Nông dân bối rối

Nuôi tôm ở Cần Giờ. Ảnh: Đình Dũng (TBKTSG) - Tôi là con của một gia đình nông dân nên rất trăn trở cùng nông dân. Trên báo đài, trong các hội nghị, diễn đàn đều thấy nói chuyện khuyến nông, quy hoạch. Nhưng nơi tôi sinh ra và lớn lên đến giờ này chẳng thấy quy hoạch cho nông dân trồng cây gì, nuôi con gì để có lợi? Nông dân quê tôi thường chọn giống lúa theo tin đồn. Khi lúa rớt giá thê thảm, nông dân lỗ nặng, buồn quá “chạy” tìm giống bắp lai “theo quảng cáo”. Thu hoạch bắp xong, chẳng thấy ai đến thu mua như hứa hẹn lúc bán giống hoặc có mua thì giá rẻ bèo. Lại lỗ! Vậy là bà con lại đi mua gừng củ về trồng. Và lại “ế”! Rồi tiếp theo là mía, khoai, heo, cá... mà chẳng có lối nào thoát ra khỏi cái “ế”. Khi tự phát trồng trọt, chăn nuôi ào ạt như vậy sẽ dẫn đến thừa cung cục bộ. Điệp khúc trúng mùa, rớt giá liên tục lặp lại theo từng chu kỳ. Cuối cùng thì nhà nông “mèo lại hoàn mèo”! Nghèo khó cứ đeo sau lưng. Thực tế cho thấy, nông dân rất lúng túng trong việc tìm hướng đi cho việc sản xuất của mình. Họ không được hướng dẫn quy hoạch cây trồng, vật nuôi; giúp định hướng trong việc chọn giống, áp dụng phương thức sản xuất tối ưu... thì không thể tránh khỏi chuyện nản lòng và quay lưng với cây lúa, nản lòng với nghĩa vụ thiêng liêng an ninh lương thực! Nhớ có lần một đài truyền hình ghé nhà dì tôi đề nghị quay phim về hiệu quả của việc vay vốn nhà nước chăn nuôi heo. Cả nhà tôi không đồng ý vì dì tôi không hề vay vốn ngân hàng để chăn nuôi heo. Không hiểu vì sao họ lại có ý tưởng “lạ lùng” như vậy. Nghe đâu cuối cùng vẫn phát hình giới thiệu chuồng heo có nhiều con heo mập ú. Thật buồn cười! Năm 1996, tôi tốt nghiệp ra trường, học làm nông dân nên mua cá rô giống về thả xuống ruộng nuôi. Ba tôi chăm sóc vất vả. Đài truyền hình tới phỏng vấn và quay gương nông dân điển hình. Trong phóng sự đó, người ta dự tính số lượng cá rô sẽ thu hoạch là bao nhiêu tấn mà chính gia đình tôi còn không biết. Cuối cùng họ công bố trên đài là lợi nhuận thu được của gia đình tôi ước trên 30 triệu đồng (trong khi cá còn nằm dưới mặt nước ruộng mênh mông). Kết quả khi thu hoạch, may là gia đình tôi không lỗ, lấy đâu ra lời vài chục triệu như đài đưa tin?! Không biết chính quyền trung ương và tỉnh khi đưa ra chủ trương, chính sách cho nông dân có tổ chức kiểm tra việc thực hiện hay không? Hay chỉ dựa trên những con số báo cáo từ dưới tổng hợp thành tổng số nông dân nghèo được hỗ trợ...? ps: (Bài "Khi nông dân nản trồng lúa" từ Sài gòn Times.) thond: Rõ ràng là Nông dân chúng ta cần một chiến lược quốc gia về Nông nghiệp. Chứ không thể tự làm, tự học theo , làm ra rồi lại tự tìm cách tiêu thụ. Phải có sự quy hoạch nuôi trồng cây con gì, căn cứ trên nhu cầu thị trường cho từng vùng. Từ đó mà đầu tư đồng bộ từ kỹ thuật, máy móc, cây con giống, mạng lưới tiêu thụ, chế biến. Đặc điểm của nông sản nói chung là phải tiêu thụ ngay trong thời gian ngắn do đó nếu ko đến đuợc tay người tiêu dùng thì cũng giống người bán kem vậy. Hy vọng là nông dân Việt Nam sẽ sớm thoát khỏi cảnh loay hoay này.

Role of a Functional Consultant

As I receive a number of calls regarding what are the rolls and responsibilities of an functional consultant during the Implementation of an Project or during Post live Application Support. Considering it as an very important point for freshers I would like to share my experiences:

Here is a list of rolls and responsibilities of functional consultant during his assignment to different types of SAP Projects. Please feel free to add to the list to make it more comprehensive over time.
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Role of a Functional Consultant in an End To End Implementation

The functional consultant has to understand the modules they are implementing and the set up and configuration options available, the key skill is being able to map the requirements of the customer to the capabilities of the ERP system. A mistake often made is to try and configure or customize the ERP system to match exactly an existing business process, rather than look to improve the processes.

1. "A functional consultant is expected to generate knowledge about the current business process, design current business flows, study current business processes and its complication - in all we can say that this is getting through with the current business setup. Flow diagrams and DFDs are prepared, all this forms the part of the AS IS document."
2. "Everything configured has to be documented according to their categories in the form of predefined templates; these then have to be approved by the team leads or who ever the consultant is reporting to."
3. "Mapping and GAP analysis is done for each module."
4. "Before starting configuring future business processes in SAP, the DFDs/ERDs are prepared, this documentation is called TO BE, which can be also said as the result of mapping and gap analysis."
5. "Sometimes Functional consultants are also expected to prepare test scripts for testing the configured scenarios. Testing may also include Unit testing, System Integration Testing, Performance Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Regression Testing or any client specific software testing."
6. A configuration document showing all the setting done by the consultant is also comes under the area of role & responsibilities of consultant.
7. "End user manual and user training is also expected from Functional Consultants."
8. There will also be interaction with other modules consultants.
9. Updation of project status to Project Manager & other concerned persons.
10. Interaction with core team members, end users & other team members (consultants)
11. A Functional consultant has to be a good communicator he has to communicate with Customer ERP core team, implementing team, Technical consultant and his project leader.Written communication skill is to be demonstrate by a functional consultant to e-mail to different groups, documentation about the erp, reports generation. Verbal communication is to understand the requirement , interact with customer, to explain and convince the customer.


Role of a Support Consultant

1. Primarily responsible for Handling tickets/tasks and application support to the end-users.
2. When an issue comes to diagnose, analyze and solve it.
3. Also responsible for enhancements.
4. Writing functional specifications and interacting with "ABAPers" to develop any user exits.
5. Raising CRNs and preparing Test Data & its testing.
6. Interaction with client/end users & updating the status.
7. Training the end users and preparing end user training material.
8. There will also be interaction with other modules consultants.
9. Creation of process documents & its updation

The main duty of a consultant is to transfer know-how to the external client. It is not manpower that counts, but intelligence, the understanding of processes, a feeling for defects and in general common sense.

(collect from internet)

Confuse...!

SAP Functional Consultant Vs SAP Technical Consultant

The world of SAP implementation basically has consultants who are either functional consultants or technical consultants. Many readers have requested a post on the difference between a technical SAP consultant Vs a functional SAP consultant. In the overall SAP implementation project, both the functional as well as the technical consultants have different roles to play. Let me explain the roles of both the functional and technical SAP consultants.

SAP Functional Consultants - Functional consultants are responsible for designing the SAP implementation solution based on the unique requirements of your company. In other words the functional consultants are business process experts and are non-technical. Functional consultants normally use their process knowledge to calculate the impact of the SAP implementation on the company's processes. Functional consultants are thus concerned with SAP functions and processes that will generate the data and output for business.

SAP Technical Consultants - Technical consultants are experts in information technology. Technical consultants normally assist in configuration of the SAP R3 installation. In many SAP implementations, technical consultants help in designing interfaces and customizations in R3. Finally, the SAP R3 technical consultants would be responsible for migration of data from the legacy system to the new SAP ERP implementation.

7 Tips on becoming an ERP consultant

7 Tips on becoming an ERP consultant
Nilesh Jethwa (Oracle BI Consultant) posted 9/18/2006 | Comments (60)

07 Bí quyết để trở thành tư vấn ERP
Là một ERP consultant có nghĩa là bạn được thoải mái cả về tiền bạc và sự nghiệp rộng mở.

Being an Oracle ERP consultant is rewarding both financially and career wise. I have been in this field since I finished my engineering. I have seen the Y2K wave, Java wave and the online craze (dotcom boom). When my friends wanted to jump onto each new wave and ride it I stayed on with ERP and the job market has been always hot!

It may not be the much talked about thing in the media but it is the most moneymaking thing out there. You may hear stories like ERP implementations have slowed down etc but just keep that part for the Gartner's and the research analysts to worry about.

The beauty of this ERP is, it always keeps evolving and so you always work on the latest and the best technologies. For e.g. Business Intelligence is a natural evolution out of ERP and it is the current hot market. This market is here to stay as long as there is Oracle and SAP, (may be Microsoft, do they have an ERP?)

This is a tough market to break into, as it requires lot of years worth of experience so how does one get into this lucrative area?

If you are fresh out of college and wish to pursue an Oracle career..

Learn the basics of ERP: Just the overall understanding of what ERP is all about? Why companies use ERP? Check some articles on this site and Google for ERP and MRP (Material Resource Planning)

Learn Oracle basics like SQL, pl/sql: This is a must requirement for anybody who wishes to break into this field. If you have any RDBMS skills like MySQL or SQL Server then you are almost there. Just download the database, which is available freely at http://www.oracle.com/, follow the Oracle By Example series, it provides step-by-step instructions on how to learn each Oracle technology.

Learn at least couple of tools to build extensions to Oracle apps: Again follow the above point and learn to develop applications using technologies like Oracle Forms or Oracle Applications Frame Work using jdeveloper, Oracle Reports etc.

Learn fundamentals of at least 4-5 modules: Some of the key modules are General Ledger, Accounts Payables, Accounts Receivables, Purchasing and Inventory. You may select each module at a time and start understanding basics of each. This is somewhat of an optional track if you decide to just become a core technical person to begin with. But you should always try to gain the understanding as you go forward.

Learn Discoverer: Discoverer is a Business Intelligence tool used for creating ad-hoc reports and dashboards. It is one of the easiest thing to learn and become a quick expert.

Get some Training: You can order some CBTs available online at Oracle University and if you Google you will find a bunch of companies offering free ERP training in all the above modules and also try to place you in your first assignment.

Get your first assignment: If you have mastered Oracle SQL/PLSQL and learnt Discoverer then you have already become a basic Oracle Developer and you should be able to get a basic entry-level position to begin with. I am sure there are lots of opportunities with even just this basic skill set.

In order to get your first break, offer your services free of cost to any company that may be using Oracle. This way you get to learn and work at the same time and when the client sees the potential in you they might offer you a salaried position, so it becomes a win-win situation.

Well you see there are only few steps in jump-starting your Oracle Career and they are not even a complete 10!

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