1. ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING
PRESENTED BY: JANEA LOWERY
Course: INSS 587 Management of Information Systems Morgan State University
Professor: Dr. Dessa David May 2, 2012

2. AGENDA
 WHAT IS AN ERP?  ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES
 ERP VIDEO  SUCCESS STORIES
 HISTORY  HORROR STORIES
 STRUCTURE  CLOSING REMARKS
 IMPLEMENTATION  SUGGESTED LINKS
 COMMON VENDORS  RESOURCES
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3. WHAT IS AN ERP?
An information system that integrates business activities across
departmental boundaries, including
planning, manufacturing, sales, marketing and so on.[1]
 Services the entire enterprise by providing various modules based on
similar application interfaces and a common database.
 Replaces stand alone applications that only service portions of the
enterprise.
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4. ERP VIDEO
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5. HISTORY
.
2000s: Future:
1970s: 1970s: 1990s: Interned Merging of
1960s:
Material Material Enterprise Enabled and SAP, Oracle,
Inventory &
Requirement Requirement Resource Service Infor and
Management
Planning Planning Planning Oriented Microsoft and
Control
(MRP) (MRP II) (ERP) Architecture cloud
based ERPs computing
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6. STRUCTURE
ERP Core Components
1. Financial Management
 Supports: Accounting, Financial Reporting, Performance Management and Corporate
Governance
2. Operations Management
 Simplify, Standardize and Automate business processes for: In/Outbound Logistics, Product
Development, Manufacturing, Sales and Service.
3. Human Resource Management
 Support: Employee Recruitment, Assignment Tracking, Performance Reviews, Payroll and
Regulatory Requirements.
http://www.hqsolutions.ro/wp-content
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7. IMPLEMENTATION
The six steps to ERP success:
1. Define the organization’s desirable outcomes
2. Prioritize the organization’s problems and goals
3. Avoid modifying the software’s code
4. Access current practices and make recommendations
5. Seek executive support for ERP selection and implementation
6. Budget the personnel and expertise
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8. COMMON VENDORS
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9. ADVANTAGES/DISADVANTAGES
Advantages: Disadvantages:
 Efficiency Increase  Expensive
 Data Redundancy Decrease  Customization Difficult
 Accounting and Reporting Cost  Potential Compatibility Issues
Decrease
 System Complexity
 Accuracy Increase
 Personnel Turnover
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10. SUCCESS STORIES
 Autodesk
 IBM
 Fujitsu Microelectronics
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11. HORROR STORIES
Dell
Applied Material
FoxMeyer Drug
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12. CLOSING REMARKS
ERPs:
 Dynamically improved since the 1960s
 Replaces legacy systems within organizations
 Consists of 3 core components
 Entails systematic implementation procedures
 Provided by Oracle, Microsoft, SAP, SYSPro and others
 Present both benefits and risks to an organization
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13. SUGGESTED LINKS
1. www.top10erp.org/
2. www.business-software.com/BestERP
3. www.oracle.com/ERP
4. www.sap.com/solutions/business-suite/erp/index
5. erp.softwareadvice.com/
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14. RESOURCES
1. Valacich, Joe and Schneider, Christoph. 2012. Information Systems Today:
Managing in the Digital World. Fifth Edition. Prentice Hall.
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVRgIXLWDHs
3. http://www.erpandmore.com/erp-reference/erp-history/
4. Granlund, M. a. (2002). Moderate impact of ERPS on management accounting:
a lag or permanent outcome? Retrieved April 24, 2012, from Management
Accounting Research Vol. 13, pp.299–321:
5. Okrent, M. a. (2004). Process mapping in successful ERP implementations.
Retrieved April 24, 2012, from Industrial Management & Data Systems Volume
104; No. 8; pp. 637–643:
http://orennahum.dyndns.org/PDFs/ERP/ERP_Paper1.pdf
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