ERP (Enterprise Resources Planning Enterprise Resource Planning) from the United States well-known management consulting firm, Garner Group Inc in 1990, proposed initially defined as the application software, but were quickly accepted by commercial enterprises around the world now has developed into one of modern enterprise management theory .
Between ERP and e-commerce
ERP(Enterprise Resources Planning Enterprise Resource Planning) from the United States well-known management consulting firm, Garner Group Inc in 1990, proposed initially defined as the application software, but were quickly accepted by commercial enterprises around the world now has developed into a modern business management theories. Its product development and design, job control, production planning, procurement of inputs, marketing, sales, inventory, finance and personnel, as well as the corresponding part of the module to take an integrated approach to optimizing the management. E-commerce (Electronic Commerce, referred to as EC) is the worldwide trade in a wide range of business activities, on the Internet an open network environment, browser-based friend, Server Applications manner not seen for both buyers and sellers to carry out a variety of business activities to achieve consumers, online shopping, online transactions between merchants and online electronic payments and a variety of business activities, trading activities, financial activities and related service activities integrated as a new business model.
E-commerce and ERP are the business information systems. E-commerce is built on the basis of ERP applications, ie the implementation of ERP enterprise e-commerce support systems. But from another perspective, e-commerce and ERP can also be attributed to the same level of application, but a different focus - ERP system is composed of MRP, MRP, and other enterprises to the development of management thinking, and focused on the scope of management within the enterprise; E-commerce solution is the company's communications with the outside world, connect, and transactions, the focus in order to interact with the outside main. E-commerce as a tool to play more the role of the ERP is to provide a management ideas and models.
ERP and e-commerce the importance of integration
The enterprise is concerned, e-commerce and ERP systems as the front-end and back end, the external and internal relations, the two are closely related. A successful enterprise information system during operation, the external and internal aspects of any changes that have occurred should be quickly passed to other relevant links. For example, on the Internet through e-commerce companies get orders, should be able to immediately order the information passed to the internal ERP system for procurement, production, finance, marketing organization of various departments of raw materials, capital, production and sale. If the enterprise front-end e-commerce and back-end ERP system, out of touch, a lot of critical information and data is enclosed in the separate systems, from e-commerce (EC) platform to obtain sales orders, market information can not be timely delivered to the background ERP system; Similarly, the absence of EC system and ERP system integration, the future of EC systems also can not read the ERP system the price of the product, customer and other information, resulting in a mismatch between the front and back information.
Enterprise logistics, capital flow and information flow can not be an organic unity, data consistency, completeness and accuracy can not be guaranteed, inter-repeated redundant work can not be right clients to make timely and effective response, so that enterprises in reduced efficiency and operations increase in cost, and thus to bring great harm on their own. Therefore, the enterprise e-commerce and ERP integration is imperative.
After the integration of ERP and E-commerce, enterprise supply chain management, customer relationship management, business intelligence, e-commerce, office automation business full-featured, integrated resource sharing and data sharing, business processes within the various departments will be more rational, standardized, convergence is more smooth and more efficient production, inventory, take up less capital. For every level of leadership that can quickly and accurately obtain the information needed to market to make the most time reflected in the shortest possible time to make the most effective decision-making.
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