Corporate,ERP,Selection,Intern computer Corporate ERP Selection: International Business Aspects
Gone are those times when the companies and the organisations didn't need a hi-tech system to handle them. Owing to the considerable increase in the business sector and thus, an enormous increase in the complexity of the organisational struc ----------------------------------------------------------Permission is granted for the below article to forward,reprint, distribute, use for ezine, newsletter, website,offer as free bonus or part of a product for sale as longas no changes a
This small publication is intended to IT managers as well asdecision makers from your accounting and finance departments: 1. ERPin Headquarters, assuming USA or Canada. Typically this is not a question, but rather existing precondition. If you are going into international business,your company is already established in the homeland. Lets assume you are mid-size organizationand deploy Microsoft Dynamics GP, formerly known as Great Plains Dynamics oreEnterprise, and this application covers required business logic: Inventory andWarehouse management, Manufacturing, Logistics, Shipping and Receiving, Sales,Purchasing, Fixed Assets, etc. It isnatural to come out with the idea on implementing Dynamics GP overseas, whynot? If required, we could translateseveral screens and reports into Brazilian Portuguese, for example and off yougo?.. Unfortunately internationalbusiness realities are more complex and you should think about localization foryour subsidiary basing country, lets say Brazil 2. ERPLocalization. Accounting applicationlocalization should be understood in two parts. First, it should be translated into local language. Of course, you do not like to reinvent thebicycle and translate Dynamics GP from English to Portuguese at your ownexpense, you would like to know if this already done. Unfortunately the answer is no Dynamics GPis not marketed in such country as Brazil by Microsoft, instead MicrosoftBusiness Solutions Brazil recommends Dynamics AX Axapta or NAV Navision. Second aspect of ERP localization is localtax code and government reporting compliance. In Brazil, to give you few examples, you will have to enforce salesinvoice logic to support sequential factura numbers, plus tax code is verycomplex, where municipalities have their tax authority this makes tax add-onrequired. It is unlikely that you willbe able to do tax calculation add-on on your own 3. ConsiderTop ERP Brands, localized for your intended country. In the case of Brazil, you may think ofAxapta to be too complex for implementation and integration with Great Plainsin US. It is common when your overseassubsidiary is smaller than your headquarters facilities. If you have Great Plains in USA, we recommendyou to consider SAP Business One in Brazil, as it is totally translated and taxcompliant with Brazilian legislation
Corporate,ERP,Selection,Intern