1. ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (E. R. P.)
Presented By: Anurag Shekhawat
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Email: anuragshekhawat@gmail.com
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2. WHAT DOES E. R. P. SOFTWARE MEAN?
• ENTERPRISE –
– ORGANIZATION, INSTITUTION
• RESOURCE
– FUNCTIONAL DEPARTMENTS CONTRIBUTING VALUE TO MEETING
ORGANIZATION GOALS
– EXAMPLE – SALES, MARKETING, ACCOUNTING, FINANCE, HUMAN RESOURCES,
PRODUCTION, INVENTORY, LOGISTICS ETC
• PLANNING
– ACTIVITIES UNDERTAKEN DURING IMPLEMENTATION TO ACHIEVE
ORGANIZATION GOALS
• SOFTWARE
– COMPUTER PROGRAMS WRITTEN TO AUTOMATE TASKS THUS IMPROVING
EFFECTIVENESS & EFFICIENCY OF ORGANIZATION
5. WHAT DOES E. R. P. SOFTWARE DO?
• IT ENABLES INTEGRATION OF DATA / INFORMATION
FROM ALL FUNCTIONAL DEPARTMENTS TO PROVIDE
UPDATED INFORMATION TO ALL RELEVANT USERS AT ANY
POINT IN TIME
6. WHAT DOES E. R. P. SOFTWARE DO?
• FOR EXAMPLE
– IF AN ENTRY OF SALES ORDER IS MADE IN THE SYSTEM, IT
AUTOMATICALLY INFORMS WAREHOUSE TO DISPATCH THE MATERIAL.
– DISPATCH CAN PLACE THE ORDER TO PRODUCTION FOR
MANUFACTURE OF THE PRODUCT
– PRODUCTION CAN PLACE ORDER FOR RAW MATERIALS THROUGH
PURCHASING
– PURCHASING CAN PLACE ORDERS WITH SUPPLIERS FOR THE MATERIALS
– ACCOUNTING IS INFORMED OF ALL THE ACTIVITIES IN ORDER TO BILL
THE CUSTOMERS FOR GOODS ORDERED, PLUS TO MAKE PAYMENT FOR
RAW MATERIALS ORDERED FROM SUPPLIERS
7. WHAT DOES E. R. P. SOFTWARE DO?
• ALL THESE ACTIVITIES HAPPEN SIMULTANEOUSLY AND ALL
MODULES IN THE SOFTWARE ARE UPDATED IMMEDIATELY
• THIS UPDATED INFORMATION PROVIDES INSTANT
INFORMATION TO DECISION MAKERS IMMEDIATELY
• SINCE INFORMATION IS UPDATED INSTANTLY, DECISION
MAKERS KNOW CURRENT STATUS OF ALL ASPECTS OF
THE BUSINESS ON THEIR FINGERTIPS RATHER THAN
WAITING FOR THE RELEVANT DEPARTMETN TO COMPILE
AND PRESENT THE DATA
8. WHAT DOES E. R. P. SOFTWARE DO?
• THE INSTANT UPDATION OF DATA PROVIDES ACCURACY
• THIS ENABLES IMMEDIATE COMPILATION OF ANY
REPORTS LEADING TO INSTANT ANALYSIS OF THE DATA
ALSO
• DATA CAN BE REPRESENTED IN ANY FORMAT AS
REQUIRED - CHARTS, TABLES, GRAPHS
9. WHO ARE THE MAJOR PLAYERS?
– SAP (GERMANY)
• Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing
• German Based Company
• 3rd Largest Independent Software Vendor in the World
• SAP: ERP Market Leader
• 80% Fortune 500 Companies Use SAP
• Over 18,500 Customers in 120+ Countries
• Over 12 million users
– ORACLE (USA)
– OTHER VENDORS AROUND THE WORLD
10. COST OF SOFTWARE & IMPLEMENTATION
• COST CAN VARY FROM OMR 1,000/- TO OVER OMR
1,000,000/-
11. COST DEPENDS ON
– PACKAGE / VENDOR SELECTED
– SIZE OF ORGANIZATION
– INFORATION NEEDS & REQUIREMENTS OF ORGANIZATION
– BUDGET
– ANALYST & REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
– NUMBER AND TYPES OF MODULES BEING IMPLEMENTED
