Submitted By: Submitted To:

Talha Niaz Sir Usman Waheed

MS-1-11-55370
Software Quality Assurance

ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning

An ERP system combines methodologies with software and hardware components to integrate various
critical back-office functions across a company. Made up of a series of “modules”, or applications that
are seamlessly linked together through a common database, an ERP system enables various
departments or operating units such as Accounting and Finance, Human Resources, Production, and
Fulfillment and Distribution to coordinate activities, share information, and collaborate.

Leading ERP vendors:

1. Abas Software 7. Global Shop Solutions 13. Oracle 19. SlingShot

2. BatchMaster 8. IFS 14. Plex Systems 20. SolarSoft
3. Consona 9. Infor Solutions 15. ProcessPro 21. Syspro
4. ECi Software 10. IQMS 16. CDC Ross ERP 22. TGI
5. Epicor 11. Microsoft 17. Sage 23. VAI
6. Exact Software 12. NetSuite 18. SAP

IDEAL ERP System

An ERP system would qualify as the best model for enterprise, if

it chains all the below organizational processes together with a
central database repository and a complex computing platform;
 Manufacturing  Projects

 Financials  Customer Relationship

Management
 Human Resource
 Data Warehouse
 Supply Chain Management

Advantages of ERP Systems

 A perfectly integrated system chaining all the functional

areas together
 Streamline organizational processes and workflows
 The ability to effortlessly communicate information across various departments
 Improved efficiency, performance and productivity levels

Disadvantages of ERP Systems

 The present business processes have to be rethought to make them synchronize with the ERP
 ERP systems can be extremely expensive to implement
Submitted By: Submitted To:
Talha Niaz Sir Usman Waheed
MS-1-11-55370
Software Quality Assurance
 There could be lack of continuous technical support
 ERP systems may be too rigid for specific organizations that are either new or want to move in a
new direction in the near future