|
What
exactly is ERP? When "ERP" (enterprise resource
planning) is discussed today, it is rarely in the
context of planning how resources are to be expended.
Rather, it refers to an enterprise view of the
business—in other words, a view of a company and all its
parts as connected whole, rather than small silos of
activity.
ERP relates to the software
infrastructure that holds the entire company together
internally, on the one hand, and supports the external
business processes the company engages in, on the other.
|
|
ERP applications
address a business process.
|
|
|
ERP applications are
modular.
|
|
|
ERP applications are
integrated.
|
|
|
ERP applications
include a company's reach beyond its walls—to its
suppliers, customers, and partners.
|
|
|
The entire ERP suite will address all areas (or the
great majority) of a company's business functions. |
 |
