What is ERP!!

Sistems that allow companies to manage all the resouces they have!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERPs) integrate all DATA!!!

AS WE SAID IN LAST POST!!! Acme creates software to integrate all data, but the data integrations is a process in which organizations are willing to focalice all processes.

A typical ERP system will use multiple components of computer software and hardware to achieve the integration.

DATABASES is a key ingredient of most ERP systems to store data for the various system modules.

Advantages

• Integration software applications
• Change how a product is made.
• Effective dates can be used to control when the switch over
• Security ERP to protect against both outsider crime

Disadvantages

• inadequate investment in ongoing training for involved personnel
• lack of corporate policy protecting the integrity of the data in the ERP systems and how it is used.
• Success depends on the skill and experience of the workforce, including training about how to make the system work correctly.
• Many companies cut costs by cutting training budgets.
• Privately owned small enterprises are often undercapitalized.
• Customization of the ERP software is limited.
• ERP systems can be very expensive to install often ranging from 30,000 to 500,000,000 for multinational companies.
• ERPs are often seen as too rigid and too difficult to adapt to the specific workflow and business process of some companies.
• Systems can be difficult to use.
• Once a system is established, switching costs are very high for any one of the partners (reducing flexibility and strategic control at the corporate level).
• Resistance in sharing sensitive internal information between departments can reduce the effectiveness of the software.