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Types of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems

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Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a business management software built to do just that. This relatively new system offers a centralized platform with applications to manage all aspects of your business from supply chain management to inventory management to financial management.

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The advantages and disadvantages of ERP systems

IBM Services

ERP applications, such as procurement, supply chain management, inventory and project management, are all separate applications offered under ERP. Manual data entry is not necessary, making tasks such as inventory management much easier and making metrics tracking much simpler.