CHAPTER 1 Introduction to ERP INTRODUCTION - ERP stands for Enterprise Resource Planning . ERP systems are the kind of software tools which are used to manage the data of an enterprise. ERP system helps different organizations to deal with different departments of an enterprise. Different departments like receiving, inventory management, customer order management, production planning, shipping, accounting, human resource management, and other business functions. Basically, it is the practice of consolidating an enterprise’s planning, its manufacturing, its sales and marketing efforts into one management system. It combines all databases across different departments into a single database which can be easily accessible to all employees of that enterprise. It helps in automation of the tasks involved in performing a business process. Before ERP: Before an ERP system, there are different databases of different departments which they managed by their own...