ERP and the quest for both effectiveness and effiency

Posted on 7 Apr 2009 by The Manufacturer

Can enterprise resource planning make manufacturers operate in an efficient but not an effective way? Yes, says Chris Pope, who reports on how ERP has evolved to become more effective as well as efficient

In any discussion of enterprise resource planning (ERP) the subject matter often turns to efficiency gains or savings. And with good reason: the ability to automate and speed up many processes within a manufacturing business has long been a key feature of ERP. Efficiency has always been strongly associated with manufacturing. Indeed the very definition…

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