ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP)
Serve as the organization's backbone in providing fundamental decision-making support.
The heart of ERP system is a central database that collects information from and feeds information into all the ERP system's individual application components (called modules), supporting diverse business function such as accounting, manufacturing, marketing, and human resources.
ERP system help organization to achieve :
- Obtain operational efficiencies, lower costs, improve supplier, and customer relations, all units of the organization must work together towards goal.
- ERP automates business processes such as order fulfillment- taking an order from a customer, shipping the purchase, and then billing for it.
ERP enables employees across the organization to share information across a single, centralized database
Integration Tools
An integrated enterprise infuses support areas, such as finance and human resources, with a strong customer orientation.
Integration are achieved using:
- Middleware - several different types of software that sit in the middle of and provide connectivity between two or more software applications. It translates information between disparate systems
- Enterprise application integration (EAI) middleware- represents a new approach to middleware by packaging together commonly used functionality, such as providing pre-built links to popular enterprise applications, which reduces the time necessary to develop solutions that integrate applications from multiple vendors.
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