1. Enterprise Resource Planning
Overview
EnterpriseEnterprise Resource Planning
Overview

2. 2
•What is ERP?
•Scenario
•Sales Functions
•MM Functions
•Finance Functions
•Limitations of non-ERP systems
•ERP Benefits
•Some popular ERP product
SS
SCOPE OF PRESENTATAION
Note: There are many different modules and many different types of processes in an ERP system but for
simplicity, only simple Sales, MM and Finance functions/processes are included in this presentation for an
overview.

3. WHAT IS ERP ?

4. Customer
Scenario
Goods MFG company Marketing Company

5. Customer
1. Enquiry
2. Quotation
3. Negotiation
4. Order
Sales
Dept.
DatabaseSales Dept. maintains Customer
data, quotations data, sales order,
material data, etc.
Sales Dept.
Sales

6. Material
Management
Dept.
Material
Dept.
Database
Warehouse Management
Goods available?
Yes
Customer
No
Purchase Order
MM Dept. maintains Material data,
Supplier data, Purchase Order,
Delivery Notes, etc.
Supplier
Sales
Order
Goods
issue
Goods
receipt
Goods
receipt
Goods
issue
SupplierSupplier
Material Management

7. Customer
Supplier
Payroll
Credit , Tax
and Account
Management
Billing
(Amount Receivable)
Payment
(Amount Payable)
Em
ployees
Finance Dept. maintains data related
to billing, payment, customer, supplier,
assets, payroll, etc.
Finance
Dept.
Database
Finance

8. Sales
FI
MM
Corporate
Sales
CorporateFI
MM
Limitations of non-ERP systems:
•Synchronization – Compromising security
• One department cannot access required
data from other department
•Consolidation for decision making
•Possibility of Human Error
•No real-time business processing

9. Benefits of ERP
Sales
FI
MM
Corporate

10. Some Popular ERP Products