Maximizing Your Erp System: A Practical Guide for Managers

by Scott Hamilton

Book Overview

Serves as a step-by-step guide for using an ERP system to run your manufacturing business. This book outlines an ERP systems approach that is flexible and designed to work in a variety of industries... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0071406115
• ISBN13: 9780071406116
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.8" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Good guide of manufacturing ops for the outsider

The title of the book and the table of contents seem to portray the book as a dry guide into the innards of an ERP system. But this is not the case. The author does a great job of keeping business considerations in plain view (primarily); and then showing how to use an ERP system to support those business considerations (secondarily). He calls this a "contingency-based" approach to the use of the ERP system. This book is not for everyone, but it was excellent for my particular needs. I am a Product Manager. I had already taken an elementary course on manufacturing in business school. And yet, when I sat in meetings with my colleagues from manufacturing, I had only a hazy understanding of their vocabulary and methods. I was looking for a book to bridge that gap. And this book hit the spot.

Good textbook for ERP practitioner

The book covers most of common components in the implementation of Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP). It's well organized book, which you can learn in step-by-step manner. IT managers can also have a short-cut reference to some major concepts in the process of ERP implementation and the structure of book can provide easy access to relevant part of concerned area. The book has also provided pros-and-cons for different scenario. For example, it indicate the advantages of using specific costing methods used for specific industries or cases.