A slideshare exploring the differences and benefits of ERP systems and BI software.

1. ERP & BIERP & BI
What on earth are they?

2. In a galaxy far far away...
humans wrestled with the eternal question -
what is the difference between
ERP and BI software?

3. ERPERP
Enterprise. Resource. Planning

4. Enterprise.
Resource.
Planning.
it is a software specifically for
business use
is a depository of data, not a
resource
minimal use as a planning tool

5. 1960s
1980s
Created in
the 1960s
from inventory
control systems Developed
into ERP in
the 1980s

6. Sales
Purchasing
Customer Service
Logistics
Finance
ERPERP
Departmental data
OneOne
database for
all company
information
What ERP doesWhat ERP does

7. Sales
No ERP With ERP
Information is restricted to each department,
slowing the system when more information is
required further along the sales chain.
Logistics
C ustomer Service
Finance
Purchasing
Sales ERP
Logistics
C ustomer
Service
Purchasing
Finance
Order
Centralized data allows all departments to
access order details for fast turn-around.

8. BIBI
Business. Intelligence.

9. ERPERP
What BI doesWhat BI does
BI software is powered by the rich data stored in a
company’s ERP programme.
ERP data is analyzed by the BI software and turned
into easy to interpret insights, data sets and reports
as required by a business.
Dashboards, reports and key sales information are fed
back to the business in a manner that can actually be
used, rather than being locked away within the ERP.

10. BIBI
The difference between
ERPERP &&
Organizes
data
Analyzes
data

11. ERP BIERP & BI
work hand
in hand to
take your
business to
the stars!
BIBIERPERP

12. BIBI ERP ERP
REACH FOR THE STARS
Supercharge your data with warp speed
analysis to unearth opportunities
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