Exploring ERP II

ERP II has become the talk of the day in the enterprise world. ERP II features are said to be advanced when compared with the former. However some shun it as a mere extension of ERP. It becomes very important to analyze ERP II in this contest.

Some of the well known features of ERP II are as follows:

Structuring the enterprise applications to suit to the latest technicalities

The history of enterprise resource planning reveals an interesting Fact. ERP was discovered in the early 80's and 90's.The information technology was at the budding phase in this period and though it was nearing the pinnacle in many developed countries. Needless to mention that the ERP software programs developed initially were not computer friendly (if we are to discuss the practical situation).

This stage was critical for both Information technology and ERP.ERP was nearing completion while IT was rapidly expanding (and is still so) till date. ERP was developed keeping in mind the latest advancements of IT. However when the ERP systems were developed it showed an imbalance with the latest technological features of computers that were improved during the manufacturing of ERP. There seemed to be no end to this gap even in successive ERP modifications because if ERP was improved twice computers also experienced the more improvements and in multiple propitiations.

This proved to be the main reason for ERP's failure to make maximum advantage of facilities like internet. Even web enabled ERP was not effective to the desired extent. However things proved to be otherwise with the intrusion of ERP II. The main advantage and well known feature of ERP II is that it is designed in such a way that it makes optimal exploitation of the technological advances.

Providing specific applications

The main drawback of enterprise resource planning is that it is a generic application which remains less focused on specific functions. However ERPII believed in restructuring ERP rather than restructuring the business process in the name of business process engineering or others. ERP ii comes with comprehensive features that are exclusively suited industry wise. Further the packages also offer innumerable choice for the functional components. This is the crux of ERP ii features.

Autonomy for Vendors and users

ERP II has helped the vendors and users to be liberal in choosing each other in addition by giving them the required freedom in designing and demanding applications as well. The vendor is also relieved from catering only to a particular sect of customers. The case is equally true for the customers. ERP II features help the vendor in choosing his target market and serving their needs by designing applications exclusively for them. On the other hand the company is also free to make any sort of demands as applications are going to be solely based on them.

Built on ERP's failure

ERP II evolved from its predecessor. It originated due to ERP's failure. The contribution of ERP in redefining enterprise operations is still significant but not enough. Hence ERP II has been devised to overcome the drawbacks of ERP. They have been devised by working on the weakness and disadvantages of ERP.

Conclusion

The above mentioned points show that ERP II is an emerging enterprise application. However they are also not free from drawbacks. Even though they have been developed to overcome the drawbacks of ERP it does not necessarily inculcate all the benefits of ERP. In addition they have some inherent setbacks.

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