| ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)
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| | standardize business processes and more
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| Overview covers What is
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| | easily enact best
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| ERP, Brief history of ERP, Why is it
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| | practices. By creating more efficient
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| necessary, Market
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| | processes, companies
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| Leaders and the future of ERP.What is
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| | can concentrate their efforts on serving
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| ERP?Enterprise Resource Planning or ERP
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| | their customers and
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| is an industry term for
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| | maximizing profit.Market LeadersThe top
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| integrated, multi-module application
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| | five ERP vendors, SAP, Oracle
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| software packages that
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| | Corporation,
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| are designed to serve and support
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| | Peoplesoft, Inc. (now Oracle Corp.), JD
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| multiple business
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| | Edwards & Company,
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| functions. An ERP system can include
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| | and Baan International, account for 64
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| software for
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| | percent of total ERP
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| manufacturing, order entry, accounts
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| | market revenue. These vendors continue
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| receivable and payable,
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| | to play a major role
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| general ledger, purchasing, warehousing,
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| | in shaping the landscape of new target
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| transportation and
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| | markets, with
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| human resources. Evolving out of the
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| | expanded product functionality, and
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| manufacturing industry,
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| | higher penetration
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| ERP implies the use of packaged software
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| | rates. SAP dominates the $6.7 billion
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| rather than
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| | ERP applications
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| proprietary software written by or for
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| | market in Europe with 39% market share.
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| one customer. ERP
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| | Oracle and
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| modules may be able to interface with an
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| | PeopleSoft come second and third
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| organization's own
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| | respectively, followed by
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| software with varying degrees of effort,
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| | SAGE Group and Microsoft Business
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| and, depending on
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| | Solutions.The Future of ERPIndustry
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| the software, ERP modules may be
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| | analysts expect that every major
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| alterable via the vendor's
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| | manufacturing
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| proprietary tools as well as proprietary
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| | company will buy the software, which
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| or standard
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| | ranges in cost -- with
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| programming languages.Brief History of
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| | maintenance and training -- from
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| ERPThe focus of manufacturing systems in
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| | hundreds of thousands of
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| the 1960's was on
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| | dollars for a small company to millions
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| Inventory control. Most of the software
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| | for a large company.
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| packages then
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| | AMR Research of Boston says
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| (usually customized) were designed to
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| | consolidation among the major
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| handle inventory based
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| | players will continue and intensify. ERP
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| on traditional inventory concepts. In
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| | vendors are
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| the 1970's the focus
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| | expected to put more effort into
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| shifted to MRP (Material Requirement
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| | e-commerce, CRM and SCM
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| Planning) systems that
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| | initiatives, with leaders redirecting
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| translated the Master Schedule built for
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| | between 50% and 75% of
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| the end items into
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| | their R&D budget to these
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| time-phased net requirements for the
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| | projects.According to Gartner research
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| sub-assemblies,
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| | group, the rapid evolution of
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| components and raw materials planning
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| | ERP has already lead to a new corporate
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| and procurement.In the 1980's the concept
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| | must-have, ERP II,
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| of MRP-II (Manufacturing Resources
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| | which is supposed to help businesses
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| Planning) evolved which was an extension
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| | gain more competitive
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| of MRP to shop
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| | edge in the future. The major difference
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| floor and Distribution management
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| | is that ERP II
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| activities. In the early
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| | involves collaborative commerce, which
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| 1990's, MRP-II was further extended to
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| | enables business
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| cover areas like
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| | partners from multiple companies to
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| Engineering, Finance, Human Resources,
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| | exchange information
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| Projects Management
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| | posted on eCommerce exchanges.In the
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| etc i.e. the complete gamut of
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| | next tutorial we will talk about popular
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| activities within any
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| | ERP Products
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| business enterprise. Hence, the term ERP
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| | and the Modules and Application related
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| (Enterprise
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| | to them.For more visualization of this
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| Resource Planning) was coined.Why is it
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| | article along with the screen shots and
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| Necessary?By becoming the integrated
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| | more visit with step by step
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| information solution across the
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| | instructions, is a community of
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| entire organization, ERP systems allow
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| | developers specializing in C, C++, C#,
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| companies to better
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| | Java, J2EE, .NET, PeopleSoft, SAP,
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| understand their business. With ERP
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| | Siebel, Oracle Apps., Data warehousing,
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| software, companies can
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| | Oracle/SQL Server/DB2 and Testing.
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