Description
PEARSON INDIA Enterprise Resource Planning 1St Edition by BANSAL
Enterprise Resource Planning: A Managerial Perspective focuses on the fundamentals of ERP and details methods of implementing ERP systems. By using actual case incidents, this book charts the life cycle of ERP projects from cost and profit analysis, through change-management on the basis of re-engineering and technical requirements, to the ion of the ERP system and its final application.
With a variety of exercises applicable to real-life scenarios, this book equips managers with the appropriate skills for utilizing ERP systems, and uninitiated readers will gain a thorough understanding of an ERP project life-cycle.
Table of Content:
1. Introduction to Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
2. Life Cycle of an ERP Implementation Project
3. Benefits and Cost of an ERP System
4. Change Management
5. Business and IT Alignment
6. Requirements Engineering
7. Re-engineering
8. ERP selection
9. Managing an ERP Project
10. ERP and Related Technologies
11. Introduction to Commercial ERP Software
Appendix A: Implementations in India
Appendix B: Articles and Cases
Index
Salient Features:
• Uses models like parametric model for estimating the cost of an ERP project, Levin's model and improvisational model for change management to explain the managerial aspect of ERP.
• Bringing in a fresh approach it uses a single case study across all chapters to illustrate its entire life-cycle from selection to development.
• Contains exercises that can be applied to any organisational setup for substantial learning.