TY - SER AU - Lei,Sun AU - Vatcharaporn Esichaikul, AU - Guha,Sumanta AU - Duboz,Raphael ED - AIT Fellowship, TI - Determining the appropriate inventory level by ERP implementation in SMEs T2 - Research studies project report PY - 2012/// CY - Pathum Thani, Thailand PB - Asian Institute of Technology KW - Inventory control KW - China KW - Small business N1 - A research study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Information Management, School of Engineering and Technology; Research Studies Project Report (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2012 N2 - With the development of a country , the SMEs play more important parts for the Chinese economy. However , the overall of SMEs operational management is still under the experienced management. For the most SMEs, the high raw materials inventory should be increased company{u2019}s holding cost which leads to reduce profit of the company. In this research study, there is an interview and questionnaires for the company{u2019} s actual situation. It is clearer to identify the inventory obstacle for the company . There is an ERP solution through finding a suitable package for the company by analyzing two open source ERP packages and combining the company {u2019}s current situation . This research also shows the comparison result between the traditional experience procurement and ERP net purchase in order to help company to reduce the raw materials in an inventory UR - http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B01439 ER -