Integrated operational management.
WHAT IT IS
One system covering several core business functions, sharing a single database.
WHAT IT TYPICALLY INCLUDES
General ledger and financial management Accounts payable and receivable Purchasing and supplier management Inventory and warehousing Sales and order management Manufacturing, where relevant Reporting across all of it
WHY INTEGRATION IS THE POINT
A sale updates inventory, triggers fulfilment, creates an invoice and posts to the ledger, without re-entry.
WHAT THAT ELIMINATES
Duplicate data entry Figures disagreeing between departments Delay between an event and its financial effect
WHAT MODULES ARE
Functional areas, licensed and enabled separately.
WHAT TO ENABLE
What you will actually use.
WHY NOT EVERYTHING
Unused modules complicate configuration and cost money.
WHAT A CHART OF ACCOUNTS IS
The structure of financial categories everything posts to.
WHY IT MATTERS ENORMOUSLY
It determines what reporting is possible, and changing it later is disruptive.
WHAT MASTER DATA IS
The core records everything references: customers, suppliers, products, accounts.
WHY ITS QUALITY DETERMINES EVERYTHING
Every transaction references it, and errors propagate throughout.
WHAT TO INVEST IN BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE
Getting master data right.
