ICT and e-Business in the Pulp, Paper and Paper ... - empirica
ICT and e-Business in the Pulp, Paper and Paper ... - empirica
ICT and e-Business in the Pulp, Paper and Paper ... - empirica
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<strong>Pulp</strong>, paper <strong>and</strong> paper products<br />
<strong>in</strong>dustries. However, <strong>in</strong> most surveyed <strong>in</strong>dustries, <strong>the</strong>re is still a considerable gap <strong>in</strong> ERP<br />
adoption between small firms on <strong>the</strong> one h<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> medium-sized <strong>and</strong> large firms on<br />
<strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r. In <strong>the</strong> P&P <strong>in</strong>dustry, for example, about 70% of large companies <strong>and</strong> 45% of<br />
medium-sized ones said <strong>the</strong>y had an ERP system, but less than 20% of small firms did<br />
(see Exhibit 4-7).<br />
Exhibit 4-7: Companies with an ERP system<br />
0 20 40 60 80<br />
Total P&P (EU-10) 45<br />
NACE 21.1<br />
NACE 21.2<br />
46<br />
45<br />
Micro (1-9 empl.) 8<br />
Small (10-49 empl.) 18<br />
Medium (50-249 empl.) 45<br />
Large (250+ empl.)<br />
70<br />
Have ERP (%)<br />
Sector<br />
large<br />
Total<br />
(250+)<br />
Food & Beverages 32 66<br />
Footwear 23 40<br />
<strong>Pulp</strong> & <strong>Paper</strong> 45 70<br />
<strong>ICT</strong> Manufactur<strong>in</strong>g 61 74<br />
Consumer electr. 39 75<br />
Shipbuild<strong>in</strong>g 30 76<br />
Telecom services 32 53<br />
Hospital activities 33 36<br />
All 10 sectors 19 45<br />
All 10 sectors (EU-10)<br />
19<br />
Base (100%): All companies us<strong>in</strong>g computers. N (for sector, EU-10) = 964.<br />
Weight<strong>in</strong>g: Totals (for <strong>the</strong> sector, sub-sectors <strong>and</strong> all sectors) are weighted by employment <strong>and</strong> should be read<br />
as "enterprises compris<strong>in</strong>g …% of employment <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> sector(s)". Figures for size-b<strong>and</strong>s are <strong>in</strong> % of enterprises<br />
from <strong>the</strong> size-b<strong>and</strong>. Questionnaire reference: D1d<br />
Source: e-<strong>Bus<strong>in</strong>ess</strong> W@tch (Survey 2006)<br />
Exhibit 4-8 shows typical ways of l<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g systems with customers <strong>and</strong> suppliers from <strong>the</strong><br />
perspective of a paper convert<strong>in</strong>g company, e.g. a packag<strong>in</strong>g producer.<br />
Exhibit 4-8: Data exchange mechanisms <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> P&P supply cha<strong>in</strong><br />
P&P convert<strong>in</strong>g<br />
company<br />
ERP System<br />
Specific <strong>ICT</strong> solutions<br />
for <strong>the</strong> P&P <strong>in</strong>dustry<br />
X.400, EDIFACT,<br />
EDIPAP, XML<br />
https, SMTP, XML<br />
papiNet<br />
https, SMTP, XML<br />
Customer<br />
(Retail)<br />
B2B <strong>in</strong>ternet<br />
trad<strong>in</strong>g platforms<br />
<strong>Paper</strong> / cardboard<br />
producers<br />
Source: Developed from <strong>in</strong>formation by Seeburger AG about <strong>the</strong> role of papiNet® <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir solutions<br />
for <strong>the</strong> P&P <strong>in</strong>dustry (www.seeburger.de)<br />
Assum<strong>in</strong>g that <strong>the</strong> company has an ERP system, it will typically have implemented sector<br />
specific solutions <strong>and</strong> modules on its ERP to facilitate <strong>the</strong> document exchange with<br />
suppliers <strong>and</strong> customers. Depend<strong>in</strong>g on <strong>the</strong> legacy systems <strong>in</strong> place, this can <strong>in</strong>clude<br />
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