A Quick Look at Enterprise Resource Planning

The literature on Enterprise Resource Planning, states that its dream, or goal, is to coordinate and “make interactive" all the various activities of all the interrelated departments, from packaging to warehouse, to invoicing. The dream is to have one single software solution to combine and integrate the operations and activities of all the various departments, so that the action taken by one department sets off a chain of reactions, which results in the completion of the order, or task. This is where the domino effect comes in; one action sets the next one off.

The benefit, as anyone of average intelligence can figure out, is that a business that uses Enterprise Resource Planning will become more cost-efficient and effective. In short, they save money; and, in today's economy, that's a good thing. Also, it increases efficiency across the board, and in a general sense. It also increases communication between departments, so there is less human error involved, that way. All of that makes it a good thing to do; please check out Wikipedia for more details and information, as well as more examples of Enterprise Resource Planning, of which custom ordering and delivery is one.