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WITH A SINGLE ERP SOLUTION , A MANUFACTURER CAN GAIN IMMEDIATE
CONTROL OVER THE ENTIRE
BUSINESS PROCESS AND FOCUS ON THE CORE AREAS OF BUSINESS PAIN . to-end visibility across the entire business , companies are not in a position to make the right decisions at the right time .
And far too many are operating blind , with a mix of different solutions , in different departments ; one for finance , one for sales and marketing , for example , and another for operations and supply chain . The only way to join up the business processes and decisionmaking is to painstakingly feed sales demand into production , replenishment , procurement and distribution processes – something that few companies have the time or resources to achieve .
Fast tracking ERP deployment
This current set of financial and operational challenges is just one more reason to make the leap to a single , end-to-end , ERP solution that provides complete , accurate and real-time visibility of the entire operation . To be fair , most manufacturing companies recognise the value of ERP systems – such as SAP S / 4HANA – which provide a single source of business information , support process automation and transform efficiency .
SME manufacturers are , however , understandably concerned about the cost and disruption associated with traditional ERP deployment . Designed to support every type of organisation from banking to defence , logistics to the public sector , traditional ERP solutions need to be so feature-rich and offer so many options that they can end up being all things to all men – rendering the initial process of determining the functionality required and the workflows daunting , at the very least .
This is where the out-of-the-box , preconfigured solution designed specifically to meet the needs of SME manufacturers changes the game . With this approach the ERP solution is preconfigured upfront , delivering the core features and functions required by manufacturers while eradicating the time consuming and expensive configuration process . As a result , implementation timeframes can be radically reduced – rather than a 12-month project , the full ERP solution
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