Key features of ERP software

• • Finance & Accounting: General Ledger, Fixed Assets, payables including vouchering, matching and payment, receivables Cash Management and collections, cash management, Financial Consolidation
• • Management Accounting: Budgeting, Costing, cost management, activity based costing
• • Human resources: Recruiting, training, roster for shift, payroll, benefits, retirement and pension plans, diversity management, retirement, separation
• • Manufacturing: Engineering, bill of materials, work orders, scheduling, capacity, workflow management, quality control, manufacturing process, manufacturing projects, manufacturing flow, product life cycle management
• • Order Processing: Order to cash, order entry, credit checking, pricing, available to promise, inventory, shipping, sales analysis and reporting, sales commissioning.
• • Supply chain management: Supply chain planning, supplier scheduling, product configurator, order to cash, purchasing, inventory, claim processing, warehousing (receiving, put away, pickup and packing).
• • Project management: Project planning, resource planning, project costing, work breakdown structure, billing, time and expense, performance units, activity management
• • Customer relationship management: Sales and marketing, commissions, service, customer contact,call center support — CRM systems are not always considered part of ERP systems but rather Business Support systems (BSS).
• • Data services: Various "self–service" interfaces for customers, suppliers and/or employees