Assignment on Enterprise System 2022

Running head: ENTERPRISE SYSTEM
Enterprise System
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Name of the University
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Table of Contents
Introduction:....................................................................................................................................2
Principle Advantages from Enterprise System:...............................................................................2
Focused IT Costs:........................................................................................................................2
Total Visibility:............................................................................................................................3
Improved Process for Reporting and Planning:...........................................................................3
Complete Customization:............................................................................................................3
Improved Efficiency:...................................................................................................................4
Customer Service:........................................................................................................................4
Role of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems in System Integration:..........................................4
On-Premise ERP:.........................................................................................................................5
Cloud ERP:..................................................................................................................................5
Postmodern ERP:.........................................................................................................................5
Various types of ERP Architecture:................................................................................................6
Three-Tier Architecture:..............................................................................................................6
Web Based Architecture:.............................................................................................................7
Service-Oriented Architecture:....................................................................................................7
Conclusion:......................................................................................................................................8
References:......................................................................................................................................9

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Introduction:
An enterprise information system is a specific type of information system which is
mainly used for improving the functions of the enterprise business process (Shen, Chen & Wang,
2016). It means the enterprise information system is capable of providing high quality services
and can deal with large amount of data.
The enterprise information system can be very much useful in different types of sector as
it provides various of benefits. The enterprise system actually provides a technology platform
which assists the organizations to integrate and coordinate their existing process of business (Efe,
2016). The enterprise system is mainly used with the association of customer relationship
management and supply chain management so that processes regarding business can be
automated. This type of system also ensures that information can be shared over all of the
management and functional levels.
In this report various aspects of this enterprise system will be discussed. There are several
of advantages of using the enterprise system. In this aspect the principal advantages from the
enterprise system will be evaluated in this report. Also, the role of enterprise resource planning
in the system integration will be also discussed. Comparison of three types of ERP architectures
will be also done in this report and their strengths and weaknesses will be analysed.
Principle Advantages from Enterprise System:
In the current aspect there are various of advantages which are provided by the enterprise
systems. In this aspect there are several of principle advantages which are provided by the
enterprise system that is also recognized as the enterprise resource planning system (Hoisington,
2017). In the following section the main principle advantage of the enterprise system is
discussed.
Focused IT Costs:
One of the main benefits of employing the enterprise system is proper focus on the IT
related costs. ERP is actually a large investment but it can effectively unify the IT related costs
and improve the efficiency of the organization (Zhang et al., 2016). Instead of spending a large
amount of money and resources for multiple of systems, all the resources and money can be

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invested in the enterprise resource system. As in this case investment is only done on the
enterprise systems, the overall cost in this case is also reduced. Also, as a single system is used in
this context training requirements of the end-users is also reduced. In this way, the overall
procedure becomes very much easy.
Total Visibility:
The current enterprise system is capable of allowing total access which is important in the
business process. In this aspect, the enterprise system makes the data easily accessible from each
of the department and in this way proper visibility is created within the organization through the
enterprise system (Kim et al., 2019). Management of organizational inventory can be done
effectively and the functionality of the organization can be managed precisely by utilization of
the enterprise system.
Also, the enterprise system creates a centralized type of database system. In this way, all
the tasks of the organization can be completed in a streamline process. In this way collaboration
among the departments can be improved and which will improve the performance of the
organization.
Improved Process for Reporting and Planning:
One of the major advantages of enterprise system is the improved insight. By the
utilization of enterprise system among all the department within the organization a unified type
of reporting system can be developed each and every process of the organization (Shao, Feng &
Hu, 2016). Also, as this system will be having a single type of source of data, useful report can
be generated very easily. In this aspect, functionality across each of the department can be also
analysed and compared without any type of issues.
Complete Customization:
The current enterprise systems are totally modular and it is one of the major advantages
of ERP systems. Currently, most of the ERP systems offers various of applications which can be
tied together as per the need of business. Within the ERP suite most of the applications are
designed in such a way that it can work individually and can be also integrated with some other
ERP suite applications (Nwankpa, 2019). In this way, the organization get the freedom of
choosing their own required system or combination of different system which will fulfil their