Why is AURORA necessary ?

As a company grows and becomes more complex organizationally, the task of providing accurate and timely information to management and decision-makers becomes ever more difficult. In addition, increasing market expectations and competitive pressures are requiring more detailed business analysis and quicker and more accurate decision making and responses. To meet these challenges, companies have customarily tended toward a band-aid approach, relying on individual departments and lines of business to develop target-specific solutions to meet their specific business and information needs. While incremental gains have been realized with individual fixes, companies may be missing the opportunity to enact best practices across all departments through standardization. As well, individual fixes tend to be inefficient due to duplicated efforts amongst departments, increased maintenance costs due to disparate technologies, and increased administrative and management costs.

What are the benefits of ERP ?

ERP solutions create an integrated system of information and communication across the enterprise. Companies are then better able to understand their business and respond to issues that arise immediately and accurately. In addition, ERP Solution provides the framework for standardizing business processes and allow management to implement best practices company-wide.
If designed and implemented properly, an ERP solution can automate business processes, increase the accuracy of sales, inventory and production data, allow for timely reporting, and pave the road for better information-driven decisions. Additional benefits from AURORA include:

• Improved flow of communication between departments.
• Reduced administrative costs.
• Reduced IT maintenance and hardware costs.
• Increased customer service and client satisfaction.

AURORA provides the structure for companies to manage growth, maximize efficiencies through standardization and enable timely and accurate reporting for decision making. The following section will help you decide whether ERP is right for your company, how to evaluate a solution and strategies for smoother implementation.