This document discusses mid-sized enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. It begins by defining ERP systems as software that integrates planning, management, and use of resources across an organization. It then discusses how ERP systems benefit mid-sized enterprises by enabling information sharing across functional areas like accounting, marketing, supply chain management, and human resources. Each functional area is described in terms of its key responsibilities and how it interacts with other areas through an integrated ERP system.

1. Mid-Sized Enterprise Resource Planning
Systems
Jeremy Watkins
IT323
Laura Welmers
November 1, 2011
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2. Topic
Discussions
 What is an Enterprise
Resource Planning (ERP)
System?
 How does an ERP System
benefit a Mid-Sized
Enterprise?
 Discuss the functional areas in
a Mid-Sized Enterprise.
 How do the functional areas
interact with one another when
using an ERP System?
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3. What is an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System?
 Enterprise resource planning (ERP)
systems integrate the planning,
management, and use of all of an
organization’s resources.
 An enterprise resource planning
systems is one the main software
that major companies rely on to
manage data on a daily basis.
 Enterprise resource planning
systems make up of various
business processes which are a
number of inputted processes.
 These input processes are retrieved
through various queries and
outputted in the form of sales
reports, forecast, and spreadsheet
(Monk and Wagner).
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4. How does an ERP System benefit a Mid-Sized Enterprise?
• The main objectives of Enterprise
resource planning (ERP) systems are
closely inter-related with other
functional areas of the mid-sized
organization and to enable information
to travel throughout the other functional
areas.
• Integration means that changes in one
functional area will be replicated to the
other functional areas (Rainer and
Turban).
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5. What are the functional areas in a Mid-Sized Enterprise?
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6. Accounting and Finance Department
 In the accounting and finance
department, understanding
enterprise resource planning
(ERP) systems is very important.
 They perform financial
accounting to provide summaries
of operational data in managerial
reports, controlling accounts,
planning and budgeting, and
cash-flow management.
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7. Accounting and Finance Department (cont’d)
 It is also necessary to be aware of the
transactions of all functional areas in
a mid-sized business and how all
systems are interconnected.
 Financial accounting systems are one
of the key components in an
enterprise resource planning package.
 Mid-sized companies consult with
their clients through an enterprise
resource planning system.
 A number of conflicts in the supply
chain, ranging from inventory to risk
analysis, all apply to the accounting
and finance department (Rainer and
Turban).
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8. The Marketing and Sales Department
 Set the prices for products, promote product
thought advertising and marketing, takes
customer orders, support customers, and
create sales forecasts.
 Expenses are usually the primary targets in
reducing cost. Cost reductions not only
improves the employee’s productivity but
also increases customer service.
 Understanding how downstream segments
work is important to the marketing and
sales analyst. Downstream segments are
used by the marketing and sales department
to distribute channels and conduct customer
service.
 Not utilizing downstream segments creates
problems along the supply chain, reduces
customer satisfaction, and deters marketing
efforts. (Rainer and Turban).
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9. The Marketing and Sales Department (cont’d)
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10. Supply Chain Management Department
• Assist the manufacturing department
when managing production tasks,
handling of material, and inventories.
The system also helps to reduce
reoccurring costs with vendors and
increase competitiveness.
• Supply chain management
departments produce the plan and
orders of raw materials which are
shipped by its suppliers.
• They usher in the raw material into a
business and ship the finish product
to their valued customers (Monk and
Wagner).
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11. Supply Chain Management Department (cont’d)
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12. Supply Chain Management Department (cont’d)
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13. Supply Chain Management Flow Chart
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14. The Human Resources Department
• The human resource department is
responsible for hiring new
employees.
• They ensure that each employee is in
compliance with various business
functions by administering training.
Human resources also evaluate
employees to determine if they
eligible for certain benefits.
• Human resource employees need to
understand the way data travels from
their department to other functional
areas within the network
infrastructure(Monk and Wagner).
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15. The Human Resources Department (cont’d)
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16. The Human Resources Department (cont’d)
 Interactions between professionals
along the supply chain are important
for overall effectiveness of the supply
chain because the integration of
functional areas between different
enterprise resource planning
programs greatly affect the skill
requirements of the employee.
Employees need to have knowledge
of the customer relationship
management system.
 The human resource manager is more
than likely to be involved in setting
the customer relationship
management system, which may
assist the other human resource
employees as well (Rainer and
Turban).
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17. Topic Recap
 What is an Enterprise Resource
Planning (ERP) System?
 How does an ERP System benefit a
Mid-Sized Enterprise?
 Discuss the functional areas in a
Mid-Sized Enterprise.
 How do the functional areas
interact with one another when
using an ERP System?
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18. ?Any Questions?
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19. Works Cited
• Monk, Ellen F., and Bret J. Wagner. Concepts in
Enterprise Resource Planning. Australia: Course
Technology Cengage Learning, 2009. Print.
• Rainer, R. Kelly. Introduction to Information
Systems: Supporting and Transforming Business.
Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2008. Print.
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