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Types of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems

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When an organization is deciding which type of enterprise resource planning deployment type to use, there are multiple factors to consider including size, functionality, procurement and industry-specific requirements. This ERP option is the most popular and trendy of the solutions right now. Who does cloud-based ERP best serve?

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The advantages and disadvantages of ERP systems

IBM Services

Manual data entry is not necessary, making tasks such as inventory management much easier and making metrics tracking much simpler. More time-consuming Since ERP is customizable, and not a one-size-fits-all software, it can become very time-consuming.