The three-layered approach to ERP reporting tools

How can you maximize the business benefits from your enterprise resource planning (ERP) system? You get there by rethinking ERP reporting as a layered reporting system that turns ERP data into real-time insights, not just historical outputs. For years, enterprise resource planning platforms have been the backbone of manufacturing, distribution and retail because they capture orders, inventory, invoices and financial data in one place. Yet the price and effort of implementing ERP software has often led business people to question whether the company is getting the value they expected. It depends on how well people can access, analyze and act on the information inside the ERP system and related data sources.