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ERP Characteristics
• Links all business processes automatically
• Reduces the number of legacy systems
• Reduces inter-processing time (transactions occur one time at the source)
• Maintains an audit trail of all transactions
• Utilizes a common database
• Performs internal conversions automatically (tax, foreign currency, legal rules for payroll)
• Improves customer service by putting data at the fingertips of employees
• Involves employees in the entire functional cycle
LIMITATIONS OF ERP
ERP vendors- are business software developers and providers that create, sell and
implement enterprise resource planning systems. Vendors are also responsible for developing
updates and additional releases to keep up with changes in their clients' industries.
• SAP is the recognized global leader among ERP vendors with over 12 million
users. Its solutions are for all types of industries and for every major market.
www.sap.com
• Oracle/Peoplesoft As the second largest ERP vendor, Oracle provides solutions
divided by industry category and promises long- term support for customers of
PeopleSoft- (acquired in 2004). www.oracle.com
• Infor the world's third largest provider of enterprise software. It delivers
integrated enterprise solutions in supply chain, customer relationship and
suppliers management
It helps in the planning and optimizing of the manufacturing capacity, parts, and material
resources using historical production data and sales forecasting?
Production
Inventory Management
Enable creation of project teams based on skills and availability, monitor progress on project,
track time, and analyze results.
HR Management
Are business software developers and providers that create, sell, and implement enterprise
resource planning systems.
-ERP vendors
An integrated set of components for collecting, storing, and processing data and for providing
information, knowledge, and digital products.
- information system (IS)
Enables automated information exchange with business partners (e.g., suppliers, customers)
-Business to business (b2b) integration
information systems that work independently and are grouped by the various functions and
departments, or both
-silos
refer to the approaches and techniques used to bring together different subsystems or
components into a unified system that functions seamlessly together.
-System Integration methods
Give atleast two techniques that are frequently used in system integration.
-Point-to-Point Integration
-Vertical Integrationb
-Star Integration
-Horizontal Integration
-Common Data Format integration
o Star integration- involves connecting each subsystem with other subsystems using
point-to-point connections, allowing for more functionality.
Cloud ERP Integration - A cloud ERP is hosted on a third-party cloud computing platform,
instead of behind a company's firewall or within its own data center.
Continuous Deployment is a set of practices that enable every change that passes
automated tests to be automatically deployed to production.
Source Code Management – tool are specialized software applications that provide a
central repository for storing, managing and versioning source code file and many other
software development artifacts.