ERP & globalization: Challenges and responses

Strategic Management

Šereš Laslo¹  Tumbas Pere¹ 

[1] University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Economics, Subotica, Serbia;

关键词: erp;    globalization;    soa;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Globalization, as a term which refers to the processes of international integration, has brought along a number of business and technological challenges. Supply chain applications are at the forefront of discussions that center on globalization. But ultimately, corresponding transactions are captured in the back office; and that means core ERP must be able to deal with issues such as currency exchange, multi-site and multi-company transfer of inventory, consolidation, localization, and translation. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is a mission-critical component of any globalization strategy. Enterprises aiming to compete in the global market- place need to be able to comply with international financial and legal requirements - they must be able to think globally but at the same time act (and comply) locally. Enterprises cannot focus on gaining competitive advantage if they struggle to integrate their own international operations. Internal operations must be integrated before interoperability can be achieved on a global scale. The more seamless the integration, the easier it is to manage governance, risk, and compliance. In this paper we provide an overview of business and technology challenges associated with globalization and the way that ERP system developers respond to them. The key functionalities required to support a multi-national ERP implementation are listed and different approaches to the delivery of these functionalities are compared. The paper highlights the benefits of using advanced integration technologies, such as Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), instead of traditional point to point interfaces between applications.

【 授权许可】

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