DATABASE OPTIMIZATION ISSUES IN ERP IMPLEMENTATION

Enterprise Resource Planning is principally an integration of business management practices and modern technology. Due to its extensive scope it may even take years to implement in a large organization. However, without successful implementation of the system, the projected benefits of improved productivity and competitive advantage would not be forthcoming. Information in large business organizations is accumulated on various servers across many functional units that geographical boundaries sometimes separate. Such information islands can possibly service individual organizational units but fail to enhance enterprise performance, speed, and competence. In order for a software system to be considered ERP, it must provide a business with much functionality that have features like flexibility, modularity & openness, broadness, the finest business processes, and global focus.Enterpris es implementing packaged applications should solicit DBA participation in the package selection process to avoid future database management problems.