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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP) SYSTEMS


Enterprise

resource planning (ERP) is a term used to refer to a system that links individual applications (for example, accounting and manufacturing applications) into a single application that integrates the data and business processes of the entire business.

ORIGINS OF ERP SYSTEMS


ERP

systems grew out of a function called materials requirements planning (MRP) which was used to allocate resources for a manufacturing operation MRP systems software ultimately became very complex allowing for efficiencies of scale not previously possible Even more sophisticated MRP II systems began to replace MRP systems in the 1980s By the early 1990s, other enterprise activities were being incorporated into ERP systems

MAJOR ERP SYSTEMS


SAP

R/3 Oracle PeopleSoft (have been merged by Oracle) Toyota uses PeopleSoft and SAP Microsoft Dynamics (formerly Microsoft Business Solutions - Great Plains)

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