电子与通信技术专业英语 第3版 2 作者 刘小芹 刘骋 Unit Eight

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1、UnitEightTextATextB能力分析训练TextAWhatisERP?Enterpriseresourceplanningsoftware,orERP,doesn’tliveuptoitsacronym.Forgetaboutplanning—itdoesn’tdomuchofthat—andforgetaboutresource,athrowawayterm.Butremembertheenterprisepart.ThisisERP’strueambition.Thesoftwareattemptstointegratealldepartmentsan

2、dfunctionsacrossacompanyontoasinglecomputersystemthatcanserveallthosedepartments’particularneeds.ERPvanquishestheoldstand-alonecomputersystemsinfinance,HR,manufacturingandthewarehouse,andreplacesthemwithasingleunifiedsoftwareprogramdividedintosoftwaremodulesthatroughlyapproximatetheold

3、stand-alonesystems.Finance,manufacturingandthewarehouseallstillgettheirownsoftware,exceptnowthesoftwareislinkedtogethersothatsomeoneinfinancecanlookintothewarehousesoftwaretoseeifanorderhasbeenshipped.Mostvendors’ERPsoftwareisflexibleenoughthatyoucaninstallsomemoduleswithoutbuyingthewh

4、olepackage.Manycompanies,forexample,willinstallonlyanERPfinanceorHRmoduleandleavetherestofthefunctionsforanotherday.ERP’sbesthopefordemonstratingvalueisasasortofbatteringramforimprovingthewayyourcompanytakesacustomerorderandprocessesthatintoaninvoiceandrevenue—otherwiseknownastheorderf

5、ulfillmentprocess.HowcanERPimproveacompany’sbusinessperformance?ThatiswhyERPisoftenreferredtoasback-officesoftware.Itdoesn’thandletheup-frontsellingprocess;rather,ERPtakesacustomerorderandprovidesasoftwareroadmapforautomatingthedifferentstepsalongthepathtofulfillingtheorder.Whenacustom

6、erservicerepresentativeentersacustomerorderintoanERPsystem,hehasalltheinformationnecessarytocompletetheorder.Peopleinthesedifferentdepartmentsallseethesameinformationandcanupdateit.Whenonedepartmentfinisheswiththeorder’itisautomaticallyroutedviatheERPsystemtothenextdepartment.Tofindout

7、wheretheorderisatanypoint,youneedonlylogintotheERPsystemtotrackitdown.Withluck,theorderprocessmoveslikeaboltoflightningthroughtheorganization,andcustomersgettheirordersfasterandwithfewererrorsthanbefore.ERPcanapplythatsamemagictotheothermajorbusinessprocesses,suchasemployeebenefitsor