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System Integration and ERP Overview

The document discusses the components and benefits of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, including inventory management, materials requirements planning, and various management levels. It highlights the advantages such as improved efficiency, data integration, and better customer service, while also addressing limitations like the complexity of implementation and the need for retraining staff. Additionally, it lists major ERP vendors like SAP and Oracle.

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System Integration and ERP Overview

The document discusses the components and benefits of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, including inventory management, materials requirements planning, and various management levels. It highlights the advantages such as improved efficiency, data integration, and better customer service, while also addressing limitations like the complexity of implementation and the need for retraining staff. Additionally, it lists major ERP vendors like SAP and Oracle.

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System Integration Technologies ERP’s

➢ Inventory Management & Control


➢ Materials Requirements Planning
Management category
(MRP)
➢ Strategic ➢ Materials Requirements Planning
➢ Mid-management (MRP-II)
➢ Operational ➢ Enterprise Resource Planning
➢ Enterprise Resource Planning or
ERPII
Information Systems provide a high level ERP System Components
of computer automation to support
business functions such as: ➢ Hardware
➢ Software Process
➢ Accounting ➢ Information
➢ Human Resources Management ➢ Process
➢ Marketing ➢ People
➢ Finance
➢ Customer Service ERP components integration (pyramid)
➢ Operations
➢ User
Management Pyramid and Information ➢ ERP
Requirements ➢ Database
➢ Operating System Components
Decision Requirements ➢ Hardware infrastructure
➢ Unstructured
➢ Semi-structured
➢ Structured Logical Architecture of an ERP System

Layers

➢ Strategic planning
➢ Management control
➢ Operational control

Integrated Systems-ERP

jbhj
can be a tedious and complex
process
Tiered Architecture Example of ERP
➢ Retraining of IT staff and end users
System
of the new system can produce
resistance and reduce productivity.

Business Benefits of an ERP System

➢ Increasing agility of the organization


in terms of responding to changes in
environment for growth and
maintaining market share
➢ Information sharing helps
collaboration between units
➢ Linking and exchanging information
in real-time with supply-chain
partners improves efficiency
➢ Better customer service due to
quicker information flow across
System Benefits of an ERP systems: departments.
➢ Efficiency of business processes are
➢ Integration of data and applications
enhanced due to the re-engineering
across functional areas (i.e., data
of business processes
can be entered once and used by all
applications; thus improving Business Limitations of an ERP
accuracy and quality of the data). System
➢ Improvements in maintenance and
support as IT staff is centralized. ➢ Retraining of all employees with the
➢ Consistency of the user interface new system can be costly and time
across various applications means consuming
less employee training, better ➢ Change of business roles and
productivity, and cross-functional department boundaries can create
job movements. upheaval and resistance to the new
➢ Security of data and applications is system
enhanced due to better controls
and centralization of hardware
Improved business processes may
System Limitations of an ERP systems: result in:
➢ Complexity of installing, ➢ Improved customer satisfaction.
configuring, and maintaining the ➢ Reductions in cost.
system increases, thus requiring ➢ Increased productivity by allocating
specialized IT staff, hardware, and resources to more value-added
network facilities activities
➢ Consolidation of IT hardware,
software, and people resources can
be cumbersome and difficult to
attain
➢ Data conversion and transformation
from an old system to a new one
ERP Implementation Methodology

Product Life Cycle

Project Management

ERP Vendors

➢ SAP
➢ Oracle/Peoplesoft
➢ Infor
➢ Microsoft Dynamics
➢ Lawson
➢ SSA Global
➢ Epicor
➢

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