物流專業英語教程（第4版）主編:張慶英副主編:張夢雅，曾芝蘭高等學校專業英語教材PassageAEnterpriseResourcePlanning(ERP)SystemsPassageBMaterialResourcePlanningUNIT23IntroductiontoLogisticsUNIT23-ADefinitionofERPERPisanacronymforEnterpriseResourcePlanning,aconceptdevelopedforthenextgenerationManufacturingResourcePlanning(MRPⅡ)systems.Today,thetermERPencompassesallintegratedinformationsystemsthatcanbeusedacrossanyorganization.OrganizationsconfigureERPsystemsinthreedistinctways:IntegratedStandardApplicationPackages;IntegratingSystemsIn-house;JointVentureSystems.Inthe1970sthefocusininformationsystemsshiftedtotheuseofMRP(MaterialsRequirementPlanning)systemsinmanufacturing,whichtranslatedthemasterschedulebuiltfortheenditemsintotime-phasednetrequirementsforsubassemblies,componentsandrawmaterialplanningandprocurement.Inthe1980stheconceptofMRPⅡevolved,whichwasanextensionofMRPtoshopflooranddistributionmanagementactivities.Intheearly1990s,MRPⅡwasextendedtocoverareaslikeengineering,finance,humanresources,andprojectmanagement;i.e.,thecompletegamutofactivitieswithinanenterprise.HencethetermERPwascoined.EvolutionofERPERPsystemsarecomprehensivepackagedsoftwaresolutionsthatautomateandintegrateorganizationalprocesses.ThecoreofanERPsystemisasinglerelationaldatabase.Thesystemunifiesenterprise-wideinformationandprovidesaseamlessinformationflow.Unifiedapplicationsensuretightintegrationofallfunctionsandunits.TheintegrativedesignofERPsystemsenablesanorganizationtoachieveoperationalefficienciesandextendreachbeyondorganizationalboundaries.HowDoesanERPSystemWork?

EasieraccesstoreliableinformationEliminationofredundantdataandoperations31323334ReductionofcycletimesIncreasedefficiency,hencereducingcostsBenefitsofAnERPSystem35EasilyadaptableinachangingbusinessenvironmentSAPAGOracleCorp.J.D.EdwardsPeople-SoftBaanCo.Today’sMarketLeaders

1.ItisanacronymforEnterpriseResourcePlanning,aconceptdevelopedforthenextgenerationManufacturingResourcePlanning(MRPⅡ)systemsbytheGartnerGroupintheearly1990s.Notes它是EnterpriseResourcePlanning（企業資源計劃）的縮寫，是由Gartner集團在20世紀90年代初專門針對其下一代制造資源計劃（MRPⅡ）系統而提出的一個概念。2.TheERPapplicationsweseetodaycanbetracedbacktoandhaveevolvedfromMaterialRequirementPlanning(MRP)andManufacturingResourcePlanning(MRPⅡ)systems.Notes我們今天所見到的ERP應用可以追溯到物料需求計劃（MRP）和制造資源計劃（MRPⅡ）系統。What’stheERPsystemusedfor?HowdoesanERPsystemwork?Pleaseexplainyourownideaaboutit.12TopicfordiscussionCanyoutellusthedi