What is the relationship between mold enterprise ERP and mold enterprise management software CRM, MES, etc?

When it comes to ERP for mold enterprises, Baidu search, various recommendations. Mold enterprise management software ERP, CRM, MES, and a lot of partners instantly confused: not many experts say that mold enterprise ERP is enough? So the front-end CRM for customers is not enough? MES seems to be good for the refined management of production! What on earth should we do? Is it all on the ground, or selectively one by one? I don’t understand. Don’t worry, mold enterprise digital transformation experts come to uncover the mystery of mold enterprise ERP and a lot of mold enterprise management software for you.

What are the mold enterprise management software?

According to the textbook classification, ERP of mold enterprises can be roughly divided into broad sense and narrow sense. In a broad sense, it usually includes: in a narrow sense, mold enterprise ERP + other mold enterprise management systems (such as CRM, APS, MES, etc.), which are at different levels and play their respective values.

What is the relationship between ERP, CRM and MES in mold enterprises?

If you want to choose which mold enterprise ERP system to use, you must first understand their respective values and their relevance. In this case, we might as well use acloudear, an expert in digital transformation of discrete manufacturing industry and a platinum partner of sap, to see it in its “acloudear white paper on digital transformation of mechanical parts manufacturing enterprises”. According to the book, the enterprise management software includes not only the front-end Customer Relationship Management (CRM), the middle-end Enterprise Resource Management (ERP), but also the manufacturing execution management (MES) of the mold enterprise production based on production and manufacturing, as well as the scheduling system (APS) for the production management of fine mold enterprises. Is it a lot clearer at once?

• Customer Relationship Manager

CRM (Customer Relationship Management), maintain customer relations and improve customer experience;

• Enterprise Resource Manager

ERP, to meet the efficient operation of internal resources;

• Production executive general manager

MES (Manufacturing Execution System), emphasizing production execution and manufacturing collaboration;

• Head of refined production scheduling

APS (Advanced Planning and scheduling), optimize and generate scientific and detailed production plans.

Take a brief look at the relationship between ERP and MES

It needs to be fully controlled, and ultimately it needs to be comprehensively coordinated by ERP.

How to choose ERP software for mold enterprises?

After clarifying the relationship, everyone wants to know: how should we choose ERP for mold enterprises? Let acloudear, an enterprise digital transformation expert in discrete manufacturing and mold industry, provide you with some reference suggestions.

First, we need to analyze the enterprise model, current pain points and future development strategies (follow the trend);

Then, plan a route suitable for the digital transformation of the enterprise itself, for example, whether it is a comprehensive subversion and reconstruction or a partial breakthrough, for example, production management is chaotic, so the first step is how to make production management smooth, orderly and efficient, so as to meet customer needs and experience.

All of this is not to choose a system hastily, and an ERP software for mold enterprises can solve the problem immediately. Instead, we need to start from the enterprise itself and combine with the mold enterprises and markets under the reform of digital technology to find the direction and plan to deal with the current and future challenges.

It is for this reason that we will not directly recommend a certain mold enterprise ERP. Instead, we will send you a downloadable essence “acloudear white book on digital transformation of mechanical parts manufacturing enterprises”, which has a comprehensive understanding of mechanical parts manufacturing, discrete manufacturing and digital transformation of mold enterprises, to help you look at the future trends of industries and enterprises, and find solutions suitable for the enterprise itself from some principles and methods, In line with the correct path of digital transformation. Expect mold enterprises to embark on the road of successful transformation as soon as possible.

This article "What is the relationship between mold enterprise ERP and mold enterprise management software CRM, MES, etc?" by AcloudEAR. We focus on business applications such as cloud ERP.

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