Understanding ERP: For Faith Lumbers
Understanding ERP: For Faith Lumbers
Understanding ERP: For Faith Lumbers
Define ERP
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is
a category of business-management
softwaretypically a suite of
integrated applicationsthat an
organization can use to collect, store,
manage and interpret data from
many business activities, including:
product planning, cost.
manufacturing or service delivery.
marketing and sales
Sales Dept.
Customer
Demographic
Files
Orders
Parts
Customers
Accounting
Files
Accounting
Sends report
Sends report
Invoices
accounting
Vendor
Order is placed
with Vendor
Purchasing
Files
Purchasing
Ships parts
Warehouse
Inventory
Files
Sales Dept.
Customers
Inventory Data
If no parts,
order is placed
through DB
Accounting
Financial Data exchange;
Books invoice against PO
Business Benefit:
One single software
Single
Order is submitted
to Purchasing.
Purchasing record
order in DB
Source of
Truth
Database
Books inventory
against PO
Order is placed
with Vendor
Warehouse
Vendor
Purchasing
Ships parts
And invoices accounting
Modules in ERP
Customer
Relationship
Management
(CRM)
Supply Chain
Management
(SCM)
ERP
Business
Intelligence (BI)
Human Capital
Management
(HCM)