Business Leaders Believe an ERP System is an Indispensable Organizational Asset
The phrase Enterprise Resource Planning and its acronym, “ERP”, began to gain popularity over twenty years ago in the realms of manufacturing and engineering. As time passed, the scope of ERP expanded into many other disciplines such as accounting, maintenance and human resources. By the mid”“1990s ERP systems were capable of dealing with all significant functions of an enterprise. Further, governments and non”“profit organizations also began to use ERP systems. So, implementation of those systems became commonplace.
ERP systems initially dealt with automating back office activities which did not directly impact customers and/or the general public. However, “front office” functions, such as customer relationship management (CRM), dealt directly with customers, or e”“business systems such as e”“commerce, e”“government, e”“telecom, and e”“finance””or supplier relationship management (SRM) became integrated later, when the Internet simplified communicating with external parties.
“ERP II” entered the lexicon in the early 2000s. It describes web”“based software that provides employees and partners (such as suppliers and customers) with real”“time access to ERP systems. The ERP II role expands traditional ERP’s resource optimization and transaction processing. Rather than just manage buying, selling, etc., ERP II optimizes information in the resources under its management so as to assist the enterprise collaborate with other enterprises. Further, ERP II is more flexible than the first generation ERP. Instead of limiting ERP system capabilities within the organization, it extends the enterprise’s walls in order to interact with other systems. Such systems are known as Enterprise Application Suites.
ERP systems integrate internal and external management of information across an entire organization””embracing finance/accounting, manufacturing, sales and service, customer relationship management, etc. ERP systems automate this activity with an integrated software application. ERP facilitates information flow between all business functions inside the organization, and manages connections to outside stakeholders.
Enterprise system software is now a multi-billion dollar industry that produces components that support a variety of business functions. IT investments have become the largest category of capital expenditure in United States-based businesses over the past decade. Enterprise systems are complex software packages that offer the potential of integrating data and processes across functions in an enterprise.
The main example is ERP systems. Organizations consider the ERP system to be their backbone and an indispensable organizational asset, because it integrates varied organizational systems, and enables flawless transactions and production. However, an ERP system is radically different from traditional systems development, because ERP systems can run on a variety of computer hardware and network configurations, typically employing a database as a repository for information.
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