What is an ERP

"An ERP must have a centralized database, maintain the coherence and uniqueness of the data, as well as its components must be interrelated."

Introduction to the world of business management tools

To fully manage a company, it is not only valid with an ERP, you will need the different instruments that encompass its management, the definition of each of them is.  healthnutritionhints

1.            ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) : business management software, which controls the financial processes, distribution and production of a company.

2.            CRM (Customer Resource Planning) : business management software, which controls all the processes of acquiring a client, marketing campaigns, sales process, guarantees and after-sales.

3.            HCM (Human Capital Management) : business management software, which controls all human resources processes, personnel selection, training, employee development, ...

4.            PAYROLL : business management software, which controls all processes related to employee payroll ....  techgeeksblogger

5.            BI (Business Intelligence) : analysis software that, based on the information that the different tools have, helps to quickly analyze the company's situation, showing the fundamental indicators that the company has decided.

6.            BPM (Business Process Management) : process modeling tool, which is capable of combining in a single one all the processes of the previous tools, combining it in a single compact and heterogeneous process, it contains tools that are capable of determining the bottlenecks of the processes and how to solve this bottleneck.

What is an ERP?

Definition and characteristics

The term corresponds to ERP stands for Enterprise Resource Planning (Enterprise Resource Planning). It can be defined as an integrated management system for the set of operational activities within a Company .

The main characteristics that an ERP must meet include:

1.            Be Integrated. The different elements and business processes are managed by interrelating with each other, sharing information.  techiescity

2.            Be configurable. An ERP system must allow specific configurations based on the needs of the Company and must be able to be modified over time as their needs evolve.

3.            Modularity . An ERP must be distributed in different modules corresponding to the different business areas that they affect, without forgetting that these areas are interrelated, sharing information and processes.

Technical aspects

From a technical perspective, ERP systems are translated into software used by different company departments. This software has some basic features.

1.            A centralized database where the information used by the different processes is stored.

2.            The stored data must be consistent , common and accessible. For example, modules that use the same customer data must be able to extract it from a single source.

3.            The elements of the ERP are interrelated . The objective is to be able to carry out the operational processes of the company. For example, to carry out a sale operation, the customer's data is related to the data of the product or service offered.

Components (edit)

It is considered that all business software, in order to be called ERP, must have the following modules available:  healthbeautystudio

1.            I Financial . The main functionalities of this module are general accounting, budget management, collection and payment management, fixed assets, cash flows and cost management.

2.            Sales . It refers to the processes associated with sales operations to customers and the information necessary for them to carry them out.

3.            Purchases . It consists of the processes associated with the supply of materials required by the organization, as well as the relevant information from the suppliers to carry out these operations.

4.            Logistics . Associated with the company's materials management processes, movements, storage, traceability and distribution. Optimizes the flow of materials through the supply channel, reducing costs and improving service.

5.            Production planning . It consists of the set of processes that allow a company to manufacture and monitor products. It will optimize the processes associated with the transformation of raw materials into finished products.

This does not mean that every company that uses ERP must activate and / or use each of these modules.

Additionally, there are another large number of modules that are increasingly relevant in organizations, although traditionally they are not considered

critical to assess the software as an ERP.

•             Projects . Module oriented to project management, not manufactures, with task, resource and timing management.

•             Human Resources . It consists of the set of processes associated with the company's employees.

Lifecycle

Like any information system, it is possible to analyze the different phases through which an ERP passes within a company over time.

In the first stage, prior to start-up and use of the system, the adoption, acquisition and implementation phases will be discussed. The second stage will consist of the phases of use and maintenance, evolution and, finally, abandonment.  hollyhealthfitness