Conditions for successful implementation of ERP software

The implementation of ERP system is a huge and complex system engineering, involving many links from manufacturing to logistics. ERP, a project that consumes a lot of resources and time, is difficult for most CIOs to fully implement. Although CIO is the technical backbone of an enterprise, he often lacks business ability, or because he has been in the same enterprise for a long time and is influenced by the fixed thinking, he often ignores or is unaware of the problems existing in the enterprise, cannot clearly define and describe the needs of the enterprise, and lacks sufficient management vision and ideological height. In order to overcome the internal implementation resistance, IT is a good idea to hire foreign IT management consulting experts. In fact, the implementation of most ERP projects is inseparable from the implementation consultant. There is a jargon in ERP software implementation: "three points for software, seven points for implementation." Enterprises need financial consultants and legal consultants in the process of operation, and information consultants are also needed in the process of informatization to communicate and coordinate the relationship between Party A and Party B, help enterprises to carry out feasibility study, overall planning, type selection bidding, supervision and acceptance evaluation, ensure enterprise informatization investment and improve project success rate. So what should enterprises do when receiving consulting services, so as to apply the effect of management consulting to enterprise practice more effectively and promote enterprises to improve efficiency? What role should CIO play to be more conducive to the effectiveness of consulting projects? The first step: do a good job of investigation beforehand. Before hiring an IT consultant, the CIO should first make clear the actual needs of enterprise informatization, do internal research, and understand the objectives of the consulting project, including the expectation of the results of the consulting project and what services the management consultant can provide. What returns can you create for the enterprise? On this basis, we can preliminarily judge what kind of ERP consultant is needed. Secondly, is there enough capital budget to carry out this project? How supportive is the leader? Without funds, a clever woman can't cook without rice. Furthermore, how to evaluate the results of consulting projects and make clear the sign of the end of the project? Is it marked by accepting the consultation report, or is it necessary to evaluate the implementation results through the expert Committee? After defining the objectives, we should put these ideas into the specific consulting work plan, including setting the objectives and the implementation progress of the project, and begin to implement them. Step 2: As an enterprise consultant, it is not easy to evaluate candidate consulting companies. He (she) must be a versatile compound talent, especially the chief consultant must have long-term practical experience and be able to control various complicated situations. The main conditions for selecting consulting companies and consultants are as follows: 1. You must be familiar with the industry characteristics, business and general operation rules of the enterprise, as well as the application of information technology; 2 engaged in business consultants must personally participate in the information system of the industry where the enterprise is located, and have considerable experience in the implementation of informatization in this industry; 3. Have a strong engineering concept and practical experience, and have a deep grasp of the theoretical knowledge of ERP, the consulting implementation technology and organizational experience of ERP system; 4. Be familiar with the performance and quality of system products in market-related industries, and understand the technical strength and service quality of ERP enterprises that serve the informationization of their industries; 5. The typical customers and successful cases of consulting companies must have industry advantages; 6. Have a good team of experts, remain neutral in the consulting industry and have a good reputation; 7. The consulting price has the advantage of cost performance and cannot be higher than 10% of the total investment in IT software and hardware.