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ERP �" Enterprise Resource Planning

ERP stands for Enterprise Resource Planning. ERP is a way to integrate the data and processes of an organization into one single system. Usually ERP systems will have many components including hardware and software, in order to achieve integration, most ERP systems use a unified database to store data for various functions found throughout the organization. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a company-wide computer software system used to manage and coordinate all the resources, information, and functions of a business from shared data stores.

An ERP system has a service-oriented architecture with modular hardware and software units or "services" that communicate on a local area network. The modular design allows a business to add or reconfigure modules (perhaps from different vendors) while preserving data integrity in one shared database that may be centralized or distributed.

The term ERP originally referred to how a large organization planned to use organizational wide resources. In the past, ERP systems were used in larger more industrial types of companies. However, the use of ERP has changed and is extremely comprehensive, today the term can refer to any type of company, no matter what industry it falls in. In fact, ERP systems are used in almost any type of organization - large or small.

In order for a software system to be considered ERP, it must provide an organization with functionality for two or more systems. While some ERP packages exist that only cover two functions for an organization (QuickBooks: Payroll & Accounting), most ERP systems cover several functions.

Today's ERP systems can cover a wide range of functions and integrate them into one unified database. For instance, functions such as Human Resources, Supply Chain Management, Customer Relationship managemet, Financials, Manufacturing functions and Warehouse Management functions were all once stand alone software applications, usually housed with their own database and network, today, they can all fit under one umbrella - the ERP system.

·         Reasons to get ERP

·         Many people say that ERP is the future, that it is completely necessary nowadays. The following are the reasons to implement an ERP software system in an organization.

·         Enhance productivity, flexibility and customer responsiveness: From quote to cash, an integrated business system helps you get product out the door faster. ERP gives you the tools to maximize the efficiency of business processes across the entire enterprise. Forecast demand to suppliers. Increase on-time delivery. Automate the shop floor. Decrease lead times. Increase order capacity. Make commitments you know you can keep.

  • Enable new business and growth strategies: Undertaking new business strategies requires an infrastructure that can handle the demands of an industry that is increasingly dependent on technology. Updating and integrating your business processes with an enterprise system enables you to take on more business and grow in new directions. Connect multiple plants. Take advantage of the Internet and wireless technology to connect to customers and partners. Introduce new product lines. Mobilize your sales force.
  • Eliminate costs and inefficiencies: Using an enterprise system to standardize your business processes can dramatically improve your company’s bottom line. Better resource management results in more inventory turns. Management of your vendor relationships reduces costs for purchased items. More efficient scheduling on the shop floor reduces downtime and overtime. Improved customer service leads to repeat business.
  • Expand your knowledge of key business data : An ERP system integrates all business management functions, eliminating contradictory information from disparate systems. Reports, graphs and charts on key business data can be automatically generated to provide a higher level of business performance visibility, with the drill-down capability into details behind the data that you’ve always dreamed of.
  • Extend your business using the Internet:Taking your business onto the Internet can give your company a competitive edge. Web-enabled technology allows you to access information, sell product, run business processes, and communicate with your customers and partners at any time and from anywhere in the world.

 

ERP �" Enterprise Resource Planning

ERP stands for Enterprise Resource Planning. ERP is a way to integrate the data and processes of an organization into one single system. Usually ERP systems will have many components including hardware and software, in order to achieve integration, most ERP systems use a unified database to store data for various functions found throughout the organization. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a company-wide computer software system used to manage and coordinate all the resources, information, and functions of a business from shared data stores.

An ERP system has a service-oriented architecture with modular hardware and software units or "services" that communicate on a local area network. The modular design allows a business to add or reconfigure modules (perhaps from different vendors) while preserving data integrity in one shared database that may be centralized or distributed.

The term ERP originally referred to how a large organization planned to use organizational wide resources. In the past, ERP systems were used in larger more industrial types of companies. However, the use of ERP has changed and is extremely comprehensive, today the term can refer to any type of company, no matter what industry it falls in. In fact, ERP systems are used in almost any type of organization - large or small.

In order for a software system to be considered ERP, it must provide an organization with functionality for two or more systems. While some ERP packages exist that only cover two functions for an organization (QuickBooks: Payroll & Accounting), most ERP systems cover several functions.

Today's ERP systems can cover a wide range of functions and integrate them into one unified database. For instance, functions such as Human Resources, Supply Chain Management, Customer Relationship managemet, Financials, Manufacturing functions and Warehouse Management functions were all once stand alone software applications, usually housed with their own database and network, today, they can all fit under one umbrella - the ERP system.

·         Reasons to get ERP

·         Many people say that ERP is the future, that it is completely necessary nowadays. The following are the reasons to implement an ERP software system in an organization.

·         Enhance productivity, flexibility and customer responsiveness: From quote to cash, an integrated business system helps you get product out the door faster. ERP gives you the tools to maximize the efficiency of business processes across the entire enterprise. Forecast demand to suppliers. Increase on-time delivery. Automate the shop floor. Decrease lead times. Increase order capacity. Make commitments you know you can keep.

  • Enable new business and growth strategies: Undertaking new business strategies requires an infrastructure that can handle the demands of an industry that is increasingly dependent on technology. Updating and integrating your business processes with an enterprise system enables you to take on more business and grow in new directions. Connect multiple plants. Take advantage of the Internet and wireless technology to connect to customers and partners. Introduce new product lines. Mobilize your sales force.
  • Eliminate costs and inefficiencies: Using an enterprise system to standardize your business processes can dramatically improve your company’s bottom line. Better resource management results in more inventory turns. Management of your vendor relationships reduces costs for purchased items. More efficient scheduling on the shop floor reduces downtime and overtime. Improved customer service leads to repeat business.
  • Expand your knowledge of key business data : An ERP system integrates all business management functions, eliminating contradictory information from disparate systems. Reports, graphs and charts on key business data can be automatically generated to provide a higher level of business performance visibility, with the drill-down capability into details behind the data that you’ve always dreamed of.
  • Extend your business using the Internet:Taking your business onto the Internet can give your company a competitive edge. Web-enabled technology allows you to access information, sell product, run business processes, and communicate with your customers and partners at any time and from anywhere in the world.

 

ERP �" Enterprise Resource Planning

ERP stands for Enterprise Resource Planning. ERP is a way to integrate the data and processes of an organization into one single system. Usually ERP systems will have many components including hardware and software, in order to achieve integration, most ERP systems use a unified database to store data for various functions found throughout the organization. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a company-wide computer software system used to manage and coordinate all the resources, information, and functions of a business from shared data stores.

An ERP system has a service-oriented architecture with modular hardware and software units or "services" that communicate on a local area network. The modular design allows a business to add or reconfigure modules (perhaps from different vendors) while preserving data integrity in one shared database that may be centralized or distributed.

The term ERP originally referred to how a large organization planned to use organizational wide resources. In the past, ERP systems were used in larger more industrial types of companies. However, the use of ERP has changed and is extremely comprehensive, today the term can refer to any type of company, no matter what industry it falls in. In fact, ERP systems are used in almost any type of organization - large or small.

In order for a software system to be considered ERP, it must provide an organization with functionality for two or more systems. While some ERP packages exist that only cover two functions for an organization (QuickBooks: Payroll & Accounting), most ERP systems cover several functions.

Today's ERP systems can cover a wide range of functions and integrate them into one unified database. For instance, functions such as Human Resources, Supply Chain Management, Customer Relationship managemet, Financials, Manufacturing functions and Warehouse Management functions were all once stand alone software applications, usually housed with their own database and network, today, they can all fit under one umbrella - the ERP system.

·         Reasons to get ERP

·         Many people say that ERP is the future, that it is completely necessary nowadays. The following are the reasons to implement an ERP software system in an organization.

·         Enhance productivity, flexibility and customer responsiveness: From quote to cash, an integrated business system helps you get product out the door faster. ERP gives you the tools to maximize the efficiency of business processes across the entire enterprise. Forecast demand to suppliers. Increase on-time delivery. Automate the shop floor. Decrease lead times. Increase order capacity. Make commitments you know you can keep.

  • Enable new business and growth strategies: Undertaking new business strategies requires an infrastructure that can handle the demands of an industry that is increasingly dependent on technology. Updating and integrating your business processes with an enterprise system enables you to take on more business and grow in new directions. Connect multiple plants. Take advantage of the Internet and wireless technology to connect to customers and partners. Introduce new product lines. Mobilize your sales force.
  • Eliminate costs and inefficiencies: Using an enterprise system to standardize your business processes can dramatically improve your company’s bottom line. Better resource management results in more inventory turns. Management of your vendor relationships reduces costs for purchased items. More efficient scheduling on the shop floor reduces downtime and overtime. Improved customer service leads to repeat business.
  • Expand your knowledge of key business data : An ERP system integrates all business management functions, eliminating contradictory information from disparate systems. Reports, graphs and charts on key business data can be automatically generated to provide a higher level of business performance visibility, with the drill-down capability into details behind the data that you’ve always dreamed of.
  • Extend your business using the Internet:Taking your business onto the Internet can give your company a competitive edge. Web-enabled technology allows you to access information, sell product, run business processes, and communicate with your customers and partners at any time and from anywhere in the world.

 

ERP �" Enterprise Resource Planning

ERP stands for Enterprise Resource Planning. ERP is a way to integrate the data and processes of an organization into one single system. Usually ERP systems will have many components including hardware and software, in order to achieve integration, most ERP systems use a unified database to store data for various functions found throughout the organization. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a company-wide computer software system used to manage and coordinate all the resources, information, and functions of a business from shared data stores.

An ERP system has a service-oriented architecture with modular hardware and software units or "services" that communicate on a local area network. The modular design allows a business to add or reconfigure modules (perhaps from different vendors) while preserving data integrity in one shared database that may be centralized or distributed.

The term ERP originally referred to how a large organization planned to use organizational wide resources. In the past, ERP systems were used in larger more industrial types of companies. However, the use of ERP has changed and is extremely comprehensive, today the term can refer to any type of company, no matter what industry it falls in. In fact, ERP systems are used in almost any type of organization - large or small.

In order for a software system to be considered ERP, it must provide an organization with functionality for two or more systems. While some ERP packages exist that only cover two functions for an organization (QuickBooks: Payroll & Accounting), most ERP systems cover several functions.

Today's ERP systems can cover a wide range of functions and integrate them into one unified database. For instance, functions such as Human Resources, Supply Chain Management, Customer Relationship managemet, Financials, Manufacturing functions and Warehouse Management functions were all once stand alone software applications, usually housed with their own database and network, today, they can all fit under one umbrella - the ERP system.

·         Reasons to get ERP

·         Many people say that ERP is the future, that it is completely necessary nowadays. The following are the reasons to implement an ERP software system in an organization.

·         Enhance productivity, flexibility and customer responsiveness: From quote to cash, an integrated business system helps you get product out the door faster. ERP gives you the tools to maximize the efficiency of business processes across the entire enterprise. Forecast demand to suppliers. Increase on-time delivery. Automate the shop floor. Decrease lead times. Increase order capacity. Make commitments you know you can keep.

  • Enable new business and growth strategies: Undertaking new business strategies requires an infrastructure that can handle the demands of an industry that is increasingly dependent on technology. Updating and integrating your business processes with an enterprise system enables you to take on more business and grow in new directions. Connect multiple plants. Take advantage of the Internet and wireless technology to connect to customers and partners. Introduce new product lines. Mobilize your sales force.
  • Eliminate costs and inefficiencies: Using an enterprise system to standardize your business processes can dramatically improve your company’s bottom line. Better resource management results in more inventory turns. Management of your vendor relationships reduces costs for purchased items. More efficient scheduling on the shop floor reduces downtime and overtime. Improved customer service leads to repeat business.
  • Expand your knowledge of key business data : An ERP system integrates all business management functions, eliminating contradictory information from disparate systems. Reports, graphs and charts on key business data can be automatically generated to provide a higher level of business performance visibility, with the drill-down capability into details behind the data that you’ve always dreamed of.
  • Extend your business using the Internet:Taking your business onto the Internet can give your company a competitive edge. Web-enabled technology allows you to access information, sell product, run business processes, and communicate with your customers and partners at any time and from anywhere in the world.

 

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