Running head ERP1Enterprise Resource PlanningAuthors
NameInstitutional AffiliationERP2What is ERP?Enterprise Resource
Planning is business software designed to automate and manage
coreoperations of a business such as sales, purchasing, accounting,
human resource, customer supportand inventory. ERPS vary from one
organization to another since each system is designed tomeet a
specific business type. Examples of ERP include; Sage Intacct,
NetSuite ERP, 2. Scoro,Infor SyteLine ERP, Microsoft Dynamics AX
2012, SAP Business by Design and Epicor ERP10.Advantages of ERPAn
ERP platform makes it easy to collect and access data from anywhere
in theorganization. E.g. the accountant can be able to access the
sales or information on employeesfrom his own office. Moreover the
management is able to easily check the performance of
theorganization through ERP platform by use of key indicators such
as sales (Gupta, 2000).They provide data security through the use
of firewalls and passwords whereby onlyauthorized personnel can
access the data. Moreover the management is also able to monitor
itsemployees activities and thus preventing any risk of breach and
duplication …