How to implement e-business solutions successfully

Written by Nowshade Kabir


Getting your business processes online is not an easy job! According to Gartner Group, a renowned research firm, a full 75 percent of all e-business projects fail due to poor planning and unrealistic expectations of new technology. The productivity gains and cost savings promised by e-business solutions are often lost not because ofrepparttar technology itself but because of improper management of their implementation. In most ofrepparttar 108768 cases, when a massive e-business solution installation goes wrong,repparttar 108769 management ofrepparttar 108770 business is to blame. Failure to understand repparttar 108771 scale ofrepparttar 108772 project, oversimplification ofrepparttar 108773 project, inappropriate expectations and lack of resource commitment are few ofrepparttar 108774 mistakes made by management that debilitaterepparttar 108775 implementation and use ofrepparttar 108776 systems.

Pitfalls of E-business solutions installation process

A large distribution company has decided to use a new online supply chain management solution. The people – those who were supposed to userepparttar 108777 system – were quite skeptic aboutrepparttar 108778 ability ofrepparttar 108779 system, as they did not have enough knowledge and had very little or no training in using a similar system. As a result, it took over a year forrepparttar 108780 company to bringrepparttar 108781 solution to its full operation. Productivity suffered severely. The final implementation cost came out to be several times more than initial budget. A large number of companies are reporting to face similar difficulties withrepparttar 108782 implementation of their e-business solutions.

The problems that occur while a company tries to implement e-business solutions, most likely, include:

Senior managers do not spend enough time and efforts to learn and understandrepparttar 108783 solutions. As a result, they have no idea how their workers will adapt to this new solution; and fail to set forth quantifiable objectives for them in terms of efficiency and productivity. The end users do not receive required training. As a result, treatrepparttar 108784 new solution as an added burden rather than a tool to increase efficiency and productivity. In many cases, IT infrastructure is not up-to-date enough and lacks power to supportrepparttar 108785 new solution. Due to inadequate understanding byrepparttar 108786 management ofrepparttar 108787 e-business solutions that they plan to adopt, often,repparttar 108788 time and money allocated torepparttar 108789 project are far less than required. Oftenrepparttar 108790 advanced Internet based e-business solutions require to be integrated with portion of old systems that repparttar 108791 company is presently using, which in turn, sometimes generates software and system incompatibility. How to avoid pitfalls

E-business solutions are sophisticated systems that encompass significant areas ofrepparttar 108792 company and its relationship with customers. That’s why implementation of these projects should be carried out according to detailed plans.

Preparation

Create a well developed scope. In creatingrepparttar 108793 scope involve all end-users ofrepparttar 108794 solution, not onlyrepparttar 108795 technical and business model experts. Get answers torepparttar 108796 questions like:

Are You Losing Sales Because Of Your Email Link?

Written by Steve Shaw


Copyright © 2004 Steve Shaw

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