Why have an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)?
Any company that wants to be successful needs to meet all its commitments on time in order to become highly competitive in the market. For various reasons, sometimes the stated objectives are not met because they depend in in part on the people doing the work, it could be delays, omissions, failures and oversights. All these situations result in sanctions that affect customer satisfaction and the company’s finances.
The ERP, back office applications are designed to provide direct support of operations, organizing and optimizing the operations of a company, using a centralized system in which all authorized users have direct access to information needed at all times and from different areas.
Like any software, operates on a programming platform, followed by a series of management databases from the departments that want to integrate; his organization is through modules, which connect to different databases , as required for each department.
ERPs are highly customizable according to the needs of different users and each company.
ERPs provide integrated enterprise-wide information covering all functional areas such as manufacturing, sales and distribution, accounting, inventory, human resources, etc.
By integrating and automating most business processes and share information across the enterprise in real time, it will improve customer service and company image.
Its implementation gives strategic advantages as it allows, through rapid access of information, make timely decisions, facilitating and enhancing business intelligence in a more efficient business processes.
The tangible benefits of their implementation are improving process productivity and staff productivity.
Despite all the advantages described for ERP, there are some limitations for implantation in a company, even though these systems can be adjusted to each company, are often complex and some companies do not know how to adjust to them, and secondly its implementation is usually costly and time required having employees able to control the system. Taking into account these minor inconveniences, it is possible that the implementation of an ERP system in a company be successful.
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06 Feb 2013
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Isabel Bereniz Terrones Levano
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