Study On ERP Application In Small And Medium-sized Manufacturing Enterprises With Supply Chain Background

ERP is typical of Enterprise information management tools. Based on the market demand,ERP is widely used in our country. Because of the development of manufacturing industry andsupply chain, there are many small and medium enterprises need to use ERP. It is meaningfulto discuss theirs’ ERP selection and implementation as there is low success rate in our country.Based on small and medium enterprises’ characteristics and supply chain background, thepaper tried to research the ERP selection and application.Firstly, the paper made a distinction between normal SME and small and medium-sizedmanufacturing enterprises with supply chain background, separated the later, and analyzedtheirs’ characteristics, analyzed theirs’ ERP selection and implementation key points togetherwith normal SME’s ERP application situation. Secondly, based on supply chain background,the paper researched the ERP selection and application key points for small and medium-sizedmanufacturing enterprises. By contrast, the paper discussed the different system selectionrequirement and implementation demands of normal SME and small and medium-sizedmanufacturing enterprises with supply chain background. From the supply chain developmentview, the paper analyzed the supply chain special demands of small and medium-sizedmanufacturing enterprises with supply chain background. The paper used QFD in systemselection. Then, the paper researched the application together with the supply chainbackground. The paper used ABC to find out one company’s key supplier and points out thelimitation of ERP with key partners’ system. Then based on the company’s total situation, thepaper discussed the limitation methods and BPR after limitation. Finally, the paper usedcompany T as an example, discuss its ERP project with supply chain background, contained system selection, important partner confirmation, situation analysis, integration and BPR.