Enterprise Resource Planning and Supply Chain Management: Functions, Business Processes and Software for Manufacturing Companies (Progress in IS)

This book is about running modern industrial enterprises with the help of information systems. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is the core of business informa­tion processing. An ERP system is the backbone of most companies' information systems landscape. All major business pro­cesses are han­dled with the help of this system. Supply chain management (SCM) looks beyond the individual company, taking into account that enterprises are increasingly concen­trating on their core com­petencies, leaving other activities to suppliers. With the growing dependency on the partners, effective supply chains have become as important for a com­pany's suc­cess as efficient in-house processes. This book covers typical business processes and shows how these processes are implemented. Examples are presented using the leading systems on the market – SAP ERP and SAP SCM. In this way, the reader can understand how business processes are actually carried out "in the real world". Front Matter....Pages i-xii Business Information Systems....Pages 1-17 MRP: Material Requirements Planning....Pages 19-60 MRP II: Manufacturing Resource Planning....Pages 61-93 ERP: Enterprise Resource Planning....Pages 95-126 Case: SAP ERP....Pages 127-157 ERP System Implementation....Pages 159-188 Manufacturing Systems....Pages 189-220 SCM: Supply Chain Management....Pages 221-247 SCM Data Structures and Advanced Planning....Pages 249-271 Case: SAP SCM....Pages 273-306 Current and Future Trends....Pages 307-336 Back Matter....Pages 337-359