The design of production modules of ERP systems based on requirements engineering for Electronic Manufacturing Services company

Abstract

The Indonesian Government policy on Local Content Requirement (LCR) for the telecommunications equipment industry has an impact on the growth of Electronic Manufacturing Service (EMS) Companies in Indonesia. To improve the accuracy of information and efficiency of administration tasks, EMS Companies need an integrated system. It is well-known that Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is an integrated system that can improve the accuracy of the information and the efficiency of administration task. As a software to support back end process in EMS Companies, the adoption of ERP systems affect the value of the LCR. An ERP system made by local developers and implemented by a local company will contribute to the bigger increase of the LCR value compared to an ERP system made by foreign developers. Thus, the opportunity is open to local developers to build an ERP system for the EMS. In this article, we describe the design of a production module of an ERP system for an EMS Company. The design is based on requirements engineering at PT. TDK, one of the EMS Companies located in Serang City Indonesia. The requirement engineering process is conducted through brainstorming and a series of interviews with key users. The result is further confirmed through a focus group discussion with key users from the Production Department accompanied by the head manager of Production and Finance. Information obtained from the interviews and focus group discussions are then used to create business process flow diagrams and functional requirement that describe business processes and actor activities in Production Department. This paper focuses on the analysis and design of a production module for the Production Department because the first phase of ERP implementation in PT. TDK focuses on the department.