chapter 12 Integrating the Organization from End to End – Enterprise Resource Planning

back bones of ERP systems is a database, when a user enters or updates information in one module, it is immediately and automatically updated throughout the entire system.

Integration Tools

Many companies purchase modules from an ERP vendor, an SCM vendor, and a CRM 

vendor and must integrate the different modules together

–Middleware – several different types of software which sit in the middle of and 

provide connectivity between two or more software applications

–Enterprise application integration (EAI) middleware – packages together 

commonly used functionality which reduced the time necessary to develop 

solutions that integrate applications from multiple vendors

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

ERP systems must integrate various organization processes and be:

–Flexible

–Modular and open

–Comprehensive

–Beyond the company