Using Information System for Strategic Advantages
What Is ERP? The acronym ERP stands for enterprise resource planning . It refers to the systems and software packages used by organizations to manage day-to-day business activities, such as accounting , procurement , project management and manufacturing . ERP systems tie together and define a plethora of business processes and enable the flow of data between them. By collecting an organization’s shared transactional data from multiple sources, ERP systems eliminate data duplication and provide data integrity with a “single source of truth.” Today, ERP systems are critical for managing thousands of businesses of all sizes and in all industries. To these companies, ERP is as indispensable as the electricity that keeps the lights on. ERP systems are designed around a common, defined data structure (schema) that usually has a common database. ERP systems provide access to enterprise data from multiple activities using common constructs and defin...