Transcript The Development of ERPS Presented by: Fatimah Al

what is the factor that led to the development
of (ERP) systems?
The need of having efficient and integrated
information systems for companies to be
competitive. Including a database that is
shared by all functional areas.
Information Silo
An information system that is unable to
share information with other related
information system.
E.g.: Bank System
Why there were no ERP Systems long time ago?
- companies were waiting for faster, cheaper
and smaller hardware devices.
- Moore’s Law
Number of transistors that could be built into a computer chip
doubled every 18 months
Main Components of an ERP System
 Hardware Devices.
 Software.
 Network  sharing the information between the
functional areas.
 Management Support.
ERP Software Emerges: SAP Goals
Data
available in
real time
Automation
standard
software
product that
meets the
needs of the
company
Features of SAP ERP
 First
software that could deliver real-time
ERP integration
 Usability by large companies
 High cost
 Automation of data updates
 Applicability of best practices
SAP’s competition in the ERP market
 Oracle
 PeopleSoft
managing human resources
and financial activities at universities
SAP ERP Software Implementation
 Not all companies that use SAP use all of the SAP
ERP modules
 Configuration options allow the company to
customize the modules it has chosen to fit the
company’s needs
ERP Flexibility
 configuration options.
 Programmers can write specific routines using
(ABAP)
ERP Cost
 Size of the ERP software
 Need for new hardware that is capable of running
complex ERP software
 Time for implementation
 Training