Enterprise resource planning

ABSTRACTNowadays, especially in production sector, the systems which convertinformation to profit are strongly demanded. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is atthe top of these systems.ERP enables efficient data flow among the factories located in different regionsinside departments, their supplier companies and distribution centers by means of thecomputer based connection in the company. ERP is a computer software, which carriesout the activities (material supply, stock control, production, marketing, sending,finance and accounting) synchronically.The foundation of ERP has been started, in the 1960 year. The inventory controlwas vital in these years. Then, the companies have started to use computer basedsystems for that purpose. By the help of development of information technologies,production planning, stock control, production follow and Material RequirementPlanning (MRP), Production Resource Planning (MRP II) applications have also movedto the computer based technology. In the 1990 year, companies have started to usecomputers aimed at decision making. As a result of this, Enterprise Resource Panning(ERP) has started to take place in our lives.The arise of ERP system is a result of combination of MRP and MRP II systems,and the improvements of these systems according to the technological developments.The one of the most important properties of ERP, which differs from all othersystems, is it enables easy data access. In order to make a great rivalry, it is obvious thatthe resources must be managed efficiently. To do that, it requires, completely adapted,from planning to selling and from sending to accounting controllable flows, andqualified information infrastructure. At this point, ERP is a helper system, in order tofollow the resources efficiently and to give decisions related to these resources, fromcustomer relations to production planning.Setting up of ERP and complete functionality after starting the installationrequires long time and money. When an ERP system is purchased and applied tocompany, it is hard to return. Therefore, the company has to identify its needs and findthe one which compensates all its requirements, in the purchasing period.In this report, Sentim Informatics, which has the greatest market share in theTurkish Informatics market and the first user of ERP system in Turkey, ERP systemselection period has been investigated. The ERP packet software which will be mostbeneficial for the company is tried to be identified by means of the sent Offer CallingList (RFP) to the software companies and the applied questionnaire companyemployees. As a result of the conducted researches and the studies, the international IFSCompany?s ERP packet software is seen appropriate.Key Words: ERP, MRP, MRP II