Huawei has replaced its legacy enterprise resource planning (ERP) system with its MetaERP system, which it has full control over.
The self-controlled MetaERP was developed in response to the increasing external pressure and business challenges Huawei faced since 2019. Over the past three years, Huawei has invested significant resources and assigned several thousand people to the MetaERP project, while working with industry and ecosystem partners to overcome related challenges.
Today, MetaERP handles 100% of Huawei's business scenarios and 80% of its business volume. MetaERP has already passed the tests of monthly, quarterly, and yearly settlements while ensuring zero faults, zero delays, and zero accounting adjustments.
"We were cut off from our old ERP system and other core operation and management systems more than three years ago. Since then, we have not only been able to build our own MetaERP, but also manage the switch and prove its capabilities. Today we are proud to announce that we have broken through the blockade. We have survived!" says Tao Jingwen, Huawei's board member and president of the Quality, Business Process & IT Management Department.
Huawei has complete, full-stack control over MetaERP, which has been built with other Huawei systems like EulerOS and GaussDB.
Huawei has also worked with partners to incorporate advanced technologies — such as cloud-native architecture, metadata-driven multi-tenant architecture, and real-time intelligence — into the MetaERP system to significantly improve service efficiency and operational quality.
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Huawei's guiding principles are to build the simplest possible architecture with the best possible quality, delivering the best possible experience at the lowest possible costs.
In a range of fields, including both ERP and PLM, Huawei will keep working with partners to build more efficient and secure core enterprise business systems that are not subject to any restrictions.
"Leaps in technology take a spirit of craftsmanship and years of experience. More importantly, it takes an open mind to drive leaps in the way we think. We wouldn't have been able to build MetaERP without the support of our partners. Innovation is only possible with an open mind, and thriving is only possible when we work together," says Sabrina Meng, Huawei's rotating chairwoman and CFO.
