Enterprise Resource planning (ERP) is the back-bone software system of a business
which ties the various departments and groups to provide information, planning,
processing tasks and reporting needs. A well designed system will lower the total
cost of business expenses while improving the business functionality as a whole.
Why choose a custom ERP solution?
Most retail ERP product solutions may be user friendly and offer many features which
a typical business would require. However, many find that once they invest into
even some of the major vendors like Microsoft, IBM or even Oracle, deployment involves
various customizations and licensing, support and maintenance expense grows considerably
over time and the cost involved implementing additional features required to suit.
After ever thing is all said and done, the overall total cost may far exceed what
would otherwise have been accomplished from designing a custom solution.
Although many ERP solutions share certain fundamental features and concepts, custom
ERP solutions has the ability to provide specific features and concepts that are
designed for your business. That is why most businesses typically invest in custom
solutions.
The following are some benefits you will gain by a well designed ERP solution.
- Increase consistency
- Reduce redundancy
- Control inputs and outputs
- Improve business workflow
- Improve data capture, sharing and reporting
- Improve overall performance
- Improve communications
- Improve collaboration
- Improve internal processes
- Improve security
- Unify systems
Does the ERP solution need to be 100% customized?
- No. We can update or upgrade your existing solution. We can also interface with
existing 3rd party solutions that provide an Application Programming Interface (API).
What are the typical components of an ERP system?
- Financials: general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets,
budgeting, reporting
- Human Resources: employees, payroll, training, attendance, benefits
- Sales and Marketing: customer relationship management (CRM), commissions, service,
call center, support
- Manufacturing: engineering, bills of material, scheduling, capacity, workflow, quality
control, costing, processing
- Warehouse: asset management, interfaces for customers, suppliers, and employees
- Warehouse and supply chain management: inventory, order entry, costing, purchasing,
planning, scheduling, inspection, processing
- Security and accessibility: logins, access permissions, organization planning
If you have questions, concerns or would like to know how to get started,
