Early stand-alone systems that survived because functionality was important were tagged as “legacy systems.”
Integrating these legacy systems into new and evolved interconnected systems was challenging and grows ever more so.
Starting over would be “easier” but would be cost prohibitive and would be too disruptive to service.
The current goal is to purchase systems with capability to transition to integration with next-generation products.
Enterprise Resource Planning
Bundled applications that integrate operation information derived from financial, project management, materials management, and other function-based areas into a robust database used to achieve business management objectives
Connects inventory and facilities management, resource scheduling, accounting and financial management, and other business events in a real-time environment