Articles on Enterprise Resource Planning

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) – Meaning, its Need and Advantages

There are various ways in defining an Enterprise Resource Planning System. This is how it has been defined by American...

Growth and Historical Evaluation of ERP

Use of computer systems is a post second world war phenomenon. The first working computer was developed by two scientists...

ERP and e-Commerce

During 1990s’, the popular method of exchanging information between trading partners were Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and all major ERP...

ERP Vendors and their Products Catering to Different Verticals

During 1990, ERP market was dominated by few vendors namely SAP, BaaN, Oracle, People Soft and JD Edwards, who were...

Technical Foundations of ERP Architectures

Information technology is changing at a fast pace. Underlying ERP technology is needed to keep pace with first changing IT...

Business Process Reengineering and Best Practices

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Business Process Re-engineering (BPR) evolved almost at the same time i.e. 1st half of 1990....

ERP Life Cycle

Initial investment in acquiring and implementing an ERP system is substantial in terms of both human efforts and financial resources....

Implementation of ERP System – Reengineering vs Customization, Big Bang or Phased Implementation

Implementation of ERP System, is a complex exercise, involving many process alterations and several legacy issues. Organizations need a implementation...

Evaluation and Selection of ERP Packages

Evaluation and selection of ERP package is an essential criterion for successful ERP implementation. Quality of selection will have a...

Do’s and Dont’s during ERP Implementation

ERP systems are complex, time consuming and expensive. Instances of failure of ERP projects abound including some high ticket failures...

Identification of Suitable Platform & Environment for ERP Implementation

Any ERP implementation attracts expenditure on account of Operating System (OS) and Relational Database Management (RDBMS) for hosting the system....

Phases of ERP Implementation

Like any other project, ERP implementation goes through various interconnected phases. These phases may be sequential but at occasions overlap....

Change and Risk Management in ERP Implementation

An ERP system is a process and not an end in itself. Perfunctory Implementing of ERP system will not boost...

Return on Investment (ROI) in ERP Project

When a proposal is put forward for implementing an ERP system, two questions are invariably asked i) How much it...

Configuration Control and Setting Up of Base in ERP System

ERP systems were developed based on generic need of various types of organizations, belonging to diverse business segments and further...

Master Data Management of an ERP System

ERP packages contain several modules, such as finance, sales and distribution, materials management, manufacturing and production control, human resources, plant...

ERP – General Ledger and Accounting Management

Financial accounting module of an ERP package provides company wide control and integration of financial information. This module provides the...

ERP – Accounts Payable and Receivable

Accounts payable and Accounts receivable modules are two important execution modules under finance segment of an ERP system. Financial relationship...

Asset Management and Budgetary Control

One of the major financial functions is the management of fixed assets. Asset management module primarily maintains asset register, which...

Cost Estimate and Accounting in ERP

The costing module is one of the important controlling modules which enables effective internal cost control and accounting. All functionalities...

Cash Management Module in ERP

Cash management module provides information relating to cash flow of the organization, by processing and analyzing all cash and bank...

Production Module – BOM and Routing

Bill of Material (BOM) is a base functionality of setting up production module of an ERP system. A manufactured item...

Production Module – Production Planning and Control

To support the need to reduce cost and time to market, greater emphasis is needed to control shop floor activities....

Production Module – Subcontracting and Materials Issue

Production Order Subcontracting – In the age of production outsourcing and the organizational focus on their core competency, subcontracting of...

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