Introduction to ERP

ERP (Enterprise Resources And Planning)

Enterprise  :  is a  Business Organization.

     Examples : Britannia industries, IBM, Reliance Industries limited.

Resources  : are the Basic Resources need to run a Business Organization.

     Examples :      Money                   :  Finance, accounts, costing/controlling

                 Raw Material         :  Material Management, Stock inventory, Purchasing

                 Manpower             :  HR

                 Machinery             :  PP,PM,DA

                 Marketing              :  Sales and Distribution

                 Methods                :  CRM, SCM,SRM

Planning   :  For optimal utilization of resources for a huge business organization.

ERP is to Plan resources in the optimal way to get maximum profits with less effort.

ERP is a package under all the business Resources are integrated into one System.

Need of ERP 

                                    
                                           ·     Automation   of Business. 

                            ·     Less Implementation Time Cycle.

                            ·     Increased efficiency of Employees.

                            ·     Increase in Productivity.

                            ·     Customer Satisfaction.

  

E.R.P Products

        SAP  is not the only ERP Solution Provider in the Market, there are other ERP Solutions present in the market Designed  by other Companies. As of now SAP has 50% of market Share, this doesn't mean that others are not efficient,depending on the company needs(some might need only one module) and turn over they  choose the ERP because SAP isn't that cheap.

1.  ORACLE Applications

Oracle is Providing Solutions for each module separately.

Some of the Modules in ORACLE  APPLICATIONS.

                    a.) ORACLE Finance.

                    b.) ORACLE HRMS.

                    c.) ORACLE Manufacturing.

2. Microsoft ERP

          used for financials.

3. JD-EDWARDS

          good for Logistics.          

                                                    

4. BAAN

          good  for Financials. 

5. RAMCO

           used in Cement Industries.

6. PEOPLE SOFT:

           Ideal solution for HR Module.

7.SIEBEL

           used for CRM. 

8.SAP R/3: 

     SAP R/3 was designed in its own language “ABAP/4 ”(Advanced Business Application Programming/4 th generation language.Sap is a combination of 55 modules.

           We can implement SAP in all departments of an organization so it is most popular ERP in the market.

    Depending on Organization ERP’s are Divided into 3 types.

         1.       High level  ERP’s:

Used by Huge  organizations like TATA group, Reliance, Unilever, Volkswagen etc.  

Here all the tables and apps are Predefined.

•  ORACLE Applications
•  SAP R/3
• SIEBEL
• PEOPLESOFT

         2.       Mid range ERP’s:

                  These are used medium Scale organizations.

                  Here all the tables and apps are Custom defined.

·         BAAN

·         RAMCO.

·         JD EDWARDS

·          MICROSOFT FINANCIALS

        3.Low Level ERP’s:

  Used by Small scale industries.