CHAPTER 12>INTERGRATING THE ORGANIZATION FROM END TO END-ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING

>INTERPRISE RESOURSCE PLANNING

-At the heart of all ERP systems is a database, when a user enters or updates information in one  module, it is immediately and automatically updates throughout the entire system.

>ERP systems automate business processes

>The evolution of ERP

>Integrating SCM,ERP And  ERP 

#SCM,CRM AND ERP ARE RHE BACKBONE OF E-BUSINESS

#Integration of these application is the key to success for many companies

#Integration allows the unlocking of information to make it available to any user, anywhere, anytime.

>Integration tools

Many companies purchase modules from an ERP vendor, a SCM vendor, and a CRM vendor and must integrate the different modules together

#Middleware- several different types of software which sit in the middle of and provide connectivity between two or more software applications

#Enterprise application integration middleware- packages together commonly used functionality which reduced the time necessary to develop solutions that integrate applications from multiple vendors.

>Enterprise Resource Planning

ERP systems must integrate various organization process and be:

#Flexible

#Modular and open

#Comprehensive

#Beyond the company