It 205 Contribution Of Enterprise Systems

Week 6 CheckpointAlonzo BurgerIT/205July 24th, 2013Raymond VarmeckyWeek 6 Checkpoint What are enterprise systems? Provide examples of organizational functions supported by enterprise systems.Companies often become very large and need a reliable suite of information technology tools to ensure that the business is running as smoothly and quickly as possible to maximize profits. However, some companies are bogged down by having too many different systems handling information flow, and some even vary these systems based on the geographical locations making the goal of fast and efficient information flow difficult. Enterprise systems are simply a unified set of tools that control many aspects of a company’s business in one software suite allowing it to control various instances of data.There are many things an enterprise system can integrate in order to help a business to achieve it’s goals. Enterprise systems act like an open database allowing information to be entered and then used by various other departments. An enterprise system, for example, can collect data from human resources such as how much payroll will be for the week and make that available to finance almost as soon