Fill in the Blanks 19.5 Enterprise Resources PlanOnline version Enterprise Resources Planning. by MARÍA ALEJANDRA CASTRO CRUZ 1 performance problems flexible external infrastructure modular saved hardware improve flows processes information departments The ERP are the most traditional systems and the first that were developed to help the big enterprises to manage the in hundreds and thousands personal computers and deployed through all the company . From a technological view , ERP is a software that links the company's internal apps and that supports its processes . The ERP apps are and the modules integrate each and with other external to expand its functionalities . Before start to use an ERP is essential that the enterprise identify the to solve , the objectives to reach and the support kind that the information systems will supply . ERP System Characteristics . o Integration : They're designed to integrate without any problem the information in all the company . o Better practices . ERP systems reflect the best practices of the industry to generate business . o Components coordination . ERP system is software that need to be integrated with the different components of an information system : , software , operating system and nets . o Evolution . ERP systems were designed first to the mainframe systems , then , to client / server architectures , and currently , to eased services by Web and apps based on Web . ERP system benefits and inconvenients . o Flexibility and organizational agility : ERP system is decomposed in functional modules , and it makes the companies more , agiles and adaptatives : They can react easier to different business condition changes . o Decision support : They provide essential information about the organizational in functional areas allowing a bigger decision making capacity . ? Efficiency and quality : ERP systems integrate and the business processes in an organization , and as result it improves the client service , production and distribution quality .
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