Karakteristik Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Menurut Daniel E. O‟Leary (2007:27) sistem Enterprise Resource
Planning (ERP) idealnya memiliki karakteristik sebagai berikut:

1. ERP systems are packaged software designed for client server
   environment, whether traditional or web-based;
2. ERP systems integrate the majority of a business’s processes;
3. ERP systems process a large majority of an organization’s transactions;
4. ERP systems use an enterprise-wide database that typically stores each
   piece of data once;
5. ERP systems allow access to the data in real time;
6. In some cases, EPR allows an integration of transaction and planning
   activities (e.g., production planning).
   Moreover, ERP systems increasingly are assumed to have the following
   additional characteristic:
7. Support for multiple currencies and langueages (critical for
   multinational companies);
8. Support for specific industries (e.g., SAP support a wide range of
   industries, including oil and gas, health care, chemicals, and banking);
9. Ability to customize without programming (e.g., switch setting).