Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)and Integration of Purchase, Inventory and Sale processes: Proposition of a Common Minimal M odel

After illustrating the contribution of information systems (especially ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning) in the supply chain optimization imposed by the current context of modern companies, this paper defines a theoretical framework for the purchase, inventory and sale processes according to the standard APICS (Advanced Productivity, Innovation and Competitive Success - The Association for Operations Management). Then it brings out the main ERP functionalities that satisfy the requirements resulting from the above-mentioned theoretical framework. Finally it proposes a common minimal model (that implements the purchase, inventory and sale processes) adopted by the most known ERPs (SAP, Oracle, JDEdwards, Sage…). Abstract After illustrating the contribution of information systems (especially ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning) in the supply chain optimization imposed by the current context of modern companies, this paper defines a theoretical framework for the purchase, inventory and sale processes according to the standard APICS (Advanced Productivity, Innovation and Competitive Success - The Association for Operations Management). Then it brings out the main ERP functionalities that satisfy the requirements resulting from the above-mentioned theoretical framework. Finally it proposes a common minimal model (that implements the purchase, inventory and sale processes) adopted by the most known ERPs (SAP, Oracle, JDEdwards, Sage…). Abstract After illustrating the contribution of information systems (especially ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning) in the supply chain optimization imposed by the current context of modern companies, this paper defines a theoretical framework for the purchase, inventory and sale processes according to the standard APICS (Advanced Productivity, Innovation and Competitive Success - The Association for Operations Management). Then it brings out the main ERP functionalities that satisfy the requirements resulting from the above-mentioned theoretical framework. Finally it proposes a common minimal model (that implements the purchase, inventory and sale processes) adopted by the most known ERPs (SAP, Oracle, JDEdwards, Sage…).