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Structure of Standard ERP

A Standard ERP system consists of two or more modules that interact with each other. Each module contains a number of registers in which information of a particular type is stored. For example, information about Customers and Suppliers is stored in a Contact register, information about Items is stored in an Item register and so on. The smallest system (the Accounting package) consists of four modules with the following registers:

The integration between modules is quite straightforward in this small system. You need to be in the correct module to be able to enter information to each of the other registers (the Account and Object registers are the only ones that can be found in more than one module). Having entered this information, you will be able to access it from other registers in other modules. For example, the Sales and Purchase Ledgers can both access the list of members of personnel, stored in the Person register in the System module.

Registers contain the information with which you will be working daily, such as Customers, Suppliers, Sales Orders and Invoices. Each module also contains a number of preferences, known as "Settings". Settings can contain information that will be used in 'look-up' tables. Settings can also be used to control how particular functions or features operate.

Larger Standard ERP systems have a more complex structure. The Contact and Item registers, for example, are included in several modules - Quotations, Sales Orders, Sales Ledger, Stock, Contracts and Job Costing.

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