Integrated Business Processes with ERP Systems Simha R. Magal, Jeffrey Word
Publisher: Wiley

Best of breed software may be the best decision for supporting revenue-generating business processes. ERP- a financial management tool whereas CMMS – a technical management tool. However, implementing and maintaining these systems involves sophisticated powerful technology, requiring in-depth understanding of business processes and ERP systems as well as strong implementation capabilities. This, in turn, demands integration of business processes of an enterprise. There are times were integrated ERP is the right choice given the potential return. Unfortunately, this is the most underestimated part of any project. Deep ERP Integration - Compliance mandates are complex business processes that require process configurations to the internal ERP system. € While ERP looks through enterprise overview and business process integration CMMS addresses real-time maintenance needs. Enterprise Resource Planning is principally an integration of business management practices and modern technology. ERP systems are by their nature wide ranged covering various business processes in an enterprise. In fact, the applications employed by most organizations for customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning, and supply chain management handle structured, transactional information, such as addresses, customer Integrating unstructured content like customer emails, invoices, bills, , and so on into core business processes provides the essential mechanism to support document and records management, collaboration, and information retrieval. ERP Systems Implementation Barriers for SME's.