Research On The Use Of Erp Systems To Enhance The Level Of Corporate Finance

At present, there're many companies who regard the ERP as a prettyoverclothes to adorn themselves. But they ignore what they can benefit fromthe ERP veritably. And some studies about the ERP all analyze how topractice the project, or just pay attention to one of the affects that the ERPinfluences traditional financial jobs. Because of these, I make a summary ofthe experiences that I work in the team for XX Communications corporation'sERP project, and I think an enterprise can improve her financial managementas follows by the ERP:1, Via the mutuality in some kinds of modules of the ERP, the datacan be got in the system at the beginning of the business that ensuresthe veracity and the definition of the financial data.2, Using the ERP, the rationality of the budgeting can be improved.And by the system setup, the enterprise also can control the budget inadvance and evaluate the result between outcome and budget.3, By combining all sorts of the data's dimensionalities in the ERP tosatisfy various requirements, for the sake of sustaining the operation'sdevelopment.4, Based on the ERP, the enterprise can build a platform for financialmanagement uniformly, what not only make the conditions forconcentric financial management and centralized capital control, butalso supply a data warehouse for constructing the financial sharedservices center.5, To advance the accountant's qualities to a higher position bygeneralizing the ERP, transforming the accountant's roles fromtraditional basic keeping accounts to checking the business's accuracyand analyzing the financial data and decision-making's results.6, Setting up the reference points of internal audit in the ERP canincrease the force of the internal control, to ensure the internal auditcan be executed smoothly and strictly.For realizing the facts mentioned above, there're some events must bepaid attention to, for example, the support from the topmost manager, thebusiness process reforming (BPR) and so forth. And there're some mistakesmust be avoided, for instance, regarding the ERP as a best tool to solve all ofproblems in the business operating and managing. All of these are necessaryto help the enterprise to improve her financial management really and roundlyby using the ERP.