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Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP)
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What drives the market?
® Challenges for manufacturing
= Global
= Distributed
= New Product introduction
a Specialization and focus on industry markets
= To satisfy the needs of customers (demand-driven)
= To develop specific business methods and processes
= Integration with third party productserpfans.com
Demands on the Industry
Aggressive cost control initiatives
Need to analyze costs ‘revenues on a product or customer
basis
Flexibility to respond to changing business requir ements
More informed management decision making
Changes in ways of doing business