necessary and if yes, for what purposes it might have to serve and how to, yeah, this is a very good point and I like it, no other comment and expect to read yours soon.
See you again tomorrow!
Qiao Chu HUA
For today's learning, I feel the SWOT and GAP analysis prior to the design and implementation of an ERP system is quite important as well as necessary, I have gained benefits from this insights.
So a thorough analysis in and out of the company on terms of it's S,W,O,T is vital to decide if or not an ERP is necessary and if yes, for what purposes it might have to serve and how to, yeah, this is a very good point and I like it, no other comment and expect to read yours soon.
See you again tomorrow!
Qiao Chu HUA
ERP day 2
Today I learned more about ERP, in class we did a lot of discucion about why do companies should buy an ERP system or not. We found that companies that adopt this system:
*have more control and better administration of the company
*shearing information in one data base, makes the company more efficient, and facilitate the procedure for future joints or growth plans.
*One system, its easier to mantain and control information.
*One system, easier for the company to communicate between deparments
We also found that this system does not apply to all companies, small and mid-size companies with lack of growth plans and expansion, most of them dont need the system because they work very well with their own way that they have been working for years.
Then, we made a SWOT and GAP analysis of the SAP company, with that example we work in our teams doing the same analysis but, based in our company ( starbucks)
Finally, we went to the computer lab to introduce ourselves with the SAP system and we did some transactions, etc.
*have more control and better administration of the company
*shearing information in one data base, makes the company more efficient, and facilitate the procedure for future joints or growth plans.
*One system, its easier to mantain and control information.
*One system, easier for the company to communicate between deparments
We also found that this system does not apply to all companies, small and mid-size companies with lack of growth plans and expansion, most of them dont need the system because they work very well with their own way that they have been working for years.
Then, we made a SWOT and GAP analysis of the SAP company, with that example we work in our teams doing the same analysis but, based in our company ( starbucks)
Finally, we went to the computer lab to introduce ourselves with the SAP system and we did some transactions, etc.
First Day Learning - From Qiao Chu HUA
Hi everyone!
I am Qiao Chu HUA from China.
I have had my bachelor's degree on Education Science from Central China Normal University in the city of Wu Han, and I am now pursuing my master's degree on Management of International Business in IESEG from this year to middle of next year.
Before I participated into our ERP course, I only have some basic ideas about ERP, I am quite aware that it's quite in the trend now and I do expect to understand it better after our course.
The first day learning is really as good as I have expected it to be, Yeliz's way of teaching really fits in with me, I like the content of the course which is well-chosen, and I like our way of exchanging views together in the class. It's interesting to air ideas freely with fellow classmates and Yeliz on the common subject which we are all interested in. Yeah, the first day learning really started off well I feel!
My career goal is to work in Import & Export after my study, would be great if I can start to try to do it on my own. Compaired with Exporting products from China to Europe, to the contrary, I would more like to try to find out what I can do to import products from Europe and sell them in China which is such a fast-growing market with really good promising potentials for goods manufactured out of China. China has a big population of young and well-educated middle class consummers who would have a growing demand for quality from outside world. And I do think from Europe, there are products which are popular with local people would be appreciated and adored too by my coutryman in China. So if you are interested on subject likewise as mine, maybe we can think about starting to work something together from now right?
And, my another expectation from our course is that, I really do like Yeliz filling us more about the reasons why ERP cann't work well or even fail in some company cases, I do hope to analyze those failure cases a bit more while we are focusing on the benefits of ERP which many of them we have already known. For I think to prevent low effectiveness or failure of ERP implementation, it would be beneficial and also necessary to have a good understanding about under what circumstances ERP will not work as well as we expect it to be even though it's a high volume investment.
That's all I want to say about my first day learning, thank you for reading my ideas above and see you all again in the class!
Qiao Chu HUA
Mobile: 0650 801 089
Email: huaqiaochu@gmail.com
I am Qiao Chu HUA from China.
I have had my bachelor's degree on Education Science from Central China Normal University in the city of Wu Han, and I am now pursuing my master's degree on Management of International Business in IESEG from this year to middle of next year.
Before I participated into our ERP course, I only have some basic ideas about ERP, I am quite aware that it's quite in the trend now and I do expect to understand it better after our course.
The first day learning is really as good as I have expected it to be, Yeliz's way of teaching really fits in with me, I like the content of the course which is well-chosen, and I like our way of exchanging views together in the class. It's interesting to air ideas freely with fellow classmates and Yeliz on the common subject which we are all interested in. Yeah, the first day learning really started off well I feel!
My career goal is to work in Import & Export after my study, would be great if I can start to try to do it on my own. Compaired with Exporting products from China to Europe, to the contrary, I would more like to try to find out what I can do to import products from Europe and sell them in China which is such a fast-growing market with really good promising potentials for goods manufactured out of China. China has a big population of young and well-educated middle class consummers who would have a growing demand for quality from outside world. And I do think from Europe, there are products which are popular with local people would be appreciated and adored too by my coutryman in China. So if you are interested on subject likewise as mine, maybe we can think about starting to work something together from now right?
And, my another expectation from our course is that, I really do like Yeliz filling us more about the reasons why ERP cann't work well or even fail in some company cases, I do hope to analyze those failure cases a bit more while we are focusing on the benefits of ERP which many of them we have already known. For I think to prevent low effectiveness or failure of ERP implementation, it would be beneficial and also necessary to have a good understanding about under what circumstances ERP will not work as well as we expect it to be even though it's a high volume investment.
That's all I want to say about my first day learning, thank you for reading my ideas above and see you all again in the class!
Qiao Chu HUA
Mobile: 0650 801 089
Email: huaqiaochu@gmail.com
First day
1. Background
My full name is Andrzej Wilczewski. I come from Poland. I graduaded from School of Public Administration in Poland. I was specializing in business and european integration. I graduaded also from University of Bialystok where I was studying french language. One year ago I came to France and I decided to join Iéseg on January this year on MIB.
2.Experience
I have no experience working with ERP. I was working in Poland as a french teacher and translator during almost 2 years.
3. Carer goal
I'm planning to create and develope my own company in Poland probably in branch of export and import. I think that this course is very useful to understand how ERP works and what generelly it is. At the end of this course I expect to have enough knowledge about ERP and especially know how to use it.
4. An interesting thing about me
When I was a child I was dancing during 10 years and won 1 st place in National Dancing Competition
5. I really enjoyed my first day of this course but I have to admit that at the beggining I was a little bit confused and I didn't know what you were talking about. Later it was better and I understood a general idea of ERP what is important ( I think ).Well I'm going to finish because I don't very like writing.
My full name is Andrzej Wilczewski. I come from Poland. I graduaded from School of Public Administration in Poland. I was specializing in business and european integration. I graduaded also from University of Bialystok where I was studying french language. One year ago I came to France and I decided to join Iéseg on January this year on MIB.
2.Experience
I have no experience working with ERP. I was working in Poland as a french teacher and translator during almost 2 years.
3. Carer goal
I'm planning to create and develope my own company in Poland probably in branch of export and import. I think that this course is very useful to understand how ERP works and what generelly it is. At the end of this course I expect to have enough knowledge about ERP and especially know how to use it.
4. An interesting thing about me
When I was a child I was dancing during 10 years and won 1 st place in National Dancing Competition
5. I really enjoyed my first day of this course but I have to admit that at the beggining I was a little bit confused and I didn't know what you were talking about. Later it was better and I understood a general idea of ERP what is important ( I think ).Well I'm going to finish because I don't very like writing.
Monday, March 05, 2007
Day 1 - Juan REYNOSO
BIOS
Ø My complete name is Juan Manuel Reynoso Meza.
Ø I was born in
Ø I got a Mechanical Engineering Degree in 2003
Ø I worked as Supervisor of the Mechanic Workshop in a Construction Enterprise, and eventually as work field supervisor, for 1 year. I was present in a major rehabilitation to the Fluid Cracking Catalytic Plan in Guanajuato, México.
Ø I worked as Production Supervisor in a Manufacturing Enterprise for 1 year.
Ø I am studying the Master in International Business program in
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE IN SUBJECT:
I have not experience working directly with ERP, but in my both two last jobs, I clearly identify the need of have a tool that permits a better communication between the departments of Production, Acquisitions, the storehouse, and the accounting department. Our communication was paper based, and I considered it very slow and some times confusing. Fortunately, by the time I left the company, they were trying to implement an ERP.
I expect to develop my own business in the Construction field, and have the enough knowledge, in the different aspects of the business, to manage it successfully.
By the end of the course I expect to have the enough knowledge about the structure and working method of the ERP’s in order to be able to understand and quickly learn to use any kind of ERP.
AN INTERESTING THING ABOUT ME:
I won the first place in a National Mathematics Olympiad (in México) at age 18.
FIRST DAY LEARNING:
In this class I got a general idea about the components of an ERP. I also learn about the advantages of its implementation. In my personal experience I worked in a medium-size company that had not an ERP implemented, and I can imagine how all the advantages discussed today could be reflected in my old job.
Because of the communication was paper-based I think that the consulting and reporting information was very slow. It could even take a couple of days. Therefore, the computer database could save a lot of time in those both activities.
When a misunderstood arose, every person had a backup of their transactions, but nobody trusts in the system of the other. I think that have a single database is important in order to have the company working all with the same information. Also, information sharing was not so good in the company. Every department “protects” his own system, and they not share information. It was very time-consuming when a person wanted information from another department, because the only way to get it was by a personal meeting. So, I think that sharing information saves time to everyone.
Duygu Becermen
Hi everyone,
I think today was a really good start for an intensive course. Normally I hate intensives because I hate getting up early!! And as a result of my endless love to my warm bed in the mornings, I was late for the class for 10 minutes. I am really really sorry for that. But I don't think it will happen again because today has been very interesting. I chose this class because my mother was talking about SAP and how important it is(as I mentioned earlier in the class). The company she worked started implementing this system almost 8 years ago. When I read the syllabus of this course on the intranet, I thought why I don't start listening to my mom! So that's how I am here now.
After today's class I saw that ERP systems can be really useful to a company. An ERP system makes it possible to have an overall control of the company. It helps to follow the transactions done by all the functions within the company and also by the customers.
We briefly learned what is an ERP system, what kinds of ERP systems are there. And we focused on pros and cons of different types of systems.
I guess his is all I can say for today.
See all of you guys in the morning. Have a great night.
I think today was a really good start for an intensive course. Normally I hate intensives because I hate getting up early!! And as a result of my endless love to my warm bed in the mornings, I was late for the class for 10 minutes. I am really really sorry for that. But I don't think it will happen again because today has been very interesting. I chose this class because my mother was talking about SAP and how important it is(as I mentioned earlier in the class). The company she worked started implementing this system almost 8 years ago. When I read the syllabus of this course on the intranet, I thought why I don't start listening to my mom! So that's how I am here now.
After today's class I saw that ERP systems can be really useful to a company. An ERP system makes it possible to have an overall control of the company. It helps to follow the transactions done by all the functions within the company and also by the customers.
We briefly learned what is an ERP system, what kinds of ERP systems are there. And we focused on pros and cons of different types of systems.
I guess his is all I can say for today.
See all of you guys in the morning. Have a great night.
DAY 1
HOLA!
I am a graduated Computer Systems Engineer.
I worked 6 months in the Informatics department at Laguna Verde, CFE (nucleolectrical power plant) in
Then I worked 2 years in the Technological Innovation Department at ITESM campus QRO. During this experience one of my duties was to install and administer the specialized software, so I Installed and administered clients and servers of Microsiga one Brazilian ERP company. Also I was the user of Altiris in the deployment, inventory and security solution and we were implementing it to the company.
My career goal is to built and grow my own Information Systems Company.
This course will help me to achieve this goal because it is a part of my business plan.
By the end of this course I expect to have a more clear understanding of ERP’s, to know how to implement it and to know how to use SAP.
I love riding motorcycles.
Learning points:
I had one class of ERP’s in college, so today I refreshed my concepts of ERP definition, history and purpose.
It was interesting for me the analysis that we did today of the PRO’s and CON’s of the ERP companies. I think it is very useful to know first what we really need and want and then choose the best option. This is very important because I saw many failures in that in my experience, the managers seem to base their decision of the ERP according to marketing or fashion.
In other hand, despite our class discussion I see that the bigger ERP’s are not yet an answer for the Mexican SME’s. The majority of Mexican SME´s worked with smaller players because of the price and also because the distance (they are near and they have a very good personalized support). Also I think is for the influence they had as we discussed on class.
Although smaller ERP’s are fitting nowadays in these companies, I think they must face the future and start to plan to migrate to a bigger ERP to internationalize themselves.
Laurent Feltz's Lessons Learning posting (1st day)
As I told when I present myself at the beginning of the class, I am not an IT specialist and to my mind attending an ERP class is something very important to understand the need of companies in terms of information system. I worked on an “old AS400” (as said my placement supervisor) during my last internship. I understood roughly its mechanism with the traceability of the product from the supply (and supply order) to the sale (and the sale order), but my vision was limited to my mission in the company: financial director assistant.
I understood that Enterprise Resource Planning is an ensemble of integrated and modular software that collect and process data from every part of an organization in real-time.
“Integrated” means that ERP relies on a unique system that integrates all data in the same database. This feature brings lots of advantages for organization which used to dealing with a different system for each function and thus different database. It reduces the costs of maintenance. It facilitates management decision making by allowing an immediate transmission of information whatever the department of the organization. It removes data redundancy and multi-processing for each different managers. In conclusion it dynamizes a lot the organization running.
“Modular” means that it comprises different modules: roughly one module for one function in the organization (one for accounting, one for sales, one for supply, one for marketing, and so on). This characteristic allows a better management of demand and supply planning. Which also generates a better order fulfilment and inventories control. The concrete advantages are better customer satisfaction and cost reduction.
Companies use also ERP to compute master production planning and thus monitor more effectively their production process at the operational and business level. This functionality is the improvement of precedent systems: material requirement planning (only deals with operation) and manufacturing resource planning (integrated financial data too).
Indeed there are different providers of ERP system and different level of customization of the finished product.
The major players in this field are companies like Oracle and SAP. They provide more functionality and more support in the use. There are also small players which provide ERP. The main advantage to deal with these companies is that you can more easily influence the design of the finished goods because they are more likely to pamper each of their customers. At last you can find open sources ERP like Compiere or OFBiz. These systems are much cheaper to acquire but the organization can spend a lot of money to adapt it to its specificity. The need for personnel to support -especially in case of upgrades- could be restraint.
A company that implement an ERP has to know that the total customization of the ERP is very complicated, expensive and often impossible. Besides a company can not entirely adapt itself to match the mechanism of the ERP. So a company implementing an ERP must be ready for some change.
The data integrity is effective in SAP and this is an important advantage.
Elif Turkseven's Profile and Lessons Learned
Today, it was the first day of the “Global ERP systems implementation strategies” course. I was not quite familiar with the subject but I thought that it could be interesting to take this course to learn more about it. Firstly, we have learned the definition and evolution of ERP (MRP and MRP II). I have learned that this system enables companies to integrate information through the whole organization. By the help of this system, companies use only one database by sharing information from different departments of the organization. As a result, the waste of time is eliminated. I have learned that there are major players such as Oracle, small players and open sources. Each of them has advantages and disadvantages. I can say that I have understood this system enables companies to operate better and in a more functional way although it has some implementation costs at first. Because you do not have to create different data sources for each module you use, it is beneficial and efficient for the company as it also provides modularity. Last year, I was having my internship at the finance department of Meteksan Sistem A.S. in
Hello everyone, I’m a first timer in this Blog thing, so I don’t know if I’m supposed to put my BIOS and my thoughts here together, or if there’s a special place for each. I’ll put all together just as Thierry.
BIOS
I’m studying Industrial Engineering back in Mexico at the Universidad Iberoamericana. Unfortunately for me, I still don’t have a working experience in my field of study since it’s hard to get an internship back home when you’re only a third year student, plus our university system differs greatly in this matter from other. I’m planning on getting an internship when I go back home, hopefully related to logistics, a subject that’s gained my interest very much so far.
Since I just entered my third year in Industrial Engineering I haven’t set myself to a particular career goal yet. I believe I still have A LOT to learn, and that in that time my interests and goals can change.
I heard very few about ERP systems before taking the course. It has interested me, as; implementing such systems means reengineering processes within the organization, and some fields of Industrial Engineering deal with process reengineering.
I hope to have a better understating of how ERP systems work at the end of the course, and learn how they’re implemented in real life (which I’ve most interested in).
About me? I’m Mexican and I don’t like tequila.
MY LEARNINGS
I must say I found the first class very interesting since my understanding of ERP’s was very little. We saw what an ERP system was, the pros and cons of being a major player, smaller or open source, why and why not should he customize it and, how it was developed from MRP and MRP2.
We talked as well of SAP’s and its 3 different transactions: 1 Create, 2 Change, 3 Display. They offer different solutions depending on the industry at matter.
There’s never an end for an ERP, you can always add different modules to customize it to your company’s needs and functions. You can also make software work on it, in case it doesn’t have the functionality… “It keeps building up”. All this led me to maybe a hasty question at this point of the course “¿What is the future of ERP’s?”
Hope to keep looking more into ERP’s tomorrow.
BIOS
I’m studying Industrial Engineering back in Mexico at the Universidad Iberoamericana. Unfortunately for me, I still don’t have a working experience in my field of study since it’s hard to get an internship back home when you’re only a third year student, plus our university system differs greatly in this matter from other. I’m planning on getting an internship when I go back home, hopefully related to logistics, a subject that’s gained my interest very much so far.
Since I just entered my third year in Industrial Engineering I haven’t set myself to a particular career goal yet. I believe I still have A LOT to learn, and that in that time my interests and goals can change.
I heard very few about ERP systems before taking the course. It has interested me, as; implementing such systems means reengineering processes within the organization, and some fields of Industrial Engineering deal with process reengineering.
I hope to have a better understating of how ERP systems work at the end of the course, and learn how they’re implemented in real life (which I’ve most interested in).
About me? I’m Mexican and I don’t like tequila.
MY LEARNINGS
I must say I found the first class very interesting since my understanding of ERP’s was very little. We saw what an ERP system was, the pros and cons of being a major player, smaller or open source, why and why not should he customize it and, how it was developed from MRP and MRP2.
We talked as well of SAP’s and its 3 different transactions: 1 Create, 2 Change, 3 Display. They offer different solutions depending on the industry at matter.
There’s never an end for an ERP, you can always add different modules to customize it to your company’s needs and functions. You can also make software work on it, in case it doesn’t have the functionality… “It keeps building up”. All this led me to maybe a hasty question at this point of the course “¿What is the future of ERP’s?”
Hope to keep looking more into ERP’s tomorrow.
Alexis Bouly's Bio and Day 1 Lessons Learned
Good evening,
I found today’s course useful as an introduction to ERP systems. No surprise came from the global architecture and basic definitions of ERP systems; basically it was as I imagine it!
I was quite interested by the different type of ERP on the market and especially about open source ERPs. I found interesting that a community of programmers share their knowledge and competencies about programming. I already knew about Linux and though that open source software was only applicable to it. However I am not sure this concept can bring efficient ERP solutions to companies. I think this concept comes from good feelings but several barriers such as compatibility, cost (employ programmers, huge developments …). So to my point of view it is interesting to know about these open source players but is it really feasible to work with them? Not quite sure…
Finally I was happy to learn a new word “bolt on”, but I don’t see the point in creating a new word if it means “add on”… Perhaps it is the moment to ask for some precision! So what difference is there between a bolt on and an add on?
So now more about me! I am a 4th years student at IESEG specialized in management control and audit. I come from this rainy region of France about 1 hour from Lille. Last year I was studying abroad in Canada, and more especially in Québec at the University of Sherbrooke. This course remind me a lecture I had in IS but hopefully this one is much more understandable even in English! After one year in Québec I decided to do my internship in England I order to improve a little my English… (Québec is a francophone part of Canada!). I was working for a European bank called BNP Paribas and I was responsible for translating an software in English and writing procedures about how to use it.
As I am specialized in management control and audit, I’d like to start my carrier abroad in internal audit. I will appreciate to work on projects in a different subsidiary of a multinational company. That is were ERP systems becomes interesting because it can be from what I learnt today a powerful tool for auditor in order to access to specific information. Then I already looked at job appliances in the audit field and some of them were requiring SAP qualifications and I was interested to know more about this.
I see my future job abroad as a springboard for a future job in France. I think, because of a work experience abroad, I will have more credibility on the French job market. So sacrifice 3 or 4 years abroad can be useful in this perspective…
At the end of this course I’d like to be able to take advantage of what I have learned about ERP, to be efficient on my future job. For me theory is good but practice is to me much more important.
Finally one thing “surprising” is that I play French hunting horn for 8 years now (Trompe de chasse in French)
Best regards
PS: This blog is a very modern and interesting way of communicating however I can’t log on! But I love it!
I found today’s course useful as an introduction to ERP systems. No surprise came from the global architecture and basic definitions of ERP systems; basically it was as I imagine it!
I was quite interested by the different type of ERP on the market and especially about open source ERPs. I found interesting that a community of programmers share their knowledge and competencies about programming. I already knew about Linux and though that open source software was only applicable to it. However I am not sure this concept can bring efficient ERP solutions to companies. I think this concept comes from good feelings but several barriers such as compatibility, cost (employ programmers, huge developments …). So to my point of view it is interesting to know about these open source players but is it really feasible to work with them? Not quite sure…
Finally I was happy to learn a new word “bolt on”, but I don’t see the point in creating a new word if it means “add on”… Perhaps it is the moment to ask for some precision! So what difference is there between a bolt on and an add on?
So now more about me! I am a 4th years student at IESEG specialized in management control and audit. I come from this rainy region of France about 1 hour from Lille. Last year I was studying abroad in Canada, and more especially in Québec at the University of Sherbrooke. This course remind me a lecture I had in IS but hopefully this one is much more understandable even in English! After one year in Québec I decided to do my internship in England I order to improve a little my English… (Québec is a francophone part of Canada!). I was working for a European bank called BNP Paribas and I was responsible for translating an software in English and writing procedures about how to use it.
As I am specialized in management control and audit, I’d like to start my carrier abroad in internal audit. I will appreciate to work on projects in a different subsidiary of a multinational company. That is were ERP systems becomes interesting because it can be from what I learnt today a powerful tool for auditor in order to access to specific information. Then I already looked at job appliances in the audit field and some of them were requiring SAP qualifications and I was interested to know more about this.
I see my future job abroad as a springboard for a future job in France. I think, because of a work experience abroad, I will have more credibility on the French job market. So sacrifice 3 or 4 years abroad can be useful in this perspective…
At the end of this course I’d like to be able to take advantage of what I have learned about ERP, to be efficient on my future job. For me theory is good but practice is to me much more important.
Finally one thing “surprising” is that I play French hunting horn for 8 years now (Trompe de chasse in French)
Best regards
Alexis
PS: This blog is a very modern and interesting way of communicating however I can’t log on! But I love it!
Lecture 1
Hey everyone, this is Sangyoun...here is a short bio of myself...
My Short Bio
So as you know my name is Sangyoun Han. I am Korean, but I live and study in Toronto,Canada. I attend the Schulich School of Business at York University and I'm in my third year of studies. I am completing my iBBA degree with a specialization in Finance and Marketing. I have been at IESEG since Jan 2007, and will be leaving once this semester is finished. I have a Finance internship back in Toronto for TD Securities, which is one of the largest bank in Canada, so I'm pretty excited about that. In the future, I am planning to have a career within the finance sector in I-Banking and/or consulting.
The reason I chose this course is because I haven't learned too much on this topic, and so I thought it would be a great opportunity to learn it here, in France. Also, I think its important to have at least a general understanding of other topics other than Finance and marketing, in order to help me in my career with a broad understanding of many business concepts. Therefore, I hope I learn a lot from this course, and I hope the topics learned in this course will help me someday in the future.
Finally, something interesting about me is that I love to experience different cultures, and one day I would love to take a year off and just travel the world!
Lessons learned from Lecture 1
So today was the first class for Global ERP Systems. I thought it was very interesting, especially because I came into the class with a very limited understanding of this concept. However, after a fun, interactive ice-breaker, I quickly realized how detailed an ERP system really is.
Today’s lecture was more theoretical, as the purpose of the class was to give an underlying idea of what the concept of ERP is. I learned that many firms use this system to replace the old methods, which operate on multiple systems for each department. The ERP system introducesONE system, in which all modules (finance, accounting, marketing, HR etc…) can be linked to the same database. What this creates is higher efficiencies through decreased time wasted and increased quality.
Furthermore, there is more than just one ERP system. We can divide them into three groups, Major Systems, Medium Systems, and Open Source Systems. Each category addresses certain attributes to specific groups, and therefore it is impossible to say which group is the best. Moreover, within each category are several ERP systems such asSAP and Oracle, which gives even more options for organizations to chose from. Therefore, issues such as customization, costs, way of business, and security all play and important role in choosing which ERP best suits a firm.
Finally, it was explained that although ERP systems are beneficial for most firms, it is very costly and requires constant maintenance and updates. Furthermore, the further we delve into this topic, the more it is apparent how intricate the system truly is, as specific software updates are needed for specific programs such as open systems architecture (“Bolt-on”). Thus, firms need to calculate whether the benefits in investing in an ERP system outweigh the costs in the long-run.
Today’s lecture was very insightful, with examples of real life experiences as well as open discussion within the class, and I look forward to tomorrow’s class.
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Anyways that's it for today, see you all tomorrow!
Cheers,
Sangyoun
My Short Bio
So as you know my name is Sangyoun Han. I am Korean, but I live and study in Toronto,Canada. I attend the Schulich School of Business at York University and I'm in my third year of studies. I am completing my iBBA degree with a specialization in Finance and Marketing. I have been at IESEG since Jan 2007, and will be leaving once this semester is finished. I have a Finance internship back in Toronto for TD Securities, which is one of the largest bank in Canada, so I'm pretty excited about that. In the future, I am planning to have a career within the finance sector in I-Banking and/or consulting.
The reason I chose this course is because I haven't learned too much on this topic, and so I thought it would be a great opportunity to learn it here, in France. Also, I think its important to have at least a general understanding of other topics other than Finance and marketing, in order to help me in my career with a broad understanding of many business concepts. Therefore, I hope I learn a lot from this course, and I hope the topics learned in this course will help me someday in the future.
Finally, something interesting about me is that I love to experience different cultures, and one day I would love to take a year off and just travel the world!
Lessons learned from Lecture 1
So today was the first class for Global ERP Systems. I thought it was very interesting, especially because I came into the class with a very limited understanding of this concept. However, after a fun, interactive ice-breaker, I quickly realized how detailed an ERP system really is.
Today’s lecture was more theoretical, as the purpose of the class was to give an underlying idea of what the concept of ERP is. I learned that many firms use this system to replace the old methods, which operate on multiple systems for each department. The ERP system introduces
Furthermore, there is more than just one ERP system. We can divide them into three groups, Major Systems, Medium Systems, and Open Source Systems. Each category addresses certain attributes to specific groups, and therefore it is impossible to say which group is the best. Moreover, within each category are several ERP systems such as
Finally, it was explained that although ERP systems are beneficial for most firms, it is very costly and requires constant maintenance and updates. Furthermore, the further we delve into this topic, the more it is apparent how intricate the system truly is, as specific software updates are needed for specific programs such as open systems architecture (“Bolt-on”). Thus, firms need to calculate whether the benefits in investing in an ERP system outweigh the costs in the long-run.
Today’s lecture was very insightful, with examples of real life experiences as well as open discussion within the class, and I look forward to tomorrow’s class.
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Anyways that's it for today, see you all tomorrow!
Cheers,
Sangyoun
So It is Working
Hi All,
Today was very exciting! You guys are a wonderful bunch and I certainly enjoyed the high level of participation and the different ideas you brought up in class!
It's great to see these posts. Apparently some of you got it to work and started the postings.
Wonderful! Please do your posting first and then read the posts of others. This way, you will first reflect on what you had in your mind, and then you will be able to remember what you might have not remember. You will be surprised how much this will help you learn and remember more.
Take care and looking forward to seeing you tomorrow.
Yeliz.
Today was very exciting! You guys are a wonderful bunch and I certainly enjoyed the high level of participation and the different ideas you brought up in class!
It's great to see these posts. Apparently some of you got it to work and started the postings.
Wonderful! Please do your posting first and then read the posts of others. This way, you will first reflect on what you had in your mind, and then you will be able to remember what you might have not remember. You will be surprised how much this will help you learn and remember more.
Take care and looking forward to seeing you tomorrow.
Yeliz.
Myself and my Learnings
Bio
Hi everyone!
My name is Thierry and I'm a student of Business Information Systems at the University of Göttingen, Germany.
This program of study is not obviously not very common in some parts of the world, so let me briefly describe what it includes: After doing two years of basic knowledge in business and computer science, as introductory accounting, economics, marketing, some programming languages and theoretical computer science and statistics classas, I have to choose 5 subjects in which I will have to achieve 24 (european = ECTS) credits. There are certain restrictions to the choice, however, I focus on "Computer Science", "Business Information Systems", "Marketing", "Accounting and Corporate Management" and "Management Psychology", whereas I am considering to exchange the last one with "Operations Research". If somebody might be able to guess some German words, you're welcome to see some mindmaps I created while studying on my website.
Relevant professional experience for this course may be an internship at Deutsche Bank
in the Business Management department, where I was involoved for preparation and rollout of a new CRM System. Other employers in that sort of context I had where AVG and TNS.
My career goal is not completly set yet... I am considering IT strategy consulting as an really interesting option, but I'll have to figure out if it is like I imagine it to be. This course will help me achieving my vague career goal by giving me more insights in a very condensed time frame that will be in every case nescessary (I know I will have to deal with SAP when I return), but might rise a fascinantion for a subject I didn't really know a lot about until now.
By the end of the course I hope to have a better overview and insight about what ERP Systems are really about, have a certain idea about the look&feel, strategic issues, and of course, some anecdotes from somebody that worked with them and already gained some professional experience.
One fact about me? Many of you may already know it: I was born and grew up in Germany, but still I only have the French citizenship, although this is the very first time I live in France for a longer than two-weeks period. I'm excited about living in "my" country the very first time.
Learnings
I don't want to repeat what my fellow students already mentioned. My key learnings today where the historical developement of the ERP Systems and the first time I thought about strategic issues while choosing them, whereas the discussion open source versus proprietary software is very similar in a lot of IT (landscape) descisions and not really specific for ERP. BTW: Open Source Software can have a variety of different licensing aspects. Still, different considerations have to be made even if the descision is already made for a proprietary system, as there might be different reasons for choosing bigger or smaller players.
The group work let us consider a special enterprise and focus on the reasons for implementing an ERP in an actual firm.
A special learning is this way of organizing a lecture: Writing into a teacher's blog is a completely new expericence, this being an assessed part even more. Let's see how this works out.
CU all tomorrow,
Thierry
Hi everyone!
My name is Thierry and I'm a student of Business Information Systems at the University of Göttingen, Germany.
This program of study is not obviously not very common in some parts of the world, so let me briefly describe what it includes: After doing two years of basic knowledge in business and computer science, as introductory accounting, economics, marketing, some programming languages and theoretical computer science and statistics classas, I have to choose 5 subjects in which I will have to achieve 24 (european = ECTS) credits. There are certain restrictions to the choice, however, I focus on "Computer Science", "Business Information Systems", "Marketing", "Accounting and Corporate Management" and "Management Psychology", whereas I am considering to exchange the last one with "Operations Research". If somebody might be able to guess some German words, you're welcome to see some mindmaps I created while studying on my website.
Relevant professional experience for this course may be an internship at Deutsche Bank
in the Business Management department, where I was involoved for preparation and rollout of a new CRM System. Other employers in that sort of context I had where AVG and TNS.
My career goal is not completly set yet... I am considering IT strategy consulting as an really interesting option, but I'll have to figure out if it is like I imagine it to be. This course will help me achieving my vague career goal by giving me more insights in a very condensed time frame that will be in every case nescessary (I know I will have to deal with SAP when I return), but might rise a fascinantion for a subject I didn't really know a lot about until now.
By the end of the course I hope to have a better overview and insight about what ERP Systems are really about, have a certain idea about the look&feel, strategic issues, and of course, some anecdotes from somebody that worked with them and already gained some professional experience.
One fact about me? Many of you may already know it: I was born and grew up in Germany, but still I only have the French citizenship, although this is the very first time I live in France for a longer than two-weeks period. I'm excited about living in "my" country the very first time.
Learnings
I don't want to repeat what my fellow students already mentioned. My key learnings today where the historical developement of the ERP Systems and the first time I thought about strategic issues while choosing them, whereas the discussion open source versus proprietary software is very similar in a lot of IT (landscape) descisions and not really specific for ERP. BTW: Open Source Software can have a variety of different licensing aspects. Still, different considerations have to be made even if the descision is already made for a proprietary system, as there might be different reasons for choosing bigger or smaller players.
The group work let us consider a special enterprise and focus on the reasons for implementing an ERP in an actual firm.
A special learning is this way of organizing a lecture: Writing into a teacher's blog is a completely new expericence, this being an assessed part even more. Let's see how this works out.
CU all tomorrow,
Thierry
I didn t really know what we were about to do in this class, as a matter of fact I was a bit afraid we would spend hours on the computers trying to set up systems and everything, but we didn't :)
I am now able to seize the difference between ERP and SAP. There is actually a lot more ERPs than just this one, some of them are major players, others smaller. There is also these "independant players", the open source: I guess it's more reactive to changes as anyone can participate to its development. From my point of view, ERP implementation is such a big change for the firm that I might choose a major player rather than another ERP. Even though it is to be more costly, it's more reliable and for a firm having growing strategy by acquisitions, it is more probable both companies will have compatible systems.
On the course itself, I find it pleasant because it's interactive and as the subject is new to me, it's quite interesting :)
See you tomorrow, take care
Hasta manana, cuidense
...mmm in turkish you girls teach me tomorrow
I am now able to seize the difference between ERP and SAP. There is actually a lot more ERPs than just this one, some of them are major players, others smaller. There is also these "independant players", the open source: I guess it's more reactive to changes as anyone can participate to its development. From my point of view, ERP implementation is such a big change for the firm that I might choose a major player rather than another ERP. Even though it is to be more costly, it's more reliable and for a firm having growing strategy by acquisitions, it is more probable both companies will have compatible systems.
On the course itself, I find it pleasant because it's interactive and as the subject is new to me, it's quite interesting :)
See you tomorrow, take care
Hasta manana, cuidense
...mmm in turkish you girls teach me tomorrow
about Monday 5
On the first class of Global ERP systems administration I learned the very basics of the ERP systems topic.
In the class, the definition of ERP was explained as well as the evolution of the name; from MRP to MRP-II, and finally ERP. The diferences in those terms is that it started at the material level, then it became into financial and operations and now it refers to a more integral system that contains all the departments as modules, ej. maufacturing, financials, supply chain, projects, human resources, marketing; data warehouse, etc...
The differences between a major ERP company and the counterpart, the Open source, can be the difficulty to integration (compatibility). This means that companies which use systems from the open source could find more troubles when merging or integrating with a new module or new company.
In a first and quick look at ERP systems, it seems that the worst part is implementation. The costs of training and the efforts in change managment are sometimes underestimated.
Have a good day. Que tenga(n) un buen dia.
ERP just a label
As students, we should always take some time in the afternoon to remind what we learn during the day. And we do not want this freaky answer: nothing. Hopefully, even we are in day 1, we can watch behind and say that there is some stuff to summarize.
Remember that this morning, I started with nothing in mind.
Enterprise Resource Planning
Enterprise Resource Planning is a useful tool for (big) companies. SAP and Oracle as the major player (MP) in this area. And as in every software sector, there are open source programs. (OP) We can discuss about pros and cons of each solution but we mainly find the classical advantages and disadvantages. (support for MP, community of programmors for OP, problems of security breaches, data integrity etc...)
ERP just a label?
Well, before ERP, there was MRP (Material Requirements Planning) and later on MRP-II. (Material Resource Planning) I think that the second one is just a evolution of MRP. First, it includes MRP. Second, it brings some new posibilities. ERP is, like MRP-II, a evolution more complete. The label we put of one program does not matter. It is common in IT to change labels over time (and fashion?) but this does not change fundamentally the software itself.
Modularity and avoidance of data redundancy
SAP is one of the MP. The interesting point of ERP is the modularity they have. You can pick only the module you want and add it on a basic program. But the most important point of ERP is the fact that it has one database only. If you can take the one database you have for each departement and change it for one database for you company, imagine the time you save the data integrity you gain.
To be continued tomorrow...
Remember that this morning, I started with nothing in mind.
Enterprise Resource Planning
Enterprise Resource Planning is a useful tool for (big) companies. SAP and Oracle as the major player (MP) in this area. And as in every software sector, there are open source programs. (OP) We can discuss about pros and cons of each solution but we mainly find the classical advantages and disadvantages. (support for MP, community of programmors for OP, problems of security breaches, data integrity etc...)
ERP just a label?
Well, before ERP, there was MRP (Material Requirements Planning) and later on MRP-II. (Material Resource Planning) I think that the second one is just a evolution of MRP. First, it includes MRP. Second, it brings some new posibilities. ERP is, like MRP-II, a evolution more complete. The label we put of one program does not matter. It is common in IT to change labels over time (and fashion?) but this does not change fundamentally the software itself.
Modularity and avoidance of data redundancy
SAP is one of the MP. The interesting point of ERP is the modularity they have. You can pick only the module you want and add it on a basic program. But the most important point of ERP is the fact that it has one database only. If you can take the one database you have for each departement and change it for one database for you company, imagine the time you save the data integrity you gain.
To be continued tomorrow...
MISI169E - Day 1
As you read in one previous post, "Global ERP systems Implementation Strategies" has begun in IESEG School of Management in Lille. (France) Lets start by the beginning and, as it is my first text, I will briefly explain who I am.
First of all, I am one of the student of U. Yeliz Eseryel. I am a French guy of the north of France. My name is Julien. I should not told you this but I am not keen about blogs even if it is part of the Web 2.0 - which means that everybody loves this. I like surfing as we can learn surprising stuff. I recently learn that someone called like me is a Belgian stylist in Brussels. Anybody has its own hobbies...
Although my studies are still in progress, I worked in different French e-commerce like Youg's or WUP. My job was to improve ranking of those site over the search engine. That is very long work but pretty fun. I still working on this type of stuff for myself or as a consultant. Not only I have knowledge about Internet but I also have technical skills of programmation and the structure it needs. I hope this will help for the ERP field in the future.
My career goal is not quite clear yet but you might meet me on the web at one time or the other in the future. I also want to keep going on about SEO* and consultancy.
Through the course, we will improve our knowledge about ERP. This morning, the only thing (quite true) I knew was that ERP means Enterprise Resource Planning. Well it will not be the case at the end of the week. At least I expect so.
Now, the show must go on.
* Search Engine Optimization
First of all, I am one of the student of U. Yeliz Eseryel. I am a French guy of the north of France. My name is Julien. I should not told you this but I am not keen about blogs even if it is part of the Web 2.0 - which means that everybody loves this. I like surfing as we can learn surprising stuff. I recently learn that someone called like me is a Belgian stylist in Brussels. Anybody has its own hobbies...
Although my studies are still in progress, I worked in different French e-commerce like Youg's or WUP. My job was to improve ranking of those site over the search engine. That is very long work but pretty fun. I still working on this type of stuff for myself or as a consultant. Not only I have knowledge about Internet but I also have technical skills of programmation and the structure it needs. I hope this will help for the ERP field in the future.
My career goal is not quite clear yet but you might meet me on the web at one time or the other in the future. I also want to keep going on about SEO* and consultancy.
Through the course, we will improve our knowledge about ERP. This morning, the only thing (quite true) I knew was that ERP means Enterprise Resource Planning. Well it will not be the case at the end of the week. At least I expect so.
Now, the show must go on.
* Search Engine Optimization
Saturday, February 24, 2007
MISI169E Global ERP systems Implementation Strategies"
I am going to be teaching the MISI169E Global ERP systems Implementation Strategies" course in IESEG Management School in Lille, France in March 2007. My students will be invited on this blog to reflect on what they learned each day, as well as on what they read. My students at the Syracus e University Campus typically do that using WebCT and find it as a useful tool to improve learning and recall. I also strongly suggest everyone to read others' posts and respond to those posts using the "comment" feature. This way, you also learn from each other.
I would encourage my students to keep on posting on this website after the class is over to share and reflect on ERP or Enterprise system related information, news, thoughts...
I would encourage my students to keep on posting on this website after the class is over to share and reflect on ERP or Enterprise system related information, news, thoughts...
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