How can an ERP help you manage your business?

What is an ERP?

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One ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) or PGI (Integrated Management Software) is an essential tool that allows you to have a global vision of its activities. It is an information system that allows manage and monitor all strategic and operational information and services of a company. With an ERP, all the key processes necessary for the management of a company such as finance, HR, production, supply chain, purchasing or even services are managed effectively. The latter makes it possible to centralize a company's data and to draw analyses from it that will guide businesses and management in their process And their decision making.

ERP systems in Saas mode can integrate with all the business tools of a company (CRM, e-commerce platform...). These integrations are possible thanks to API They are application programming interface. They make it possible to “connect” a software or service to another software in order to gather all the data of a company. The interconnection between applications is based on APIs.

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What are the advantages of an ERP?

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The use of an ERP involves numerous advantages, at different scales:

• For managers :

ERP is the software that is at the heart of businesses. At any time, it allows you to have a clear vision concerning the daily operations. For example, it is possible to control all the data from the purchase of a company's raw materials to the billing of the customer when he makes the final purchase. But it does not end there, it is also possible to control everything related to the choice of suppliers, the storage of products or their distribution. This allows managers to identify which processes are best performing and which ones need improvement. Les rulings are taken more quickly and therefore the business growth also. Some go so far as to say that ERP is “the central nervous system of a company.”

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• Within the professions :

Whether in the field of human resources, accounting, finance or even production, ERP is for each business a solution for streamline its processes and maximize its performance.

• For operational staff :

At the operational level, ERP gives the possibility to automate numerous tasks, especially when it comes to billing, sales, inventories, procurement, or reports. A considerable saving of time within a company, more specifically between employees.

• For businesses :

Using an ERP system in SaaS mode allows you not to have to deal with the maintenance Nor of thelodging which is directly on the Cloud. In addition to saving considerable time, the Cloud offers more security And of functionalities for businesses. The update part is simplified, when there are new features or services, users have direct access to them.

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