Huawei has announced the development of an efficient enterprise resource planning software system called MetaERP. With simple, cloud-native architecture, it has greater operational efficiency and quality of service, as well as lower costs. In addition, it allows you End dependency on third-party manufacturers and with US restrictions.
The work to replace its internal software began three years ago and is advancing at a very good pace. And it is that currently manages 100% of business situations of Huawei and the 80% of your business volume. Unlike what happened with the software of the American OracleNow you have full control over it.
MetaERP is considered the larger and more complex transformation project undertaken by Huawei throughout its history, since thousands of employees have been involved in it. It is based on the cloud computing systemswhich are more effective than conventional ERPs and process an average of 15 million lines of accounting entries per day.
The key to MetaERP is that is based on real-time metadata and intelligencesomething that improves service efficiency and operational quality, and that contributes to Huawei’s objective of building a full, quality and simple architecture, offering the best features at the lowest cost.
That is why its public presentation took place on April 19 at an internal ceremony held in the south of China, in the city of Dongguan. It was attended by the rotating president of the company, meng wanzhoudaughter of the founder, Ren zhengfei.
With MetaERP, Huawei ensures manage all your key operations, from accounting to supply chain management. For CAT jingwen (member of Huawei’s board of directors and president of the department of quality, business processes and IT management) this news is synonymous with breaking the blockade, with the survival of the company in the face of US control.
Huawei’s objective now is none other than to continue growing, so it would not be strange if it began to market your new ERP system to compete with Oracle and SAP. However, for the moment, there is no officiality in this regard and it will remain as an internal service.
An unprecedented tension
In May 2019, the US Department of Commerce included Huawei in a trade blacklist due to the company’s alleged security concerns. Huawei’s reliance on Oracle was untenable from that year onwards when it stopped providing software updates and technical services.
All trade sanctions imposed towards the company hindered its ability to obtain items made with US technology. They even removed the service and patches for the ERP tools it bought from Oracle, something fundamental to its operation during the last two decades.
We recently got the news that Seagate Technology had agreed with the US authorities to pay a fine of 300 million dollars for shipping more than $1.1 billion worth of hard drives to Huawei in violation of US export control laws.
Seagate shipped 7.4 million units to Huawei in the year after the 2020 rule went into effect, making it the company’s sole supplier of hard drives. The position was that their foreign-made units were not subject to US export control regulations not being a direct product of American teams.
Collaborating entities in MetaERP
According to the Bloomberg agency, the Chinese president, Xi Jinpingordered China to increase the use of own alternatives to replace all foreign technologies. In exchange, it would give companies and research institutes a increased funding and tax incentives. It is the wish of the Beijing government for be fully self-sufficient in key technologies and divest from US control and licences.
In this sense, they have collaborated other local partners at the MetaERP launch as cybersecurity firm Qi An Xin Technology Group and software developers Kingdee International Software Group and Kingsoft.
