Build a career in ERP

Build a career in ERP

ENTERPRISE Resource Planning, or ERP for short, denotes a software application that allows an organisation (or enterprise) to effectively and efficiently manage its resources. The resource could be manpower, raw material, vehicles, equipment and finances to name a few. Some leading software solution providers have developed ERP packages, which now form the backbone of several large organisations. ERP packages comprise several modules that can be used either in a stand-alone mode or in conjunction with one or more of the other modules. Oracle 11i, SAP, J D Edwards and People-soft are some of the popular ERP applications. These packages have found ready acceptance amongst several large and medium enterprises, and in return have helped the organisations achieve an optimal level of performance in their respective areas.

Demand for these applications is increasing by the day, primarily because of the huge potential they hold out for users. Such an exponential growth has created job opportunities for professionals opting for a career in ERP Package implementation and maintenance.

The ERP scenario primarily offers two types of job options -- that of the Functional Consultant and the Technical Consultant. There would also be other parallel openings in the fields of database administration, systems administration, software testing and network administration. Barring the first two, all the other jobs are more generic in nature and pertain to the software field as a whole.

Functional Consultant: These professionals require a fair understanding of and experience in a particular physical process. For example, an ERP package implementation in a pharmaceutical company would require functional consultants experienced in finance, HR, pharmaceutical manufacturing processes, procurement processes, inventory management, customer relationship, supply chain management, etc.

The functional consultant would thus be a person who analyses the business process of an organisation and designs the process flow of a particular business area.

A functional consultant should ideally be an MBA in the business area he is functioning in; and should have undergone a training session in the ERP, which he is implementing. Solution providers hold training sessions in their respective areas. For example, SAP conducts training modules for functional consultants in all the different business areas involved in a programme. These courses are, however, costly. A minimum of two to three years' experience in the relevant functional area is mandatory. As for monetary benefits, pay scales start from about Rs.15,000+ per month.

Senior consultants may also be employed as architects to design and implement the entire ERP package for an organisation. Pay scales for seniors are generally very high, ranging between 500,000 and a million rupees per annum.



Technical Consultant: Technical consultants basically are software developers or IT professionals. Their task involves development of forms and reports based on inputs provided by a functional consultant. These professionals need to code the business requirements into the software and integrate them to form a contiguous package.

Typically, you should be a graduate in computer sciences to qualify for the position of a technical consultant. You should also have taken part in a training programme conducted by the respective ERP developer. Experience is not an issue at the entry level. However, senior developers and system integrators need to possess at least 5 to 7 years of experience in development. Pay scales vary from about 12,000 rupees per month at the entry stage to 50,000 rupees at the senior level.

A very senior IT professional may qualify as an architect to work along with a functional consultant in designing and implementing the application.

Many job opportunities also exist in the US and other developed countries, where there is a high demand for experienced ERP professionals with good communication skills.

I hope this has given you a better view in making a career choice in ERP.

To know more on making a career into Oracles ERP, or as a DBA, mail me with your latest resume
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101 useful Run Commands

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Guys do you use the Run feature in Windows XP? For most, this feature remains unused (or rarely used). Why is that? Well, First off nearly all of the Run Commands Correspond to a particular Control Panel Item or a Utility, Tool or Task that can be accessed through Windows. There are, however, tools and utilities that I bet you never knew you had that can be accessed through the Run feature. The main reason most people don't use the Run feature is because they don't know the Commands. So, to solve that problem, I decided to put together the following listing, which lists 101 Run Commands and what they correspond too...

To Access…. Run Command

Accessibility Controls
access.cpl

Add Hardware Wizard
hdwwiz.cpl

Add/Remove Programs
appwiz.cpl

Administrative Tools
control.exe admintools

Automatic Updates
wuaucpl.cpl

Bluetooth Transfer Wizard
fsquirt

Calculator
calc

Certificate Manager
certmgr.msc

Character Map
charmap

Check Disk Utility
chkdsk

Clipboard Viewer
clipbrd

Command Prompt
cmd

Component Services
dcomcnfg

Computer Management
compmgmt.msc

Date and Time Properties
timedate.cpl

DDE Shares
ddeshare

Device Manager
devmgmt.msc

Direct X Control Panel (if installed)*
directx.cpl

Direct X Troubleshooter
dxdiag

Disk Cleanup Utility
cleanmgr

Disk Defragment
dfrg.msc

Disk Management
diskmgmt.msc

Disk Partition Manager
diskpart

Display Properties
control.exe desktop

Display Properties
desk.cpl

Display Properties (w/Appearance Tab Preselected)
control.exe color

Dr. Watson System Troubleshooting Utility
drwtsn32

Driver Verifier Utility
verifier

Event Viewer
eventvwr.msc

File Signature Verification Tool
sigverif

Findfast
findfast.cpl

Folders Properties
control.exe folders

Fonts
control.exe fonts

Fonts Folder
fonts

Free Cell Card Game
freecell

Game Controllers
joy.cpl

Group Policy Editor (XP Prof)
gpedit.msc

Hearts Card Game
mshearts

Iexpress Wizard
iexpress

Indexing Service
ciadv.msc

Internet Properties
inetcpl.cpl

Java Control Panel (if installed)
jpicpl32.cpl

Java Control Panel (if installed)
javaws

Keyboard Properties
control.exe keyboard

Local Security Settings
secpol.msc

Local Users and Groups
lusrmgr.msc

Logs You Out Of Windows
logoff

Mcft Chat
winchat

Minesweeper Game
winmine

Mouse Properties
control.exe mouse

Mouse Properties
main.cpl

Network Connections
control.exe netconnections

Network Connections
ncpa.cpl

Network Setup Wizard
netsetup.cpl

Nview Desktop Manager (if installed)
nvtuicpl.cpl

Object Packager
packager

ODBC Data Source Administrator
odbccp32.cpl

On Screen Keyboard
osk

Opens AC3 Filter (if installed)
ac3filter.cpl

Password Properties
password.cpl

Performance Monitor
perfmon.msc

Performance Monitor
perfmon

Phone and Modem Options
telephon.cpl

Power Configuration
powercfg.cpl

Printers and Faxes
control.exe printers

Printers Folder
printers

Private Character Editor
eudcedit

Quicktime (If Installed)
QuickTime.cpl

Regional Settings
intl.cpl

Registry Editor
regedit

Registry Editor
regedit32

Removable Storage
ntmsmgr.msc

Removable Storage Operator Requests
ntmsoprq.msc

Resultant Set of Policy
rsop.msc

Resultant Set of Policy (XP Prof)
rsop.msc

Scanners and Cameras
sticpl.cpl

Scheduled Tasks
control.exe schedtasks

Security Center
wscui.cpl

Services
services.msc

Shared Folders
fsmgmt.msc

Shuts Down Windows
shutdown

Sounds and Audio
mmsys.cpl

Spider Solitare Card Game
spider

SQL Client Configuration
cliconfg

System Configuration Editor
sysedit

System Configuration Utility
msconfig

System File Checker Utility
sfc

System Properties
sysdm.cpl

Task Manager
taskmgr

Telnet Client
telnet

User Account Management
nusrmgr.cpl

Utility Manager
utilman

Windows Firewall
firewall.cpl

Windows Magnifier
magnify

Windows Management Infrastructure
wmimgmt.msc

Windows System Security Tool
syskey

Windows Update Launches
wupdmgr

Windows XP Tour Wizard
tourstart

Wordpad
write

MOTHERBOARD

Key elements on motherboard
Jasjot Singh Narula

WHEN a buyer moves out in the market to purchase a personal computer, his thrust is on the processor speed, higher RAM and maximum storage capacity. The buyer often lets the vendor choose the motherboard, who more often than not, gives to the client what suits his own business interest.

Motherboard is a multi-layered Printed Circuit Board (PCB) that holds all key components like BIOS, CMOS, Processor, RAM, Interface controllers and ports that are plugged onto the motherboard. It acts as a direct channel for various components to interact and communicate with each other.


The first motherboard came into existence with the introduction of desktop PCs by IBM in 1981 that revolutionised the computer industry. In 1982, IBM launched Extended Technology (XT) motherboards and Advanced Technology (AT) motherboards in 1984. These days the ATX (Advanced Technology Extended-style) motherboards, created by Intel in 1995, are in vogue predictably due to their performance.

The following are the various components that fit on a system’s motherboard:

Do’s while purchasing a motherboard

Deal only with a reliable manufacturer.

It must have the same form factor as required by your PC cabinet (i.e. AT or ATX).

Read the manual that comes with your motherboard. It should fully cover the motherboard's settings and specifications.

Check the power supply requirements for AMD processors. Some motherboards have unique requirements.

Avoid tweaking voltages and timings to get more speed (overclocking).

Form factor: The size and shape of the actual motherboard is called form factor. There are different varieties of motherboard available in the market like AT, baby AT, ATX etc. These days, the ATX motherboard is in great demand because of some extra features on it. The onboard ports and connectors give a boost to the performance of the PC.

Processors slot: The market leader in microprocessors, Intel is using FC-PGA copper mine, which operates over a 66 MHz, 100 MHz and 133 MHz system bus. The latest motherboard has zero insertion force (ZIF) socket for both Celeron and Pentium chips called socket-370.

BIOS (Basic Input Output Set-up): This is a small chip on the motherboard that loads the hardware settings required to load various devices like keyboard, monitor or disk drives. Most of the motherboard manufacturers use Award BIOS and AMIBIOS.

CMOS: User may find a shining silver battery on a corner of a motherboard, which powers the CMOS memory and BIOS. CMOS memory usage is to store date, time and system set up parameters.

SIMM/DIMM slots: SIMM means Single Inline Memory Module, while DIMM stands for Dual Inline Memory Module. These slots are for RAM that is Random Access Memory. Usually most of the motherboard has two slots and are up gradable to 512 MB. Users always look out of higher memory for better performance of the PC.

Chipset: There are different models available in the market with the name of chipset like Intel 810, 810e VIA chipset, SiS chipset etc. These chipset are designed to reduce the cost and improve the multimedia capability. These include integrated AGP graphics controller that is optimised to produce smooth performance of 2D and 3D video. It includes an integrated Audio controller that lets the processor work more effectively and decode sound generated by the integrated audio system.

Primary/Secondary ports or IDE drive connector: CD ROM and hard disk drives are connected through this to the IDE connectors. Hard disk is preferably installed on the Primary IDE connector and CD ROM is on secondary IDE drive connector

Floppy drive connector: This port is used for connecting floppy drive to motherboard, to facilitate data exchange.

PCI slots: These are upgradable version of the ISA slots and are known as Peripheral Component Interface with 32-bit of data transfer rate. The devices, which are installed on these slots, are graphic cards, sound cards, internal modem and SCSI cards.

COM/ Serial ports/Parallel port: Communication or serial ports are used for connecting communicating devices like modem and mouse and parallel port is used for external input/output devices like printers and scanners.

USB connectors: Universal Serial Bus (USB) connectors are the latest in the market with the outstanding data transfer speed. The USB devices are Keyboards, mouse, scanners or digital camera.

System Bus: The components inside the computer talk to each other in various different ways. Most of the internal system components, including the processor, cache, memory, expansion cards and storage devices, talk to each other over one or more "buses". A bus, in computer terms, is simply a channel over which information flows between two or more devices (technically, a bus with only two devices on it is considered by some a "port" instead of a bus). These days the latest motherboards are equipped with 133 MHz bus speed.

Rename Xp Start Button

Rename Xp Start Button....Friends For this u need Resource Hacker i put a likn if u wana Download so click Here

http://delphi.icm.edu.pl/ftp/tools/ResHack.zip For Download Resource hacker

Afetr Download unzip this File and Run Resource Hacker...a new window will be open...go file and open C:\windows find here Exeplorer.exe... Select Exeplorer.exe and click open

Now u will see Few options find this String Table....Click String Table...Now Click 37 this will open now option 1033 here u will see....578, "start" Remove Start and type ur name...(Atif Sameer) Now go Save As put File name which u type by "start" .exe (Atif Sameer.exe) save in c:windows now close Res-Hacker

Go Start...Run...Regedit HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\ Windows NT\ CurrentVersion\ Winlogon.....Now Find Here Shell...Doubble Click Shell and Remove Value Explorer.Exe type new value which u put in "start"...as type me Atif Sameer.exe...Now Reboot ur pc and u will see change Start Button name..

How to ADD Shutdown Button in My Computer

Friends if u wana Add shutdown option in My Computer Right click...Then type below words in note pad Then Save As, Put File Name abc.bat in save type as put All Files, now save this file at ur Desktop...u will see a new file at ur desktop doubble click this file....now right click my computer u will see shutdown option....type this words notpad

reg add "HKCR\CLSID\{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\shell\[Shutdown]\command" /ve /t REG_EXPAND_SZ /d "shutdown -s -f -t 00" /f

How we can rename Start Menu

Freinds today i will tell you how we can rename Start Menu...But this tip is only for 98 pls don`t try this xp or other...so 1st of all make back ur win98...if u have ghost then very Good....to method yeh hia k .....

Open DOS and type commond

C:\edit

yeh type karnay se aik EDITOR open ho jaye ga, ab us editor mein aik file open karwani hai,

File ===>> Open

yahan per file open karwanay kay liye yeh file name type karain

C:\windows\explorer.exe

enter karnay se file open ho jaye gi, is ki line # 1280 mein "S t a r t" likha hoga, Aap usay edit kar dein aur 5 word per mushtamil koi bhi lafz likh dein aur usay SAVE kar kay bahir Aa jain, "Start" button per "start" ki bajaye aap ka naam likha hoga.


Note:
1. Yeh TIP sirf WINDOW 98 kay users kay liye hai.


2. zara si be'ehtiati aap ki window ko corrupt kar sakti hai.

3.Start pey rename k doran Space bar bilkul press nahi karna hia

4. sab se pehle S ko remove karo and iss ki jaga koi alphabit likho then T then A then r then t jis koi remove karo uss ki jaga koi bhy word likh do ... Start ko aik saath remove nahi krna hia....

Incase.. app ki win98 main iss tip ko use karte howe koi Error aa he gia hia to app apne Pc ko Doss Mode main restart kar lian ... Aur wahan pey Yeh command likh scanreg/restore app k samne new window open hoo gi with old dates k saath ksi bhy old date pey window koi restore kar dein...good restore howa to error finish ho jaye ga otherwise backup or ghost chala dein...

Xp....Mujhe Xp ka method bhol gia hia..i will try to send as soon as possible...well aik software hia jis se ap Xp main start ko rename kar sakte hian..wo bhy only 3 to 4 mints..uss ka link dey raha hoon chaho to download kar k check kar sakte hian

http://www.geocities.com/startbtn/ProgOnly.zip

How to make Backup of Registry

Friends ajj main ap ko Registry ka back up banane ka Method Bataon ga...Pehle Bhy Bata Chooka hoon Ajj phir Bata raha hoon jin Friends ko nahi pata wo seekh lian...aur jin ko pata hia un se sorry....

Backup ka Pehla Tareeka Yeh ha k

Start pay Click Karien

then Programs Main

Then Accesiores

Then System Tools

Then System Restore

Restore kar lian ager koi kharabi ho jaye app ki Registry main to
iss ko chala k app Error Undo kar sakte hian....

Method 2

Start Menu se Run pay Click Karien....Run main Likhein Regedit App k samne New window open hoo gi....new window k File Menu pay click karin wahan Export Ka option hoo ga uss pay click karin then File Name main koi Bhy name likh k uss k aage .reg bhy likh k save ker lian...ager koi Error aaye...Registry main to app iss pey Double Click kar k Error Undo kar sakte hian

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