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ERP is a major IT used by General Mills, and is instrumental in integrating information and data into a central source. From financing to supply chain to marketing, ERPs provide a platform for automating multiple applications. General Mills has implemented an extended ERP (Turbin & Volonino, 2010) which allows for supply chain management resources to be shared with business partners. General Mills’ solution, called E-source, is developed by SAP and is a Web-based application that extends the supply chain to external stakeholders (“Esource”, n.d.). SAP is a manufacturer of enterprise application software that creates ERPs for supply chain, human resources and finance, among other business areas.

In business, it is important for companies to be able to communicate effectively. Each department of a company relies on the other departments as they add to the value chain. One way for a company to integrate its different departments is enterprise resource planning. ERPs are software programs that allow companies to join together data across operations on a company wide basis (Jessup and Valacich 248). ERPs store company information in a common database and allow all departments to access it from one central location (Koch). Companies without ERPS may contain many legacy systems, each operating with different

c. ERP systems are needed for controlling costs, managing inventory, and meeting government regulations given the food industry’s margin pressures.

With the technology advanced and economy blossom, retailer has become an essential part in business chain in this consumers-oriented society. In this paper, I will highlight the the current status of ERP application in the whole retail industry, analyzing diverse ERP software’s strength and weakness and give some

Muscatello, Small, and Chen (2003) state that ERP systems, when they are implemented effectively, can bring impressive strategic, operational and information-related benefits to those firms that adopt them. However, in such situations, a failure in implementation might bring about the financial collapse of the firm. They further state that in the modern world, most of the information about the failures and successes are based on reports that are made concerning ERP implementation in big manufacturing and service organizations. However, it is stated that those who sell ERP systems are now steadily turning their marketing sights on small and medium-sized manufacturers. It is because of this that Muscatello et al state that researchers have been given the opportunity to gather, analyze and disseminate information that will help these firms to

Midsouth Chamber of Commerce (MSCC) faced many challenges that needed to be overcome before the business can effectively run. First, MSCC needs a reliable ERP system in place that will meet the needs of the business (Brown, DeHayes, Hoffer, Martin & Perkins, 2012). An ERP system can include multiple functional areas, and be catered to business needs. ERP would take all MSCC’s applications and software and convert them into one program that would be identical in every department. Further, an integrated ERP system can improve Supply Chain Management, data accessibility, and it can standardize business processes, to name a few. Furthermore, the system can provide a competitive advantage, and can be utilized to manage and process information from every department within the company. In addition, the system can store all the information into one database, allowing the business an eagle eye view of how their systems are operating (Aladwani,

As a result of technological advancements, modern businesses seek new and improved methods of conducting their business processes. Systems have been designed to augment and manage core business functions such as production, accounting, procurement, and human resources. However, even with these systems in place, information is unreliable and inconsistent if they are on disparate platforms. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software tackles this problem by integrating business processes into a centralized system.

Products and services are delivered with much higher quality. ERP greatly aids management in finding ways to improve their business ' operations and the end product or service it delivers to the end customer. The ERP system will help find problem areas and help the firm exploit what it is good at. THe software is especially beneficial for manufacturing firms that deliver products to customers. The purchasing, warehouse, billing, sales, and customer service departments can see the status of inventories, raw materials, and customer orders all within one area of information. This eliminates potential difficulties that may arise due to inventory and material shortages, customer delivery inquiries, and accounting for shipments.

To quickly meet customer’s demand. The market and customer information, order information, products and customer service feedback process through the ERP system analysis, and timely delivery to the ERP system and corporate planning departments, enhance the dynamic response capabilities, full reflect the needs of manufacturing companies according to market the idea.

The non-commercial website Lego.com has been an enormous success providing Lego with a strong presence on the Internet. However, implementing a website capable of handling sales transactions requires a great deal more than a non-commercial site. The firm has implemented an ERP system which may provide some technical support for the website. The details of the ERP system are unknown at this time; however, the goal of implementing the system was to optimize the supply chain from production to distribution, which will be a significant opportunity for the E-Commerce project. Another important consideration is incorporating the ERP system into the E-Commerce transactions so that separate systems and

Ultimately the success or failure of any Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is the contribution it makes to a company's attainment of strategic objectives, strategies and plans while unifying the many diverse systems and processes in use throughout an enterprise (Ifinedo, 2011). The very nature of ERP systems continues to go through a rapid evolution, migrating from rigid, difficult-to-use platforms into more distributed order management, supply chain management, fulfillment and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems all unified with accounting and financial performance information (Ifinedo, 2011). ERP systems are making it possible for companies to gain a much greater level of 360-degree insight into their supply chains, value chains and most importantly, their prospects and customers. While there are a myriad of factors that contribute to the failure of ERP systems, the lack of 360-degree views of customers and the lack of senior management support can cripple even the most potentially valuable ERP implementation (Krisgman, 2010). Alleviating an ERP failure is in the inherent interest of any vendor; they however do not have the most critical knowledge for ensuring ERP implementation success. The senior management teams and IT departments at customers do. The insights into how to best navigate change management requirements have a much greater impact on the success or failure of any ERP implementation

An ERP, or Enterprise Resource Planning, system is a business management software that integrates all levels of operations. It can include product planning, development, manufacturing, sales and marketing. The goal of a successful ERP is to improve the flow of all shared information and data across the entire organization. In the past, Johnson & Johnson have used an ERP developed by SAP, a German multinational software company and one of the worlds largest. More recently J&J took on a massive project to consolidate and harmonize their ERP landscape. J&J 's global enterprise supply chain included 120 manufacturing sites, over 500 external manufacturers, 450 distribution centers, and over 60 ERP systems that support about 275 operating companies (Dignan, 2013). This project was initiated because J&J was finding that they were having trouble keeping some products on shelves which affected sales. They saw an opportunity to better meet the evolving needs of customers and hopefully improve the cost of goods sold efficiently to

One of the systems SAP created is the ERP system, which has been mentioned in the introduction as Enhancing Resource Planning. Most of the business organisations are using ERP systems, however, “little is known” about ERP systems’ origins and its improvement to become one of the most important segments within the software market (Leimbach, 2008). Soliman and Youssef (1998) stated that ERP systems have assisted the progress of a “process-oriented approach” to a system development, as its database can be taken parts by several functions of particular functional units within the same business, and also built around the business development in order to enable cross-functional units. Therefore, ERP

The business benefits of integrating ERP systems into B2B platforms include providing better access to real-time information for staff, customers, decision-makers and other key stakeholders. Authorized users can retrieve inventory levels, supply chain details, shipping information, ordering history, payment status, returns, special pricing and external business intelligence, but ERP software can only work as well as the data it collects. That’s why integrating the software is so vital in today’s B2B marketplaces. Three of the most important ERP eCommerce integrations for B2B platforms include these three processes:

Another benefit companies receive from using an ERP is standardized processes and consistent data. This is important in the energy sector and the oil and gas industry because it allows the business to move rapidly to new markets as well as adjust workloads among offices. (Anderson et al., 119) an ERP system will provide managers with pertinent and timely information on when assets need to be replaced among others which will improve the quality of their decisions. (Anderson et al. 119)