Improving Financial Management Through Enterprise Resource Planning

Abstract

Commercial companies have been implementing Enterprise Resource Planning packages since the mid-90's with varying degrees of success or failure. The military is now starting to implement ERP packages, applying commercially available software solutions that automate and integrate their business processes. Budgeters and comptrollers have a role in the ERP implementation and may greatly improve their own practices in the process. This paper will provide an ERP overview, some ERP successes, and the status of the ERP prototypes in the Navy. Then the paper will attempt to categorize some of the problems with today's financial processes that can be improved through the use of ERP. ERP can improve the financial processes of the Navy and DOD in virtually every area. There is potential for improvement in financial execution, budgeting, programming and implementing financial measures of effectiveness.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA404769

Entities

People

  • Andrew S. Morgart

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accounting
  • Business Administration
  • Congress
  • Databases
  • Department Of Defense
  • Financial Management
  • Information Systems
  • Management Personnel
  • Money
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Turbines
  • United States
  • War Colleges

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  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Systems Analysis and Design