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Also called Enterprise Resource Planning, multi module ERP software integrates business activities across various functional departments from planning of the product, purchasing of parts, production distribution to order tracking.
It has transformed the way multi billion dollar corporations conduct their businesses. If ERP systems are successfully implemented, it can save tens of millions of dollars and increase employee satisfaction, sustain competitive advantages in every changing market place and ensure customer satisfaction.
Failures of ERP projects can be prevented if one can identify the common causes of the failures regardless of the companies and industries that implement it. An ERP system consists of ERP software, business processes, users of ERP system and computer systems that run the ERP.
Module based ERP software is the heart of ERP systems. Most of the ERP projects involve significant amount of customization. Packaged ERP software modules have built in functionality which works in a standard and simplified enterprise environment. Customization transforms packaged ERP software into ERP software that meets organization’s individual business processes and operations.
Long customization efforts results in passing of release deadline and budget overrun. Customization tends to make the software more fragile and harder to maintain when it finally goes into production. Substantial changes might be required in the later stage of the implementation as a result of incomplete requirements and power struggles within organization.
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