The Enterprise IT Design Plan Story
When you walk into different IT operational setups with an open mind and watch enterprise workflow, you see what everyone's doing. Although sometimes disconnected and unaware, both leadership (strategy) and delivery (executive) teams are working with cloud and on-premise technology in the same 7 design plans:
This is very common in the retail sector, where even a mid-sized retailer will have a discrete Point-of-Sale (POS) product and financials application, then a series of specialized applications to handle business requirements such as warehouse management, staff rostering, merchandising and logistics.
Ideally, ERP delivers a single database that contains all data for the software modules, which would include:
Manufacturing
Engineering, Bills of Material, Scheduling, Capacity, Workflow Management, Quality Control, Cost Management, Manufacturing Process, Manufacturing Projects, Manufacturing Flow
Supply Chain Management
Inventory, Order Entry, Purchasing, Product Configurator, Supply Chain Planning, Supplier Scheduling, Inspection of goods, Claim Processing, Commission Calculation
Financials
General Ledger, Cash Management, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets
Projects
Costing, Billing, Time and Expense, Activity Management
Human Resources
Human Resources, Payroll, Training, Time & Attendance, Benefits
Customer Relationship Management
Sales and Marketing, Commissions, Service, Customer Contact and Call Center support
ERP Planning
Business owners and executives often expect that installing an ERP system will be a long, difficult and costly process. But it doesn't have to be that way, if you make the right choice. A true solution responds to your needs for reasonable cost and minimal disruption, as well as smooth-running software.
ERP Planning
Business owners and executives often expect that installing an ERP system will be a long, difficult and costly process. But it doesn't have to be that way, if you make the right choice. A true solution responds to your needs for reasonable cost and minimal disruption, as well as smooth-running software.
It might help to compare ERP software to the choices you have available when you buy a new suit for your organization
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