Description

ΕRP (Enterprise Resource Planning) is an integrated information system for the rational administration for an enterprise’s operations and resources. ERP organizes, standardizes, connects and automates all business processes: Product Design, Purchasing, Production, Warehousing, Distribution, Financial Administration, Maintenance, Quality Control, and Human Resource Management. All above mentioned processes are interconnected, and any incident occurring in one of them automatically affects all other processes. E.g., during the purchase of a batch of material, after the control of the receipt, the following activities can be done automatically :  

• Warehouse updating, simply by registering the order number
• Determination of the right storage place
• Updating of the corresponding account of the General Accounting system
• Modification of the production schedule, Updating of the supplier’s file, Computation of the average cost of stock, Issue of the Material Quality Control Report & Analysis of Methods and DirectivesThus, information is provided on a real time basis, data are processed in a way that operational decision is facilitated and resource management is improved. As a result :
• The operation of the supply chain is controlled and optimized
• Customer service level is enhanced
• Production cost is decreased
• Full traceability of batches and orders is possible, and
• Application of ISO 9001:2000 system is simplified through the use of electronic files