Saturday, 1 March 2014

Chapter 12: Integrating the Organization from End to End—Enterprise Resource Planning

Assalamualaikum everyone. Today i want to share with you guys what are integrating the organization from end to end. So lets everyone.


ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP)
•          At the heart of all ERP systems is a database, when a user enters or updates information in one module, it is immediately and automatically updated throughout the entire system


 •          ERP systems automate business processes

 BRINGING THE ORGANIZATION TOGETHER
•          ERP – bringing the organization together


THE EVOLUTION OF ERP


 INTEGRATING SCM, CRM, AND ERP
•          SCM, CRM, and ERP are the backbone of e-business
•          Integration of these applications is the key to success for many companies
•          Integration allows the unlocking of information to make it available to any user, anywhere, anytime
•          SCM and CRM market overview 



 •          General audience and purpose of SCM, CRM and ERP


 INTEGRATION TOOLS 
•          Many companies purchase modules from an ERP vendor, an SCM vendor, and a CRM vendor and must integrate the different modules together
–      Middleware – several different types of software which sit in the middle of and provide connectivity between two or more software applications
–      Enterprise application integration (EAI) middleware – packages together commonly used functionality which reduced the time necessary to develop solutions that integrate applications from multiple vendors
•          Data points where SCM, CRM, and ERP integrate


ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP)
•          ERP systems must integrate various organization processes and be:
–      Flexible
–      Modular and open
–      Comprehensive
–      Beyond the company

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING’S EXPLOSIVE GROWTH
•          SAP boasts 20,000 installations and 10 million users worldwide
•          ERP solutions are growing because:
–      ERP is a logical solution to the mess of incompatible applications that had sprung  up in most businesses
–      ERP addresses the need for global information sharing and reporting
–      ERP is used to avoid the pain and expense of fixing legacy systems


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