Tham khảo tài liệu 'effective success with enterprise resource planning_2', khoa học xã hội, kinh tế chính trị phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 92 ERP Making It Happen some companies. It can include not only the costs of taking the inventory itself but also the costs of disrupting production since many companies can t produce while they count. 9. Reducedfloor space. As raw material work-in-process and finished inventories drop sharply space is freed up. As a result you may not need to expand the plant or build the new warehouse or rent more office space for some time to come. Do a mental connection between ERP and your building plans. You may not need as much or any new brick and mortar once you get really good at manufacturing. Don t build a white elephant. 10. Improved cash flow. Lower inventories mean quicker conversion of purchased material and labor costs into cash. 11. Increased productivity of the indirect workforce. ERP will help not only the direct production associates to be more productive but also the indirect folks. An obvious example is the large expediting group maintained by some companies. Under ERP this group should no longer be needed and its members could be absorbed into other more productive jobs. Another aspect of this more subtle and perhaps difficult to quantify is the increased productivity of the supervisors and managers. That includes engineers quality control people production supervisors and managers vice presidents of marketing and let s not forget about the guy or gal in the corner office the general manager. They should all be able to do their jobs better when the company is operating with a valid game plan and an effective set of tools to help them execute it. They ll have more fun also. More satisfaction from a job well done. More of a feeling of accomplishment. That s called quality of life and while it s almost impossible to quantify that benefit it may be the most important one of all. Responsibility A question often asked is Who should do the cost benefit analysis Who should put the numbers together First of all it should not be a one-person process it s much too .
