An ERP software, for any of the field it is being used for, the motive has always been the one that is to maximize the efficiency of the management resources and get the fruitful results. Basically it is a real time cloud based ERP software package that is the combination of many database modules to handle all kind of real time information in a business or educational organization.
In this blog post, we will try to understand by using case studies that what kind of companies has been successful in ERP implementation and also get failed. It will help you to understand the different type of implementation issues. profits and losses which occur due to implementation of ERP software.
case study 1 -
Cadbury committee as a success of ERP -
Basically cadbury is a confectionary company based in united kingdom and is established by John Cadbury in 1824. It is the second largest confectionery brand. It also deals in chocolates, dairy milk alike milk food products, candy and gum category. From the years this company has been successful in maintaining its leadership in an undisputed way.
cadbury implemented SAP 6.0 ERP solution which is one of the best confidential ERP solutions of the world and by 2008 approximately 11000 employees data was recorded in the database of the ERP solution.
Benefit -
Before implementing with ERP solution of SAP the cadbury space of growth was too slow and they could not continue with the existing system. But after ERP system, they could brought up a new warehouse system to record all the data recording with fast speed.
Not only this but also they coube become able to save the time and cost accomodations in different operational activities of the company.
Case study 2 -
The hershey company as ERP implementation failure -
The hershey company is the 1894 initiative which is the largest chocolate manufacturer of North America. To implement the ERP software, company selected the SAP R/3 ERP software edition with the cost of 10 million USD. But the implementation properly could not become successful due to shipment, order fulfillment procedures.
The hershey company could not make the order fulfillment on time and they had to lose their credibility in the market. It made the cost of 150 million USD as a loss to the company.
Lessons could be taken as a way to implement ERP software successfully -
- testing phases should not be compromised.
- Never schedule cutover during the busy seasons.
- Implementation should not be forced during the unreasonable time.
- In many cases the orders should not be the overdone than the system’s efficiency.
- No errors during he data recording due to manual interruption.
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