Enterprise Resource Planning
In a perfect IT environment your employees would open your enteprise application, complete their daily tasks, close the application, turn off their computers and conclude their workday. Every change made, action item created and item sold would be tracked and all the necessary people would be informed of pertinent changes through automated workflow technologies.
The movement toward one global ERP system is a key factor for any company wishing to stay competitive in today's ever changing world. ERP software integrates all departments and functions across a company onto a single computer system that serves all departments' needs. Implementing a single software program that serves the needs of people in finance as well as the people in human resources and the warehouse can be challenging. Each department typically has its own computer system optimized for the particular ways that the department does its work. ERP combines them into a single, integrated software program that runs off a single database so that the various departments can more easily share information and communicate with each other.
Employees in different departments see the same information and can update it. When one department finishes with the order it is automatically routed via the ERP system to the next department. To find out where the order is at any point, you can log in to the ERP system to track the transaction. The order process flows smoothly through the organization, and customers get their orders faster and with fewer errors. ERP can apply that same magic to other major business processes, such as employee benefits or financial reporting.
