The ERP system allows faculty and staff to work more efficiently, more flexibly and reduce reliance on paper forms. ERP vanquishes the old standalone computer systems in finance, HR, manufacturing and the warehouse, and replaces them with a single unified software program divided into software modules that roughly approximate the old standalone systems.

Optimum Technologies Inc. defines ERP as an enterprise re-engineering solution that uses new business computing paradigms to integrate IT processes across company divisions and departments. Some of the key ERP solution modules can be listed as follows:

• Sales Management.
• Staff Management.
• Stock and Inventory Management.
• Production Planning.
• Project Management.
• Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
• Financial Accounting and Bookkeeping.
• Data Analysis and Workflow Management.
• Business Intelligence and Reporting (MIS).
• Document and Workflow Management