The so-called ERP is the abbreviation of English Enterprise Resource Planning. ERP management software is an information system that takes management accounting as the core, identifies and plans enterprise resources, so as to obtain customer orders, complete processing and delivery, and finally obtain customer payment.
ERP management software integrates all resources within the enterprise and plans procurement, production, cost, inventory, distribution, transportation, finance and human resources, so as to achieve the best combination of resources and obtain the best benefits.
Enterprises are in a challenging environment where market opportunities, prices and service levels are constantly changing, so they must constantly change and improve their business models and enhance their competitiveness. In the past, only paying attention to the improvement of internal processes and the improvement of product development and manufacturing level was not enough to face the realistic market environment.
The development history of ERP software;
It is a new generation integrated management information system developed from MRP (Material Resource Planning). It expands the function of MRP, and its core idea is supply chain management. It jumps out of the traditional enterprise boundary and optimizes the enterprise resources from the scope of supply chain. It is a new generation information system based on the era of network economy.
It plays an obvious role in improving business processes and enhancing the core competitiveness of enterprises. ERP began to appear in the early 1980s. Since 1990s, internationally renowned ERP products such as SAP and Oracle have entered China and expanded rapidly.
Then, some early ERP products appeared in China, such as Weibang ERP, Tianzhi ERP, Case ERP, Lima ERP, Hejia ERP and Boko ERP.