2. ERP for Garments

3. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) • Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems integrate internal and external management of information across an entire organization—embracing finance/accounting, manufacturing, sales and service, customer relationship management, etc • ERP systems automate this activity with an integrated software application. ERP facilitates information flow between all business functions inside the organization, and manages connections to outside stakeholders. VRS UNIERP Software

4. Functional areas of ERP: An ERP system covers the following common functional areas. In many ERP systems these are called and grouped together as ERP modules: • Financial accounting General ledger, fixed asset, payables, receivables, cash management, financial consolidation • Management accounting Budgeting, costing, cost management, activity based costing • Human resources Recruiting, training, payroll, benefits, diversity management, retirement, separation VRS UNIERP Software

5. Functional areas of ERP: • Manufacturing Engineering, bill of materials, work orders, scheduling, capacity, workflow management, quality control, manufacturing process, manufacturing projects, manufacturing flow, product life cycle management • Supply chain management Supply chain planning, supplier scheduling, order to cash, purchasing, inventory, product configurator, claim processing • Project management Project planning, resource planning, project costing, work break down structure, billing, time and expense, performance units, activity management VRS UNIERP Software

7. Development of ERP package for textiles: • ERP facilitates a company wide integrated information systems covering all functional areas such as manufacturing, sales and distribution, accounts, payables, receivables, inventory ,human resources etc. ERP solution includes manufacturing, marketing as well as finance sectors. The main steps in development of such a software package are: • Defining the problem. • Designing the programme. • Debugging. • Testing • Documentation. • Maintenance. • Redesign. VRS UNIERP Software

8. Development of ERP package for textiles: • DEBUGGING: - it is the procedure of correcting the errors. • TESTING: - it is the checking of correction of individual programme as well as complete system. • DOCUMENTATION: - it gives full description of package and details for executing the system. • MAINTENANCE: - it is the preservation of complete package. • REDESIGN: - it is the extension and changes as per the requirements of individual situation. VRS UNIERP Software

9. Use of ERP in Textiles VRS UNIERP Software

10. Limitations of ERP include: • Though ERP has lots of benefits but it has some limitations too. Some limitations of ERP can be summarized as below: • Customization of the ERP software is limited. Some customization may involve changing of the ERP software structure which is usually not allowed. • ERP systems can be very expensive to install. • ERP vendors can charge sums of money for annual license renewal that is unrelated to the size of the company using the ERP or its profitability. • Systems can be difficult to use training must needed for user. VRS UNIERP Software