Your Boss Just Came to the Lunch

Essay

Your boss just came to the lunch.During the lunch he had a discussion with some business partners concerning modern organizational information systems.The boss' basic question to you was,"Do you think our company needs an ERP system?" Obviously,without knowing the details of this company or the industry in which it operates,it would be difficult to provide a detailed answer to this question.Your new project may take days,weeks,or even months to answer accurately,but before you begin your research you should develop a short but detailed outline for a paper that will inform the boss about the basics of ERP,the advantages of ERP,as well as the disadvantages of ERP.Answer some of these questions within your outline/answer:
∙What is ERP?
∙Why should the organization get an ERP system?
∙Why might the organization not want to get ERP?∙If we did get an ERP system what would be required for successful implementation?