You have been hired as an information technology consultant for PostUTech LLC; h

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You have been hired as an information technology consultant for PostUTech LLC; here is the Company Profile. You will be working with a team of highly skilled IT specialists on various Government and commercial IT projects throughout the course. Your first project is updating a mid-sized company's inventory control system. They sell books and other various items online and have been experiencing shipping and inventory problems. Your team has convinced them that they need to modernize the company with an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) information system. This requires an upgrade of their networks and computer systems at the headquarters, warehouses, and satellite offices.

Information systems are designed by analyzing business processes and then finding technical solutions to arm employees with better information for decision making allowing them to accomplish their tasks more efficiently and effectively. Discuss the ERP system features with your team.

How can an ERP system help this enterprise solve their problems?

What type of data input and information output is the ERP system designed to process, store, and display?

Based on the type of data input and information output, what types of hardware and software will be necessary to implement your customer’s IT solution?

Not all ERP systems are successful. Identify some potential risks that must be considered with this solution.

Explanation / Answer

First question is what exactly is ERP System? As name suggests it is Enterprise Resource Planning; so it is clear that it help to plan Enterprise Resources.

Now task is to convince staff to opt for ERP system instead to old familiar system.

How it will Help?

Else all other technologies ERP is not the different, it will help to solve certain problem and give benefits as:

Input and Display

Date input : Serial Number, Item details, Cost, Order Status, Shipping Details

Storage: Primary Key, Serial Number, Item details, Cost, Order Status, Shipping Details

Output: Serial Number, Item details, Cost, Order Status, Shipping Detail

Hardware and Software Required

In classic installation ERP need to downloaded on own system either it is Windows Operated or Linux and separate procedures was required to install Database and server. Hardware requirement for ERP is very modest any latest PC or laptop will have sufficient requirement to use ERP.

But now these days ERP has became cloud based and can be used accordingly. It is safer and easier to use.

Risk Involved

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