Business Report on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems Analysis

This report provides a comprehensive overview of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. It begins with an introduction to ERP systems and their significance in modern organizations. The discussion section delves into the core functionalities, applications, and benefits of ERP systems, highlighting their role in integrating various business processes. The report then analyzes the applications of ERP systems across different departments, such as marketing, human resources, and accounting, while also addressing the potential drawbacks and challenges associated with ERP implementation, including high costs and complex implementation processes. It also examines various related systems like Management Information System (MIS), Accounting Information System (AIS), Decision Support System (DIS), Knowledge Management System (KMS), Transaction Processing System (TPS), and Office Automation System (OAS), discussing their functionalities and importance. The report concludes by summarizing the key findings and emphasizing the critical role of ERP systems in enhancing business efficiency and decision-making processes. References are provided for further study.

ERP SYSTEM

Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Discussion..................................................................................................................................3
Applications and Drawbacks of ERP System........................................................................4
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................8
References..................................................................................................................................9
1

Introduction
Nowadays, information exchange procedure of ERP system holds a fundamental part in the
improvement process of an organization. In addition, ERP system includes different
application for data analysis of an organization, such as management system, accounting and
employment. In order to enlarge the efficiency and effectiveness of business, the ERP system
can influence different corporate operations. Apart from this, this business report is
principally focused on Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system that combines
association, information collections and spreading capacity of an organization. In this
manner, the ERP framework is estimating the fundamental management processes for
reviewing and controlling the valuable info. In addition, ERP system includes potential
downsides and advantages for the business for performing the ERP system would be
explained in this business report. However, the process of Accounting Information System
(AIS) is inclined with the implementation of whole ERP structure that would be evaluated in
this study supported on proper arguments and resourceful justification (Piazolo and Felderer,
2013).
Marketing management require statistical facts through the specific requirement to develop
business planning. Therefore, the leaders needs to collect adequate detailed data to monitor
and control the different business actions. In this way, this is critical to comprise a decent
data framework within every division of the business, such as, human resource department,
accounting and marketing for regular implementation of operational process. In addition,
with the use of compound data structure, the business firm could maintain co-appointment
amid workers and chief between varieties of sections. Therefore, with the support of capable
data framework, the instant organizational structure among dealers, marketer, industry and
supplier that could be finished stride. Apart from this, the important and valuable sequence
2

could be finished in the business by the use of data framework. In this way, the business firm
could control, recover and store related data with the aid of data structure. Along with that,
with the help of data framework, the prospects for all business in future time would be
mandatory for the advancement and achievement of the firm. Therefore, different varieties of
data framework have been actualized in many businesses through to increase the business
activities, such as, Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP), Executive Support System
(ESS), Management Information system (MIS), Knowledge Management System (KMS),
Decision Support System (DSS), Office Automation System (OAS) and Transaction
Processing System (TPS) (Yazdani et al, 2017). Apart from this, the different division of the
firm requires varied natures of a ERP system for business improvement. In this business
report, unique kinds of the ERP data framework would be reviewed with justification and
particular arguments (Prashanth and Venkataram, 2017).
Discussion
Enterprise Resource Planning system
The ERP system is specially designed for retailers, merchants and professional organisations
according to their necessities and requirements. ERP system is a kind of database method to
upgrade particular segments of a company's information system including marketing strategy
related to a different system. In this way, ERP system gives more privileged time and the
right information, diminish costs of benefit and money related arrangement, upsurge buyer
dedication, and all around meld information over the undertaking stock system. ERP system
spares and furthermore, enhance the effectiveness of the ordinary existing work weight. ERP
system is required to all associations as per independent system of the business objectives,
size, and district of activities (Shanks and Seddon, 2010). The implementation of ERP
systems appears to get a midway arrangements for controlling numerous operations of a
business. The essential interpretation behind the implementation of ERP system is considered
3

to accomplish of various work methodologies. Apart from that, ERP system can be
acknowledged to address an expansive innovative confirmation and even a total indication of
work. There is the couple of thought process ERP system by the implementation to take after
back all the transaction recording technique, for instance, it will end up being the information
when an illustrative seeing at a scanner mark or dispersal accentuation specialist at a getting
billet and consequently invigorate the strategies. ERP system modification involves the
money related information issue as the training used to record, modify and fitting such
information all much adjustment (Supramaniam and Abdullah, 2014).
Applications and Drawbacks of ERP System
The advantages of actualizing ERP system includes cost-effective and process period,
increment the effectiveness to enhance the client advantage through mechanizing focal and
dull tasks. In this manner, the ERP system repeats all the information exchange procedure
and keep the information secure so the association can manage the impact of external threats
with a specific genuine goal to extend net business profit. ERP systems also measure the
enthusiasm for completing a task to meet customer satisfaction, although ERP systems
moreover give informational purposes to the high management of a firm (Samara, 2015).
An association can show signs of improved management of asset for instance in the
management of workforce with the assistance of ERP system, in stock management
overhauled stock possibility to offer great service quality. It enhanced decision-making
process by enlargement the market position to control and improve the stock system.
Distinctive reasons for the enthusiasm of ERP are that flexible the quality service, increment
the service change and answer to client's question (Zare and Ravasan, 2014). Moreover, it
gives structure sustenance business flexibility to up and coming varieties by the response
with the joined and standard demand design in ERP system to give a degree of choices in
4

reacting, consolidated IT charges. The ERP system also helps to analyse budgetary
information of various operational exercises.
The major problem for executing ERP system is that rate of exhibiting is very costly. Hence,
most of the organizations expended in the midst of US$90-180 billion for the implementation
process of ERP system in 1999. In addition, the charge of executing an ERP system can be
energized to US$250 million. Also, the ERP system is introduced to change the resource
system over the top with the run of the mill at around "US$170-$400 reliably" (Malhotra and
Temponi,, 2010).
Correspondingly, the implementation process of ERP system requires another procedure to
accomplish the information exchange method for the successful approach of the business plan
of an organization. Thus, various associations adopt changes to implement ERP systems a
privilege and intolerable IT practice. In other words, the implementation process of the ERP
systems covers the association's mission and vision for satisfying all stakeholders (Su and
Yang, 2010).
Management Information System (MIS)
MIS has made the system out of the social event for defending Management information
system is weight with the interior wellspring of information of an association. A management
information system is a procedure for the information fiery to supervise association for all
intents and purposes (Ifinedo, 2010). Management information system got data from
exchange system and settles on reports for the improved decision-making process. MIS is an
incredible advancement for making insights, for instance, money related proclamations,
implementation report, standard status report for routine or non-routine methodologies.
Besides that, MIS is generally used by consideration management and operational chairman
for dealing with intense information of an association for the future upset of the corporate.
5

The management information system helps to a substantial association for dealing with the
information exchanged between various workplaces, for example, store and sprinkling focus
(Wills, 2016).
Accounting Information System (AIS)
AIS is a kind of system that records the information in the context of the activities cash
related outcome upon organizations and keeps the upkeep, prepares and correspondence of
information to assistants'. AIS joins the ERP implementation, office systems, and checking of
information systems. Information System (AIS) play as a spine in information exchange get
ready ERP system. It utilizations the present day learning advancement capitals by the
standard information systems to give money related information to services. AIS makes
business information refines less asking for, sharper, and more right. Since AIS total all
information and exchange information by electronically from measurements zones.
Furthermore, it harmless clerk period and avoid messiness up since the system is analysed
secretarial documents and get ready money related clarifications (Carrington et al, 2014).
Decision Support System (DIS)
DIS is the basic program to comprehend decision arrangement system for decision-making
process for controlling everything accessible within an organization. Decision Support
Systems (DIS) is a course of action to cosiness management for effective decision making in
the assorted condition that results of individual’s performance. Decision supportive network
reshapes the limits of the decision producer or get-together of the decision maker to
determine the decision for association's economic modification (Rerup Schlichter and
Kraemmergaard, 2010). An entire decision-making process emotionally supportive network
is a kind programming configuration based system expected that would help decision creator
with accumulating huge information from information. Decision emotionally supportive
6

networks are the call of the product information system that ropes decision making works
out.
The implementation process of Decision support network in business relaxes on undoubted
decision keep the verifiable fair to stamp business modification. Previously mentioned unique
classes of decision system are used to determine the decision in light of customer’s feedback.
Knowledge Management System (KMS)
KMS is a kind application that influences employee knowledge and expert which would then
be able to meet customer satisfaction in the association to check business presentations. In
this way, the cases of the knowledge management systems are Companies of Lawyers related
with business, representatives and supervision leaders (Hakim and Hakim, 2010). Knowledge
Management system benefits organizations to check and stake data including all kinds of
stuff considered controlled around which approvals are holding solicitation and streams of
knowledge. Eventually days, it not an elective to utilization knowledge management System
for an affiliation whether it is uncovered or disconnected tremendous or scaled down.
Knowledge Management system includes the operator to introduce affirmation of
association's records' organizer of authenticity. Knowledge management system
recommendations help the group to create information circulation and dealing process with
employee involvement (Chang et al, 2014).
Transaction Processing System (TPS)
Transaction processing systems is an essential program for managing transactions, for
instance, charging system to outline gathering for procurement, reserve and tricky material
system, employee necessities, evaluations system and standard controller system. Thus, the
Transaction processing system can increase the profit to settle on an economic decision for
continuous growth and development. Transaction processing system used to process routine
7

transaction reasonable and decidedly for measurements that must be in diligent formal. For
instance, by dismembering client transaction information management can watch the
customer's getting enhancements (Chandrakumar and Parthasarathy, 2014). There are
different commercial operations are controlled by transaction processing system to keep up
their unfaltering buy process. TPS comparatively help to keep up the association with clients
in light of business for accurate sum management chooses to distinguish client relations. A
health corporate relationship with a customer helps to develop the business by prevailing TPS
measurements and applications.
Office Automation System (OAS)
Office Automation System helps to computerize current manual support system that can be
easily performed in an association to recoup the productivity of the representative. Office
automation system also utilized by a gigantic photograph of associations is Microsoft
Package including (PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Office, and MS Excel). Office Automation
systems can't go around being systems that guide to recoup the proficiency of an agent who is
capable to course information. The implication of office automation system includes
Microsoft Office that encourages a greater part of the organizations for adopting office
automation system to make reports, information sheet, and interpretations (Badewi, 2016).
Conclusion
The ERP framework supports two fundamental methodologies, such as accounting and
financial framework. Therefore, in AIS that demands to secure to installment and cash and
the ERP framework would be promise that the charges, the receiving covers redress
calculations, reports and standings. As well as, this would stimulate cash and record cash
invoice in the entire portions. Therefore, ERP frameworks would also frequently delivery,
purchasing solicitation, record and trader receipt in account claimed in the stellar register.
8

The ERP methods would facilitates the buyer in watching resource of supply to the demanded
products, elective salespersons and mutilating dealer references through reviewing business
costs, past implementation improvement and footings. In addition to, the ERP frameworks is
similar to method development choice period force and utilized monetary territory
examination (Diop et al, 2013). It has permitted utilizing the making of consumption
measures and cash connected amount inspection that also competence control per purchaser,
competence control per purchaser and counting cash expenditure organizes ingestion
estimate.
The last reason during the usage of a complete ERP framework is that the business technique
of electronic approach and it is too among the academic management implicit. Along with,
this is also minor degree consolidates time diminish for situating of money related
intensifications and proceedings conclusion. This ERP framework could always observe
arrangement a business within controller over the entire business progression, during the
course of pre-shaped endeavor and raised envelop the blueprints, stock management, stock,
costs, recuperate and bargains creation. However, all business has to be actualizing the ERP
framework for future improvement and growth (Petr and Roman, 2014).
9

References
Badewi, A., 2016. The impact of project management (PM) and benefits management (BM)
practices on project success: Towards developing a project benefits governance
framework. International Journal of Project Management, 34(4), pp.761-778.
Carrington, A., Battersby, G. and Howitt, G. (2014). Accounting, an information system.
Christchurch, N.Z.: Whitcombe and Tombs.
Chandrakumar, T. and Parthasarathy, S., 2014. A framework for evaluating cloud enterprise
resource planning (ERP) systems. In Continued Rise of the Cloud (pp. 161-175). Springer,
London.
Chang, S.I., Yen, D.C., Chang, I.C. and Jan, D., 2014. Internal control framework for a
compliant ERP system. Information & Management, 51(2), pp.187-205.
Diop, B., Pascot, D. and Mbibi, S. (2013). Theoretical Framework of Human Capital
Development of SMEs: The Context of an ERP Project. Journal of Enterprise Resource
Planning Studies, pp.1-15.
Hakim, A. and Hakim, H., 2010. A practical model on controlling the ERP implementation
risks. Information systems, 35(2), pp.204-214.
Ifinedo, P., Rapp, B., Ifinedo, A. and Sundberg, K., 2010. Relationships among ERP post-
implementation success constructs: An analysis at the organizational level. Computers in
Human Behavior, 26(5), pp.1136-1148.
Malhotra, R. and Temponi, C., 2010. Critical decisions for ERP integration: Small business
issues. International Journal of Information Management, 30(1), pp.28-37.
10

Petr, J. and Roman, M. (2014). Semantic Framework in EEG/ERP Portal. Frontiers in
Neuroinformatics, 8.
Piazolo, F. and Felderer, M. (2013). Innovation and future of enterprise information systems.
Berlin: Springer.
Prashanth, B. and Venkataram, R. (2017). Development of Modular Integration Framework
between PLM and ERP Systems. Materials Today: Proceedings, 4(2), pp.2269-2278.
Rerup Schlichter, B. and Kraemmergaard, P., 2010. A comprehensive literature review of the
ERP research field over a decade. Journal of Enterprise Information Management, 23(4),
pp.486-520.
Samara, T. (2015). ERP and Information Systems. Wiley.
Shanks, G. and Seddon, P. (2010). Second-wave enterprise resource planning systems.
Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press.
Su, Y.F. and Yang, C., 2010. A structural equation model for analyzing the impact of ERP on
SCM. Expert Systems with Applications, 37(1), pp.456-469.
Supramaniam, M. and Abdullah, A. (2014). Cost Analysis on ERP System Implementation
amongst Malaysian SMEs. International Journal of Trade, Economics and Finance, pp.72-
76.
Wills, K. (2016). Management information systems. [Cleveland]: Association for Systems
Management.
Yazdani Rashvanlouei, K., Thome, R. and Winkelmann, A. (2017). Developing a Framework
for International Projects of ERP Implementation. Würzburg: Universität Würzburg.
11

Zare, A. and Ravasan, A. (2014). An Extended Framework for ERP Post-Implementation
Success Assessment. Information Resources Management Journal, 27(4), pp.45-65.
12