ERP System Features

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System we are talking here and in last post we talk about Overview of ERP System.

Today we are going to talk about ERP System Features.

Ideally, ERP delivers a single database that contains all data for the software modules, which would include:

• Manufacturing
  Engineering, Bills of Material, Scheduling, Capacity, Workflow Management, Quality Control, Cost Management, Manufacturing Process, Manufacturing Projects, Manufacturing Flow.
  
• Supply Chain Management
  Inventory, Order Entry, Purchasing, Product Configurator, Supply Chain Planning, Supplier Scheduling, Inspection of goods, Claim Processing, Commission Calculation.
  
• Financials
  General Ledger, Cash Management, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets.
  
• Projects
  Costing, Billing, Time and Expense, Activity Management.
  
• Human Resources
  Human Resources, Payroll, Training, Time & Attendance, Benefits.
  
• Customer Relationship Management
  Sales and Marketing, Commissions, Service, Customer Contact and Call Center support.
  
• Data Warehouse
  and various Self-Service interfaces for Customers, Suppliers, and Employees.

ref: CRM Software, wikipedia

Enterprise Resource Planning System

Enterprise Resource Planning we are talking here and we talk Origin of the term. We also talk ERP Sytem-1 and ERP System-2 in older post.

Today we are going to talk about overview of Enterprise Resource Planning System.

Overview
Some organizations — typically those with sufficient in-house IT skills to integrate multiple software products — choose to implement only portions of an ERP system and develop an external interface to other ERP or stand-alone systems for their other application needs.

For instance, the PeopleSoft HRMS and financials systems may be perceived to be better than SAP's HRMS solution. And likewise, some may perceive SAP's manufacturing as better than PeopleSoft's equivalents. Same way BimSym’s Leadorganizer is better than other CRM and SFA software in the industry. In this case these organizations may justify the purchase of an ERP system, but choose to purchase the PeopleSoft HRMS and financials modules from Oracle, and their remaining applications from SAP, BimSym.

This is very common in the retail sector, where even a mid-sized retailer will have a discrete Point-of-Sale (POS) product and financials application, then a series of specialized applications to handle business requirements such as warehouse management, staff rostering, merchandising and logistics.


ref: crm & sfa software, wikipedia, customazie software development

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

We talk ERP System -1 and ERP System-2 in our past talk. Today we are going to talk about Origin of the term ERP.

The Origin of the term Enterprise Resource Planning:-
The term ERP originally implied systems designed to plan the use of enterprise-wide resources. Although the initialism ERP originated in the manufacturing environment, today's use of the term ERP systems has much broader scope. ERP systems typically attempt to cover all basic functions of an organization, regardless of the organization's business or charter. Businesses, non-profit organizations, nongovernmental organizations, governments, and other large entities utilize ERP systems.

To be considered an ERP system, a software package must provide the functionality of at least two systems. For example, a software package that provides both payroll and accounting functions could technically be considered an ERP software package.

However, the term is typically reserved for larger, more broadly based applications. The introduction of an ERP system to replace two or more independent applications eliminates the need for external interfaces previously required between systems, and provides additional benefits that range from standardization and lower maintenance (one system instead of two or more) to easier and/or greater reporting capabilities (as all data is typically kept in one database).

Examples of modules in an ERP which formerly would have been stand-alone applications include: Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Financials, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Human Resources, Warehouse Management and Decision Support System.

ref: CRM & SFA Software, wikipedia