{"id":1342,"date":"2016-07-28T07:19:14","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T13:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cigniti.com\/blog\/?p=1342"},"modified":"2016-07-28T07:23:56","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T13:23:56","slug":"business-critical-need-erp-testing-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigniti.com\/blog\/business-critical-need-erp-testing-today\/","title":{"rendered":"The Business-Critical Need of ERP TESTING Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

Gartner, Inc., the world\u2019s leading information technology research and advisory company, first used the acronym for Enterprise Resource Planning, ERP, in the early 1990s. ERP originally encompassed Materials Resource Planning, Manufacturing Resource Planning and Computer-integrated Manufacturing\u2014an application integration that went beyond manufacturing. Over the years, requirements for ERP as well as their utilization have transformed as businesses shifted to the digital operations.<\/p>\n

The older ERPs worked well with mainly manufacturing business units where machine products were designed and the cost of raw materials was relatively constant. The new-age business units, however, use data extensively, making the older ERPs nearly redundant. Subsequently, big data is also being used to forecast demand accurately using various channels to collect customer data. In addition, more manufacturers today are using 3-D printers, thereby eliminating several steps in complex supply-chains.<\/p>\n

Cloud computing now enables businesses to use big data without having massive storage data facilities. The four big data infrastructure building blocks can be said to be: (Source<\/a>)<\/p>\n