(a) Direct economic benefits
1, increase sales revenue. The implementation of ERP in enterprises will inevitably change the production organization structure, realize the efficient operation of production and enhance the competitiveness of enterprises. The implementation of ERP will speed up the information acquisition of production system, improve the flexibility of production and operation, increase the diversity of product varieties and services, meet the needs of different customers, and provide timely feedback control on delivery time. So as to increase the market share of products, improve the relationship with customers and suppliers, get more orders and markets, improve the credibility of enterprises, and then increase the sales income of enterprises.
2. Save enterprise costs. When enterprises implement ERP, the degree of automation is improved and the resources of enterprises are used more effectively. ERP can provide timely and accurate information that has an important impact on the production and operation process, and save resources. Avoid unnecessary expenses. For example, the supply management system can provide information about suppliers and raw material prices. So that enterprises can choose to buy raw materials, saving procurement costs; Production management system provides production process information, which enables enterprises to adjust production process, so as to achieve balanced production, reduce product man-hour cost, improve labor productivity and reduce abnormal expenditure; The inventory management system can control the inventory of raw materials and products in process and reduce the cost of inventory management. Reduce the possession of working capital.
3. Realize the value of a function or thing in advance. The implementation of ERP in enterprises can improve the efficiency of registration, statistics and summary of financial vouchers in accounting treatment, strengthen the management of accounts receivable, shorten the payback period of accounts receivable, realize the early recovery of income and increase the working capital of enterprises. Improve investment opportunities and increase interest income.
(2) Indirect economic benefits
The implementation of enterprise resource planning can produce joint benefits. This indirect economic benefit is difficult to consider. In enterprise management, ERP has replaced the traditional manual information processing method. Using computer system to collect, sort out, save and transmit information saves labor cost, and the accuracy and reliability of computer processing information reduces the error of collection and calculation. It also reduces the economic losses caused by waybill and billing errors.