This site is for the use of Ryerson faculty, staff and students for the study of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP).
The following presents some sources of information about ERP and SAP R/3 for faculty and students.
Many key business applications are now implemented using comprehensive and complex Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. ERP software facilitates the flow of information among all the processes of an organization’s supply chain, from purchases to sales, including accounting and human resources. Process thinking is a key element in this business restructuring, differing from previous approaches with traditional application "silos", where departments within a company operated with poor interaction with other departments. ERP software eliminates the common problem of multiple incompatible software systems and databases in use in the departments or functional areas of many corporations. With one integrated comprehensive system (which could be distributed internationally) with one database, processes run more smoothly with up to date information availability throughout the corporation.
It is important for students to gain an understanding of the impact of ERP solutions in business today. Every business area is affected; implementing ERP systems in a corporation is a complex undertaking and has been likened to the effort required in merging two companies together.
ERP products are available from several vendors, including SAP AG, PeopleSoft, J.D. Edwards and Oracle. The ERP software market leader is SAP AG with the SAP R/3 System. There is great demand in industry for people that are knowledgeable about ERP and specifically about SAP R/3 System.
For comments and suggestions about this site please contact Peter Pille at ppille@acs.ryerson.ca.