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This report is based on the following requirement - - “The appeal of ERP systems may come less from any cash benefits and more from its ability to untangle and integrate business practices and systems “
- ERP systems were initially implemented to replace many of the disparate legacy systems and the associated issues. Discuss the issues associated with disparate systems and how ERP systems overcome these issues. Vendors argue that integration issues occur from people, process, and information perspectives.
- Discuss these statements using case study examples (from literature searches) to demonstrate different company’s experiences.
- Your paper should include the following areas :
- Importance of integration to companies
- Issues which occur due to lack of integration (people, process, information)
- How do ERP systems address these integration issues?
- What benefits can companies achieve when this integration occurs?
- Case Studies of companies and the issues they faced due to lack of integration and how ERP systems helped overcome these. (Minimum 2)(around 2000 words)
- Discuss the statement above using case study examples (from literature searches) to demonstrate different company’s experiences.
Description
Today, businesses operate in a highly complex environment and they require operational systems, which are robust, flexible and scalable. Organizations, which aim to promote and experience healthy growth should integrate all its systems and processes. According to a dynamic business report, adding new functions is the key to increasing profitability and expanding customer base (Stair & Reynolds, 2013). Many organizations have different units and have developed and maintained information and systems from the functional view of their own unit without considering the impact of other business units on their performance. Such organizations do not realize the importance of integration, which leads to lack of inefficiency in the overall performance. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software enables organization to integrate several processes of the different departments, which include manufacturing, inventory, sales, accounting, human resource, marketing and product planning (Monk & Wagner, 2011). This report discusses the importance of integration and how lack of integration affects the business operations. The report also discusses how Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP ) systems enables organizations to overcome the issues, which arise due to lack of integration and discusses two case studies, which proves the effectiveness of the ERP systems.
