Enterprise Resource Planning

INTRODUCTION

The assignment will explore ERP from its origin and would shed light on its fundamentals and implementation procedures. ERP will be evaluated from two perspectives of two different companies which implemented the ERP solution. First we will be discussing ¡§Cisco¡¦s¡¨ ERP implementation and the technical and business issues related to that and then we will move on to the other case study of ¡§Tektronix¡¨ which also implemented an ERP system. We will critically be evaluating the pre implementation phase and then we will be focusing on the benefits of the ERP systems for both these companies.

HISTORY

The concept of ERP has been around since the early 1960¡¦s. Until 1972 ERP was just a concept without a name or classification. It was a concept that companies had to integrate all departments and functions to increase revenues and strengthen the business.

In 1972, five managers left their positions at IBM to start a company to realize this vision of ERP. ...