ERP SYSTEMS SUPPORT FOR ORGANIZATIONAL E-BUSINESS: EVALUATION OF POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES

Abstract

The rapid development of technology has enabled many organizations to use in their operations technology based on web tools. Such organizations in this case must be supported by a strong infrastructure and platforms that can provide them effective functioning. One of them is the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system. This system is used in business processes in organizations with a wide range of activities, in order to overcome the bottlenecks of the supply chain that prevent the efficient flow of products from the moment they are just raw material to the moment of its final delivery to customers/clients. This work deals with the evolution of the relationship and connections between systems for enterprise resource planning and e-business. The paper presents how organizations and companies can use this system to obtain benefit in the form of competitive advantages over its rivals by choosing and evaluate ERP alternatives. In order to successfully use the principles of ERP systems' operations, it is necessary to establish the appropriate framework of the electronic supply chain management that integrates all business processes of one chain (E-SCM Supply Chain Management). All this is achieved with a new technology tool that enables electronic supply chain to function in such a virtual environment as the cloud computing is. ERP system provides to organizations security in electronic commerce and in the challenges resulting from the electronic business.