ERP System: Managing and Controlling Organizations - An Overview

This essay provides a comprehensive overview of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and their pivotal role in managing and controlling organizations. It begins with an introduction to ERP systems as effective Management Information Systems (MIS) that enhance business operations, including resource allocation, market analysis, and manufacturing processes. The essay uses TESCO plc as a case study, highlighting the benefits of ERP modules in improving manufacturing, revenue generation, and overall business efficiency. It explores various information systems, such as transaction processing systems, management information systems, decision supporting systems, expert systems, and organizational information systems, emphasizing how ERP integrates these systems to improve business functions. The main body discusses the benefits of ERP systems, including increased competition, efficiency, collaboration, information integration, and improved customer service. The essay concludes by summarizing the positive impact of ERP systems on business firms, emphasizing their role in enhancing manufacturing processes, revenue generation, and customer satisfaction. The essay also includes references to support the information provided.

ERP system, key role in
managing and controlling
organisation

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Main Body...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

INTRODUCTION
Enterprise Resource Planning system or ERP system is effective Management
Information System or MIS, that helps in better growth of various development and handling
of various functions of company (Zach, Munkvold and Olsen, 2014). This system, consists of
hardware and software components, help in maintaining productivity and effectiveness of a
business firm. Erp system helps in better handling of various business operations like
resource allocation, budgeting, market analysis, managing logistics, customer feedbacks and
reviews, manufacturing and production, maintaining raw material and effective security of
details about production processes, strategies, clients and stakeholders (Shatat, 2015).
For research, TESCO plc is been taken in thought process which is UK based firm,
working in retail sector. major ERP system that is been used by business organisations like
TESCO plc. is ERP module. Such systems support effective growth and development of
business firm which helps in good enhancement in Manufactuting process and revenue
generation of business entity by effectively managing its business operations. This will help
cited firm to gain better handling of various business functions to achieve good production
capacity and revenue generation. (Skoumpopoulou and Robson, 2017).
main aim of this essay is to determine and showcase various information systems and
effectiveness of ERP system in real life business practices. essay will cover objective of
significance and effectiveness or benefits of various ERP system in a business organisation and
how it helps in better growth and development of a cited firm by effectively managing its
business operations. Also, various recommendations will be provided in regard of ERP system
or model in a business organisation to get better Manufactuting process and revenue generation
(Leyh and Sander, 2015).
Main Body
effective Information systems are combination of various sort of hardware and
software components that supports better growth and development of different actions in a
business firm. O r than this, it will help in effective management of various business actions and
significant growth of business firm in market (Kilic, Zaim and Delen, 2015). effective
management and usage of various information system will help in better handling of various
operations in firm and will lead to significant rise in business efficiency, production capacity
and revenue generation. Besides this, it also helps in better handling of various information or
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data that is been generated by business organisation that is very crucial and vital for growth and
development of enterprise (Ali and Miller, 2017). Some different types of major information
system that is been utilised by real time business firms are:
 Transaction processing system: Such type of system will support better growth and
development of various operations that aids in significant management of various
operations that helps in effective management of transactions and improve work
efficiency in firm by effective financial management in a enterprise or organisation.
This helps in better handling of different operations that helps in effective rise in
financial efficiency of company (Abdinnour and Saeed, 2015.).
 Management Information System: This is majorly used type of information system.
This supports better management of various operation's system that aids in good
management of different business functions. effective handling of vivid business actions
will support in growth of development in production capacity and high profit margin of
firm. This helps in better handling of various operations and meeting m in significant
way to gain a better efficiency and profit. Besides this, it also helps in good
management of business operations and meeting customer satisfaction level. This system
consists of Enterprise resource planning system which supports a good management of
various operations and meeting needs and requirements of company (Sykes, 2015).
 Decision supporting system: This information system will aid in effective growth of
different operational factors that will supports better decision making process. It aids in
effective rise in production capacity and will lead to better development of different
operations that will increase in Manufactuting process and revenue generation. Besides
this, it will also support development of strategic plan and its effective undertaking to
manage and execute various business plans (Chang and et.al., 2015).
 Expert system and neutral system: This information system will help in significant
growth of good handling of various business operations that will support better
management of various business functions and will lead to ir significant development
and growth. Such system effectively analyse, identify issues, and will give out
effective output in form of recommendation that will support better handling of various
operations that will help in significant rise in manufacturing capability and revenue
generation(Supramaniam, Abdullah, and Ponnan, 2014.).
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 Organisational information System: This is been undertaken into effective
consideration by business organisation carry out various business operations to improve
productivity and functional capacity of enterprise. This supports better handling of
various functions. This also aid in fulfilment of different operations and providing
client or stakeholder with effective satisfaction level. Also, it helps in undertaking of
different innovative and better measures to improve processing capacity and develop
better products and services for clients or customers (Yeh and Walter, 2016).
ERP or Enterprise resource planning model will support better management of
different actions which will support better planning and handling of various resources which are
available to business organisation like Tesco plc. effective implementation of ERP modules in
organisation will improve business efficiency of company and will help in significant rise in
better handling of different business operations. Also, effective utilisation of business
activities will help in effective rise in manufacturing and profit. It is used to improve work
efficiency of business organisation and will lead to significant rise in effective handling of
different actions that will lead to significant growth and development of organisation. It helps
business organisations to have dedicated teams to have a better access to various operations and
increase ir efficiency. It will help business firm to manage various operations related to sales,
finance, accounts, human resources, marketing, logistics, production and customer services
(Rajnoha and et.al., 2014).
ERP applications will support a good management of different operations which will
cause significant rise in vivid actions at Tesco plc. modules of ERP model or system will
support better management of different operations that will lead to significant rise in different
operations of company. The information that is been used and generated by ERP system is
utilised in real time and lead to effective management of various operations. This will also lead
to effective rise in efficiency level and development of high quality product and services to
gain better satisfaction level of customers. Basically, it is used for better management of
financial resources, stock entities, logistics, order management and effective maintenance of
customer's detail database. significant rise in different operations will help in effective
handling of different operations that will help in effective rise in profitability and
productivity. It bis efficient combination of man and machine that help in better growth of
business firm and help it to gain a better Manufactuting process and revenue generation that will
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lead to significant rise in satisfaction level of clients by getting good quality products and
services, to stakeholders by leading to better utilisation of resources provided and to investors
in helping better revenue generation (Sykes, Venkatesh and Johnson, 2014).
ERP System is very beneficial to business firms like Tesco plc to carry out business
operations in real time that will lead to effective rise in Manufactuting process and revenue
generation. It helps business entity to gain a better Manufactuting process and revenue
generation by improving efficiency. It has following benefits on a business organisation in
real time:
 Competition: effective usage of ERP model and system will support in better handling
of various business functions whcih will act as competitive advantage to company. This
will also support better management of different operations like better handling of
customers review and its effective analysis, that will led to development of innovative
product and measures to gain profitability.
 Efficiency: ERP model or system will help in better rise in effectiveness of business
organisation that will help in better management of different business functions and
improving working or production capacity of company.
 Collaboration: ERP system helps in better handling of different operations that helps
in significant rise in manufacturing and revenue generation. This helps in improving
collaboration of different components and departments of company which leads to
significant rise in operational capacity of company.
 Information integration: ERP system helps in better management of various
information that is been generated and handled at workplace or business organisation in
real time like Tesco plc. It helps in better handling of various actions and increase idea
and understanding of company, leading to development of efficiency and effective
development of high quality product or services by business entity (Ajit Donker and
Patnaik, 2014).
 Customer service: This system help business organisations to effectively use different
approaches that helps in better increase of Manufacturing process and revenue
generation. The effective handling of business operations helps in effective development
of high quality product and goods and generate high satisfaction level.
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CONCLUSION
Thus, it can be said that better handling of ERP system helps in better management of
different function of company leading to increase in Manufacturing process and revenue
generation of company. ERP system can use effective management of customer information
and provide better security to business organisation or firm.
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