Maximizing Return On Investment Using ERP Applications

Maximizing Return on Investment Using ERP Applications

Step-by-step guidance to achieving maximum return on investment for your companyWritten by Arthur Worster, Thomas Weirich, and Frank Andera, industry experts at the forefront of the business processes arena, Maximizing Return on Investment Using ERP Applications provides accountants, IT executives, and finance professionals with a new way of looking at enterprise resource planning (ERP)-driven business improvement programs. This timely book explores how leadership can view its organization as an integrated enterprise and what this change in perception might suggest. It considers various aspects of running a business and how a different approach may present new insight. Incorporates all aspects of gaining "Return on Investment" from ERP investments Considers change management from all angles, including working with the executive levels on defining return on investment cases, working through political and cultural issues at the executive leadership level Includes a companion website featuring exercises, reference materials, and case studiesWith the rapid implementation of ERP systems worldwide, business executives often have difficulty in determining the return on investment from such systems. Along with a companion website featuring exercises, reference materials, and case studies, Maximizing Return on Investment Using ERP Applications offers straightforward and hands-on guidance to lead your organization through the change process and ensure that the intended benefits can be achieved.From the Inside FlapThe business world that today's enterprises operate in has always functioned with integrated processes. It's only over the past fifteen years or so that the full effects of this integration and the techniques needed to manage integrated business processes are being exposed by the introduction of integrated IT applications such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) packages. This isn't a case of something new-it is a case of our knowledge of these relationships finally becoming clear.Written by Art Worster, Thomas Weirich, and Frank Andera-industry experts at the forefront of the business processes arena-Maximizing Return on Investment Using ERP Applications provides accountants, IT executives, and finance professionals with a new way of looking at ERP-driven business improvement programs. This timely book explores how leadership can view its organization as an integrated enterprise and what this change in perception might suggest. It considers various aspects of running a business and how a different approach may present new insight.Maximizing Return on Investment Using ERP Applications examines: Unachieved Return on Investment as an undefined asset of the business Methods to identify, quantify, and organize the Return on Investment potential to pay for ERP programs The relationship between business process management disciplines and the best business practices recommended in ERP applications The roles that culture, politics, and organizational structure play in enabling or preventing changes to achieve Return on Investment How collective workforce knowledge can lead to more effective use of ERP applicationsFeaturing a companion website consisting of exercises, reference materials, and case studies, this visionary book addresses what the future may hold for companies that are successful in getting their houses organized in order to take full advantage of all of the ERP capability that is available today and in the time to come.From the Back CoverStep-by-step guidance to achieving maximum return on investment for your company"This book emphasizes that the design, implementation, and management of ERP systems must be based on customer value creation and a business process view. It is a useful source of fresh thinking for both students and business professionals."-Andrew Spanyi, author of Business Process Management Is a Team Sport: Play It to Win!, More for Less: The Power of Process Management