Erp
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Seminar in Information Systems
Taught by Professor David Kight
October 23, 2008
Table of Contents
ABSTRACT…………………………….……………………………………………….……….3
What is ERP?...................................................................................................... 4
ERP History………………………..………………..………………………….5
Oracle and History…………………………………..………………………….6
Roadmap to Fusion…………..…………………………………………………7
References ……………………………………………………………………....9
Abstract
ERP systems are meant to make companies and businesses operate more efficiently when they are not. The main goal for a company is to choose a vender that will give them the safest and easiest way to operate efficiently and achieve their business goals.
What is ERP?
• “An Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are software systems for business management, supporting areas such as planning, manufacturing, sales, marketing, distribution, accounting, finance, human resource management, project management, inventory management, service and maintenance, transportation, and e-business”.( Haag, Cummings, Phillips, S, M, A (2007). Mangement Information Systems. New Yory, NY: The McGraw-Hill Company Inc..)
The ERP system allows a strategic flow of information between all areas within an enterprise in a consistently productive manner.
• The purpose of implementing an ERP system in a company is when the company isn’t operating efficiently. Look at it like this, when your body is sick, you know you need to take medicine, you just can’t stand the taste. And in the same matter when your company isn’t operating efficiently, you’ve got to take steps to correct it. Most companies just fear the disruption, the learning, and the cost and the inconvenience of it all. “Another way to look at or understand ERP is cars have dashboards so the driver can get to where he or she wants to go. Airports have...
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