Enterprise systems are a growing topic in information systems. Many companies are starting to integrate enterprise systems to the operations and as a form of information systems. The acronym for ERP is Enterprise Resource Planning. ERP comprises of multi-module applications merged and together they integrate activities of different departments of an organization. In addition to software applications that are used to accomplish the integration, it also entails the hardware, the users involved and the under laid network. ERP integrates activities such as production operations of manufacturing, human resource management, finance activities of purchases, accounts receipting and invoicing, general ledger book keeping, products warehousing and transportation among other activities for an organization. Enterprise systems are required to be implemented in organizations in order to have integrated management of information systems.
ERP integrates activities in the departments of Human Resource, Finance, payroll, production operations and transport. The ERP system gathers data and processes for the activities within the organization making it act as unit. It makes it easy for solutions to be achieved since all the processes and data for the organization are assembled under centralized robust databases for the particular departments. This creates better interactions among processes therefore giving a dependable delivery of quality goods and services (Da Xu 82).
Many organizations do not understand the need to have a competitive advantage when implementing ERP packages. This should be the overriding factor when the implementation of the ERP is being done. It is also evident that most of these companies do not understand the products they are adopting. The products are complex and have a lot of modules. There is a need to address these issues and know the role that these modules will play in the overall organization.
Works Cited
Da Xu, Li. "Enterprise systems: state-of-the-art and future trends." Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on 7.4 (2011): 630-640.
