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The management information system is one of the means companies have at their disposal to improve their competitiveness. It allows them to take advantage more quickly of information that is more comprehensive, easier to analyse and more reliable.
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There is no such thing as a one-size-fit-all information system to attain these goals. For many years, businesses have pursued the dream of 'total-ERP': the end-to-end integrated management application that spans the entire business spectrum without interfaces and using unique reference data. This dream has led to many colossal IT overhaul projects whose size, complexity and cost often defeated the very business purpose they were meant to serve.
In order to keep control over its organisation and respect its strategic objectives, a company must take an evolutionary approach to its information systems. Rather than brushing aside its legacy systems, it should seek closer integration among them, as well as with any existing ERP systems. Obsolete modules should be carefully replaced with "best of breed" solutions in each functional area. This is the modular approach to the information system.
EAI (Enterprise Application Integration) allows disparate IT systems to exchange data according to a standardized process. Practically, it ties applications together through connectors into a common information platform. Thus, EAI allows you to capitalise on existing systems while centralising data exchanges, system supervision, processes and flows.
The best way to enhance the fluidity of your information system is by - rather than breaking it - allowing it to evolve with your business needs in a flexible manner.
E-business has added an extra application layer (Internet front office) and has opened up information systems. This development has been a major driver behind systems integration. After integrating the internal information system, companies now have a major cost-cutting opportunity by linking their system with its business partners through the Internet, using common data exchange protocols (especially EDI, XML…). Here again, such projects can easily fail if they disrupt the existing system rather than integrate applications to meet real needs.
Focus on your business needs, consider your information system as one of your most powerful means to fulfil them and make it evolve appropriately. Your information system must adapt to your needs and not the other way around.
Whether you want to :
- Replace your invoicing module…
- Increase the productivity of your accounting system through an automatic bank reconciliation tool…
- Include mandatory working hour reduction in your HR…
- Design a tailor-made system to manage your operations…
- Acquire software to analyse your data…
- Implement electronic exchanges with your suppliers…
Do it ! and adapt your investment to your business objectives.
ESOPE's consultants can help you define your system evolution needs as well as guarantee successful implementation.
An extensive, yet modular integrated system
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