03-07-2005, 05:50 PM
The source of employee dissatisfaction is not associated with non-availability of source code. Just getting the source code bundeled with the software doesn't ensure that your employees are satisfied. The problem lies in what we normally refer to as "Business Process Reengineering". This term is mostly used by software firms to change the way companies do business i.e. changing the business processes that the company has been following for decades. This means that the software firm forces its client to abandon its previous methods of conducting business and follow what has been modeled in the software. In reality, the software should model the exisitng business model of a company.
Although, SAP is very expensive ($33 million implementation at Lakson group by SAP Malaysia) it is fairly agile when it comes to modelling business. Nevertheless, all SAP (or Oracle financial) consultants tend to impose the so called "Best Business Practices" on Pakistani companies, which have their very own version of "Best Business Practices". It should be understood that these "Best Business Practices" followed by SAP, ORACLE consultants are produced by western experts by keeping in mind the western business practices.
So, my advice is to forget SAP and big names like that unless you have a lot of spare money. When looking for an ERP always remember that
1. Don't switch overnight from existing system to the new system.
2. Let your employees adjust by training
3. Make sure that your ERP fits into your business processes...
Again, companies don't have much use of source code. Getting the source code only serves as security in case the software firm is dissolved. In this case, your company can hire another company for the maintenance of the implemented ERP because the source code is available.
Furqan Ahmed
[email protected]
Although, SAP is very expensive ($33 million implementation at Lakson group by SAP Malaysia) it is fairly agile when it comes to modelling business. Nevertheless, all SAP (or Oracle financial) consultants tend to impose the so called "Best Business Practices" on Pakistani companies, which have their very own version of "Best Business Practices". It should be understood that these "Best Business Practices" followed by SAP, ORACLE consultants are produced by western experts by keeping in mind the western business practices.
So, my advice is to forget SAP and big names like that unless you have a lot of spare money. When looking for an ERP always remember that
1. Don't switch overnight from existing system to the new system.
2. Let your employees adjust by training
3. Make sure that your ERP fits into your business processes...
Again, companies don't have much use of source code. Getting the source code only serves as security in case the software firm is dissolved. In this case, your company can hire another company for the maintenance of the implemented ERP because the source code is available.
Furqan Ahmed
[email protected]
