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Integration and supply change support

This video introduces the role of ERP in assisting functions of the business that interact with the external environments and in the supply chain.

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This section will introduce the role of ERP in assisting functions of the business that interact with the external environments and in the supply chain. If your company makes a product from parts purchased from suppliers, and those products are sold to customers, then you have a supply chain.

Some supply chains are simple while others are rather complicated. The complexity of the supply chain will vary with the size of the business and the intricacy and numbers of items that are manufactured. If a company expects to achieve benefits from their supply chain management process, they will require some level of investment in technology.

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