How best to use ERP systems and strengthen internal controls
ERP is the early 90s, following the date of enterprise management information system, which is representative of computer software as the core of modern enterprise management software, widely used in the manufacturing sector in recent years, a small number of financial services companies also begun to use the system (for example, United States Group).

ERP is not just a software system, but also a set of organizational models, business processes, business standards and information technology, implementation methods for the integrated application management system is a complex integrated management information system, it is both a management way of thinking is also a means of information and tools. The basic idea is:

(1) Enterprise business processes as a tightly connected to the supply chain, the supply chain, including suppliers, manufacturing plants, distribution networks and customer and so on;

(2) In accordance with different functions will be enterprise resource planning system divided into several interrelated and mutually supportive collaborative operation of subsystems such as financial, marketing manufacturing, quality control service maintenance engineering and technology.

On this basis the enterprises in the supply chain all the links, such as orders, purchasing, inventory, planning, manufacturing, quality control, distribution, after-sales service, financial management, investment management, risk management, decision support, personnel management, project management, recipe management, and implementation of a full range of effective management. Specifically, ERP support: a, decision-making level data query and comprehensive analysis; b, the middle layer of management and control; c, operating level of business achieved.

ERP system is the core business operations process management and quantitative management, through system integration to make things simple, the company departments, and links most of the information transfer between the work focused into a unified platform for up to eliminate of the processes and information processing different concepts of randomness and ambiguity. Thus, ERP, we must first Business Process Reengineering (BPR - Business Process Reorganizing). If only the original business processes to implement information management, on the contrary to the purpose of ERP, because ERP is a management model first, followed by technical means, ERP is the essence of management techniques and computer technology combination. ERP use of information technology to achieve the enterprise internal resources sharing and collaboration, enabling seamless business processes of all the logical links, improve management efficiency, contributed to the growth of corporate profits.

ERP in strengthening the role of internal control are mainly embodied in prior, during and after a few aspects:
1. Advance control, including the following aspects

(1) Budgetary control. With the ever-changing external environment company, as well as the increasingly fierce competition arising there from the same industry, companies face in their development processes more and more challenges. Corporate managers must not only find ways to develop business channels and expand the revenue base, but also to strengthen internal budget control and improve profit margins, that is open source, we should also pay attention to throttle. The overall objective of enterprises broken down into specific control of projects and clear control standards and to implement the responsibility to the appropriate units or persons responsible. Business in the economy occurs the system will automatically carry out the actual situation and budget targets, compared to the business operations do not meet targets or brought to authorized agencies to veto the decision-making.

(2) The authorization control. According to the organizational structure and staff job responsibilities set up each employee access to the operation of the system as well as the scope of information queries. The system will ensure that all business activities of enterprises are being approved or authorized by the executive staff.