2021-09-20 Monday - ERP Subject-Matter Expert (SME) Resources

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My blog post in which I've begun organizing links to some of my background reading/research related to developing SME-level of expertise in a number of ERP related domains - and some of the resources that might be of interest to others (e.g., Warehouse Management, Supply Chain Management, Logistics and Transportation, Inventory Management, Facilities Planning and Management, Operations Management).

 

 This week I'm starting a deep dive into Oracle Cloud ERP (21C) documentation

• https://www.oracle.com/erp/
• Spring 2021 Oracle Cloud ERP Update
• Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) product tours 
• 21C Books
• 21C Videos
• Cloud Customer Connect (community forums?)
  
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle_Enterprise_Resource_Planning_Cloud

 

Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP recognized as a Leader in 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Core
https://www.oracle.com/erp/what-is-erp/best-erp/

• Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Core Financial Management Suites for Midsize, Large and Global Enterprises   
• Financial Management Suites for Midsize, Large and Global Enterprises
• Applications ERP What is ERP?
• Oracle cloud ERP leadership

Selected Oracle Cloud ERP 21C documentation links:

• Getting Started with Your Financials Implementation
• Overview of Implementing Financials
• Using General Ledger 
• Using Payables Invoice to Pay 
• Using Receivables Credit to Cash 
• Using Revenue Management 
• Using Tax
  
• Using Financials for the Americas 
• Implement Oracle Financials Cloud
• Implementing Financials for EMEA 
• Using Financials for EMEA 
  
• Implementing Expenses 
• Configuring and Extending Applications
• Rapid Implementation Spreadsheets    
• External Data Integration    
• Development (APIs & Schema)
• REST API for Common Features in Oracle Applications Cloud 
• Overview of Financial Reporting Configuration
  

As part of my background reading and research - to expand my mental model and expertise as a Subject-Matter Expert (SME) in ERP - and the variously related domains - I'm also assembling a list of additional resources (books, articles, videos, podcasts, etc.)

 

YouTube Videos, re: Oracle ERP Cloud:

Channel: MIT

•  MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics
  

Channel: Oracle

• Oracle Cloud ERP: Supporting the Future of Finance 
  

 

Channel: Ora Trainings

• Oracle Cloud ERP Introduction 
  

 

General Article Links: 

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise_resource_planning
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply_chain_management 
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operations_management
  

 

General ERP and Related Domain Books:

(Caveat - I have not yet read these...still doing my discovery, categorizing, and stack-ranking...)

 

These are some of the books I think would be broadly of interest to others - and a few that I am particularly interested in reading.  As I often am involved in mentoring folks - I want to include materials that would be appropriate for beginner/junior - as well as senior - team members.

Domain Focus: ERP

• Modern ERP: Select, Implement, and Use Today's Advanced Business Systems (4th Edition)
• Modern ERP: Select, Implement, and Use Today's Advanced Business Systems (3rd Edition)

 

Domain Focus: Supply Chain Management

• Supply Chain Management For Dummies
• KM:  I have found  quite a few of the "...For Dummies" series of books to often be excellent as a first-step in developing an initial awareness and orientation for a given domain. 
  

• Supply Chain Management: A Logistics Perspective (11th Edition) 
• Published: 2020-02-05,
• Pages: 672
• Reviews: 24 (4.6 out of 5)
  
• Supply Chain Management A Logistics Perspective (9th Edition)

• Supply Chain Management: A Global Perspective (3rd Edition)  
• Published: 2020-11-24, Wiley
• Pages: 368
• Reviews: 0
  

• The New (Ab)Normal: Reshaping Business and Supply Chain Strategy Beyond Covid-19
• Published: 2020-10-19, Transoft
• Pages: 318 
• Reviews: 43 (4.7 out of 5)
  

• Data Science for Supply Chain Forecasting (2nd Edition) 
• The Logistics and Supply Chain Innovation Handbook: Disruptive Technologies and New Business Models (1st Edition) 
• The Logistics and Supply Chain Toolkit: Over 100 Tools for Transport, Warehousing and Inventory Management (3rd Edition)

 

• Making Supply Chain Management Work: Design, Implementation, Partnerships, Technology, and Profits (1st Edition)  - note: published in 2001...
  

 

Domain Focus: Logistics & Transportation

• Transportation: A Global Supply Chain Perspective (9th Edition)
• Transportation: A Global Supply Chain Perspective (8th Edition)

• Contemporary Logistics (12th Edition) 
•  International Logistics: the Management of International Trade Operations
• International Logistics: the Management of International Trade Operations (5th Edition)

• The Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management: Understanding the Supply Chain (7th Edition, avail. 2022-01-25) 
• The Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management: Understanding the Supply Chain (6th Edition)

 

 Domain Focus: Warehouse Management

• World-Class Warehousing and Material Handling (2nd Edition)
• Warehouse Management: The Definitive Guide to Improving Efficiency and Minimizing Costs in the Modern Warehouse (4th Edition, avail. 2021-11-30) 
•  Warehouse Management: A Complete Guide to Improving Efficiency and Minimizing Costs in the Modern Warehouse (3rd Edition)
• Inventory Optimization: Models and Simulations  

 

Domain Focus: Inventory Management 

• Essentials of Inventory Management (2019) 
• Published: 2019-01-08
• Pages: 272
• Reviews:  122 (4.2 out of 5)
  
• Inventory Analytics
• Note:  Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

 

Domain Focus: Facilities Planning and Management

• Facilities Planning, 5e Evaluation Copy (5th Edition, 2022-04-19)
•  Facilities Planning (4th Edition)

 

Domain Focus: Operations Management

• Operations Management For Dummies (2nd Edition , avail, 2021-12-002) 
• KM:  I have found  quite a few of the "...For Dummies" series of books to often be excellent as a first-step in developing an initial awareness and orientation for a given domain. 
  
• Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management (13th Edition, avail. 2021-12-15) 
• Operations Management: Sustainability and Supply Chain Management (12th Edition) 
•  Production and Operations Analytics (8th Edition)
  

 

These are slightly older ERP-related books, but, which  I think may have value in them as foundational  / orienting:

• ERP: Tools, Techniques, and Applications for Integrating the Supply Chain, Second Edition (2nd Edition) 
• Integrated Business Processes with ERP Systems (1st Edition) 
  
• ERP Demystified, 3/e  
• Concepts in Enterprise Resource Planning (4th Edition) 
  
• Directing the ERP Implementation: A Best Practice Guide to Avoiding Program Failure Traps While Tuning System Performance (Resource Management) 1st Edition