Introduction

This case is gives us the synopsis of how ERP is growing vigrously large company like
Microsoft and IBM are using the software ERP to run their basic transaction processing system.
ERP allows a company to coordinate all core business activities using one powerful software
package. It helps company from an order taken through the final delivery of the product or
service. ERP helps companies in various ways like order processing, inventory control,
production scheduling, supplier coordination, material flow during manufacturing, product
delivery, and managerial decision making. Due to the success of ERP all other company also
showed intrest in it started using it. Various company started using ERP like Kodak,
Oracale,IBM, Peoplesoft etc.

Learning objective
By doing this case we will come to know about what is Enterprise Resource
Planning(ERP) its advantage and disadvantage.

Functional Objective

Theoretical Input
Enterprise Resource Planning(ERP)
Aadvantage and disadvantage of ERP

Solution

How does using an ERP system differ from using a conglomeration of

transaction processing systems from a variety of vendors

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