Global Economy – Meaning and its Salient Aspects
The other modules discuss the phenomenon of globalization and the ongoing global economic crisis among other topics. This module is intended to discuss the salient aspects of the global economy including the structural features and the way in which several competing trends and factors influence the workings of the global economy. For instance, the global […]
The Marketing Function – Market Environment, Marketing Cycle and Components of Marketing Information System
Introduction The role of information technology and systems is to improve productivity of organization. Information systems are deployed across functional department of organization. The Marketing Function In broader terms, marketing is defined as a process through which organizations are able to deliver products and services as per the need of the customers. Organizations conduct market […]
The Green New Deal
In the year 2019 the concept of “The Green New Deal” was introduced in American politics. The idea was floated by Alexandria Ocasia-Cortez and it became very popular amongst all Democrats. Almost all the Democrats who plan to run for President have come out in support of the Green New Deal. The idea has also […]
Finished Goods Inventory
All Manufacturing and Marketing Companies hold Finished Goods inventories in various locations and all through FG Supply Chain. While finished Goods move through the supply chain from the point of manufacturing until it reaches the end customer, depending upon the sales and delivery model, the inventories may be owned and held by the company or […]
Urbanization of the World and the Consequences for Managers
Urbanization and its Problems for Corporates The world is increasingly being urbanized and this has implications for the corporate sector and the managerial class. To start with, with more and more companies being located in urban areas, the corporate sector has to deal with the problems associated with urbanization like lack of access to basic […]
Kernel of an ERP system comprises of a technical module (set of tools) which provides a foundation to various application modules. These tools provide application installation and system administrations functionalities which enables efficient running of applications, within a secured environment. The technical module also provides high level COBOL and 4 GL programming languages (such as ABAP by SAP) which enable application customization and development. The important functions of analytic, report writing, queries, text management and integration with other systems such as office suite are administered through various tools contained in this module. Handling of logs and audit trails of system generated transactions is another functionality which is growing in importance, due to various regulatory requirements such as Sarbanes-Oxley, IFRC and Basel II.
Positioning of Technical modules: In addition to provide a base to various application modules, tools contained in the technical module deal with the hosting environment of the ERP system, namely RDBMS and Operating system. This is clarified in the following diagram:
Installation of an ERP system: The procedure for installation broadly comprises the following:
It may be mentioned that the job of installing an ERP system is done by competent tools experts with the help of detailed installation guides provided by the ERP vendor.
License Management: There are various types of licensing scheme offered by product vendors such as i) named users ii) package based users iii) concurrent users and iv) module based users v) power user (having access to development tools). The license management process is embedded in ERP systems for the purpose of copy protection mechanism and to regulate the commercial use of the system. However, for testing and demonstration purposes, vendors normally provides unprotected software with limited validity, which is needed to be validated and patched before a specified expiration date. The copy protection mechanism is also used by dealers to protect their customizations on the standard ERP software. The license management monitor is implemented by license daemon program.
Validation Process of License: After installation of ERP system under production environment, the software is permitted to be used for a limited period, which is counted from the date of the installation. After this period, the application software is blocked, unless it is validated by product developer.
The validation procedure begins when the requested system configuration is defined by the user immediately after the installation. A report of this configuration and a system generated security key is sent to product developer. Upon receiving the report, validation keys are sent by them which must be entered in the system by the user. The system is then initialized by setting the parameters and is ready for use.
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