Research On The Application Of ERP For Medium And Small Enterprises

Medium and small enterprises are significant parts of national economy. Nowadays , a information age, as the application of ERP systems becomes more popular, more and more medium and small enterprises want to make use of ERP application to improve management ,break through the bottleneck and constraints on the development ,and increase competitive power. However , ERP project is a complicated engineering and has high risk. In addition, medium and small enterprises are restricted by many conditions. So the successful rate of ERP application is very low . Many cases come to an end with failure. How to solve the difficult problem in the aspect and help medium and small enterprises improve the successful rate becomes a problem for solving urgently .The study bears considerable significance.By analyzing the requirements of ERP application for medium and small enterprises ,the paper explores the requirements and feasibility of ERP application for medium and small enterprises ,compares the similarities and differences in the application of ERP systems between large-scale enterprises and medium and small enterprises .In addition to considering the software provider, consultants, and software respectively for the selection of ERP systems, the paper also establishes the reference evaluation system in order to guide the medium and small enterprises to select ERP systems .Various restricting factors during the application of ERP systems are presented specifically and difficulties appearing in the process of selection and implementation of ERP for medium and small enterprises are analyzed particularly and comprehensively. In view of existent problem of applying ERP in medium and small enterprises, countermeasures and solutions adopted by medium and small enterprises in the process of selecting and implementing ERP systems are provided in the paper. Finally, the renting mode appearing in the application of ERP for medium and small enterprises is discussed to some extent. The key is to analyze problems and provide the solutions in order to help medium and small enterprises choose and implement ERP rapidly .At first, the 2^nd chapter introduces the principles and ideas of ERP, discusses the requirements and feasibility of ERP application for medium and small enterprises. The 3^rd chapter analyzes the existent problems of choosing ERP for medium and small enterprise in our country and provides the related solutions. The 4^th chapter presents reasonable implementation procedures and principle and discuss successful implementation factors .The 5^th chapter , from the view of the project management, including cost, time, and quality, etc, further analyzes how to ensure the success of the implementation of ERP system. The 6^th chapter points out the trend of the development for ERP software of medium and small enterprises ,analyzes actual difficulties and significance for ERP software renting mode. Finally, the 7^th chapter provide a case of enterprise ERP application.