Recently, Huawei successfully developed an independent and controllable MetaERP system, and completed the replacement of the old ERP system. The system adopts full-stack autonomous controllable technology, based on Huawei Euler operating system, GaussDB and other root technologies , adopts cloud native architecture, metadata multi-tenant architecture, real-time intelligent technology, etc., to improve business efficiency and improve operation quality.
Huawei's self-developed MetaERP (picture source network, intrusion and deletion)
1. Why does Huawei develop its own MetaERP?
Everyone knows that Huawei's situation in recent years has not been optimistic, mainly because the United States has imposed sanctions on Huawei.
Since most of the infrastructure and application software needed for Huawei's business come from US companies, once these sanctions take effect, Huawei's business will be severely affected. The most direct impact is that Oracle stopped providing technical support and services to Huawei, which made Huawei unable to use the Oracle database and EBS ERP system , which in turn posed a serious threat to the entire company's business.
In order to ensure business continuity, Huawei had to develop its own MetaERP system. Based on the core technology of self-controllable and cloud-native architecture , the system is completely developed using self-developed operating system, database, compiler and programming language.
After three years and thousands of manpower, Huawei finally succeeded in replacing the old ERP system, and achieved great success in key business areas such as production planning, financial settlement, material management, and sales tracking.
Second, why is ERP so important?
For a world-class enterprise like Huawei, without ERP, the impact would be fatal.
1. Without ERP, Huawei would be without the support of the financial settlement system, and would not be able to perform revenue recognition and cost accounting;
2. Without ERP, Huawei would be without the support of the production planning system, so it would be impossible to arrange production lines and material requirements;
3. Without ERP, Huawei would be without the support of the material management system, so it would be impossible to control inventory and storage;
4. Without ERP, Huawei would be without the support of the sales system, so it would be impossible to track orders and deliveries.
Business problems like these force Huawei to solve them as soon as possible.
In addition to Huawei, ERP is also crucial to most medium and large enterprises. Why do you say that?
Enterprises who have experienced it must know that when the scale of the company gradually expands and the business process becomes more and more complicated, traditional manual operations are often difficult to meet the needs of enterprise operations, and often encounter problems such as information islands and waste of resources. Facing these problems, the value of ERP is reflected.
ERP, as the link of Unicom's enterprise digital , is the core tool to promote the optimization of enterprise resources. It can quickly integrate the information and business processes of various departments of the enterprise, improve the efficiency of internal collaboration, and reduce operating costs, so as to remain invincible in the fierce market competition. place.
Generally speaking, the value of ERP is reflected in many aspects, the following is an example to explain:
1. In terms of material management
The use of ERP system can realize the whole life cycle management of materials, and the whole process monitoring from procurement, warehousing, inventory, picking to delivery, greatly improves the accuracy and efficiency of material management. Before using ERP, the company's material management work was cumbersome and inefficient. Due to the error-prone manual recording, material shortages and excesses often occurred, resulting in the failure to complete the production plan. After using ERP, the automated material management process ensures the timely supply of materials and avoids the problems of production delays and inventory backlogs caused by insufficient materials.
2. In terms of sales management
The use of ERP system can realize the monitoring of the whole process of sales order, delivery, return and exchange, etc., timely feedback of sales information, and improve the accuracy and efficiency of sales management. Before the use of ERP, due to the inconsistency of sales order information, information asymmetry between departments often resulted, and timely feedback of sales information was also delayed. After using ERP, the sales order information is managed centrally, and the sales staff can check the order status and customer information in time, so as to better serve customers.
3. In terms of production planning
The use of ERP system can realize the whole process management of production plan, including production plan formulation, production progress tracking and production data analysis, etc. Before the use of ERP, because the formulation and adjustment of production plans relied on manual operations and communication, there were often problems of untimely and inaccurate information. After using ERP, the production plan is automatically managed and tracked, and the formulation and adjustment of the production plan can be more accurate and timely, which greatly improves the execution efficiency of the production plan.
3. What are the highlights of Huawei MetaERP system?
As a self-developed product of Huawei, MetaERP can be said to have undergone a complete makeover. All core technical frameworks, operating systems, databases, compilers and development languages are redeveloped by ourselves. This also means that there will be a big difference between MetaERP and traditional ERP.
Highlights of Huawei MetaERP system:
1. First of all, as an ICT manufacturer, Huawei has huge and professional development resources, and software development has always been one of its main businesses. Therefore, Huawei can independently develop the MetaERP system, and all components in the system are developed by itself, which provides a strong guarantee for the continuous iteration and development of the system.
2. Secondly, MetaERP can better grasp the essence of demand, provide comprehensive support for Huawei's business and management, and has the ability to realize functions that meet Huawei's own needs. At the same time, MetaERP is based on the cooperation ecology formed by Huawei's Oracle EBS and various system applications for many years, and has a good foundation for ecological construction.
3. MetaERP is capable of internationalization and supports functions such as multi-currency, multi-time zone, and multi-accounting standards. Huawei also has business and technical experts who are familiar with business and finance and taxation in various countries, which makes it have a significant advantage in internationalization capabilities. This is Other domestic ERP software manufacturers do not have.
4. MetaERP has the characteristics of intelligence and digitalization, including intelligent decision support system and digital automation process, which can better improve the efficiency and management level of enterprises.
5. MetaERP adopts distributed architecture and cloud-native technology, which has high availability, scalability and security, and adapts to complex and changeable business needs.
6. Huawei's MetaERP system does not inherit the burden of history, and adopts a light-packed approach to build a brand-new ERP system from scratch. All of them are built based on the concept of cloudification and serviceization, so it has great advantages. is the best practice in the industry.
Huawei's MetaERP system is not only a software product, but also represents a brand-new business philosophy . It is also a business with strategic significance. Huawei uses it in its own business. After the system is mature and well used, It is a very good road to digital transformation for domestic enterprises.
Witnessing Huawei's self-developed MetaERP, I believe that many companies are eager to try and want to achieve their digital strategic goals through self-developed ERP. However, in the direction of self-developed ERP, ordinary companies usually do not have such good conditions as Huawei.
The reason why Huawei can successfully develop its own ERP is not only its strong technical strength and long-term business accumulation, but also its R&D expenses are also a key factor .
According to relevant data, Huawei's R&D investment in 2022 alone will be as high as 161.5 billion yuan, accounting for 25.1% of its annual revenue. With such a high investment in research and development every year, there must be very few domestic companies that can compare with it.
So, without Huawei's "money" ability, is it just a fantasy for companies to complete self-research on ERP systems? uncertain.
In recent years, with the country's strong support for the digital transformation of enterprises, many high-productivity development tools have emerged in China, among which low-code development tools are one of them. Low-code development tools can make it possible for enterprises to independently develop localized ERP systems . This method is also known as "customizable ERP", which can support enterprises to customize ERP systems that meet their needs according to their own business needs.
Zhixin enterprise-level low-code, which has the same characteristics as Huawei ERP, has the following advantages when helping enterprises build ERP:
1. Able to cover business main processes and improve digital coordination capabilities
In the process of supporting the entire business, Huawei's original ERP system found that many needs could not be met, especially the ability to process orders was particularly poor. Because the structure of Huawei's entire BOM is extremely complex , general ERP cannot handle it. Therefore, it is necessary to find a more flexible and automated way to build such complex business functions.
And such scenarios can be solved quickly if low-code is used.
Take, for example, a complex machine produced by a company that contains multiple components and subcomponents with complex dependencies between them. In the traditional ERP system, the way to deal with this BOM structure may be to manually maintain the Excel table or use a professional PLM system, but these methods lack flexibility and automation, and are prone to data inconsistency.
The Zhixin low-code platform provides enterprises with the ability to quickly build a BOM system that meets their own needs. The BOM system can fully coordinate and optimize business processes such as material procurement, inventory, production and sales, and improve the efficiency of production and supply chain management. Compared with the traditional ERP system, the low-code platform can effectively solve its limitations and deficiencies, and support the development of enterprise digital transformation.
2. Able to provide support for in-depth business
Zhixin low-code provides enterprises with a brand-new ERP solution. By using the ERP system built on the low-code platform, enterprises can automatically calculate the optimal production scheduling plan , so as to realize the maximum utilization of production lines and human resources, and ensure that orders are on time. deliver.
For example, there is an employee in a factory named Zhang San, who is a production line worker and is responsible for the assembly of product A. When the ERP system receives a customer order, the system will automatically calculate the production scheduling plan based on the delivery time and priority of the order, as well as the availability of the production line and raw material inventory. The system will assign Zhang San to assemble product A on an appropriate time and date, and provide him with the necessary production plan and work order information.
In addition, if a machine breaks down or the supply of raw materials is delayed, the ERP system will automatically adjust the production scheduling plan and notify Zhang San to work on the new time and date to ensure that the order can be delivered on time.
3. In-depth integration of consulting + IT
Most enterprises lack a clear digital strategy plan at the initial stage of digital transformation. To this end, the platform provides a deep combination of "consulting + IT" delivery services, equipped with professional solution consulting experts and IT developers to go deep into the enterprise to do digital consulting + demand research , and operate in strict accordance with the project system model, from demand A series of implementation processes such as research, model building, process design, function development, requirements acceptance, system trial implementation, use optimization, platform training, technical support, and version upgrades are designed to help enterprises achieve digital goals more clearly.
