Enterprise Resource Planning is aptly named because it truly does enable planning across your organization so you know how to predict and forecast sales, costs, and the resources you need, whether that’s materials, equipment, or people.

By automating major processes like inventory tracking or invoice generation, you can realize productivity gains across the board and place greater focus on tasks that may have otherwise fallen by the wayside.

Using ERP on Salesforce allows for integration with your Salesforce Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform, drastically expanding the visibility you have over your operations. All customer information from purchase history to personal data is stored in one place and feeds directly into your ERP system to enhance the customer experience.

Tracking and monitoring inventory is a challenge, especially for large companies that constantly have products coming in and going out and a high level of customer demand.

ERP systems are able to track individual inventory using serial numbers or RFID tags, and simple system inputs allow you to maintain visibility over all of your assets, even at different locations or when they’re in transit.

Using ERP on Salesforce is the most secure way to store your data, hands down. ERP systems in general have built-in security controls to ensure data protection, but when used on the Salesforce platform, you get the benefit of the massive investments Salesforce has made into its security, ensuring the most up-to-date capabilities for event monitoring, authentication,

Personnel are often siloed across an organization, but ERP consolidates information from all departments into a single source of truth, making it simple to share accurate data in real-time.

Making all data available in one place, updated in real-time, has several operational benefits:​

When used properly, ERP systems can deliver significant cost savings to your organization.
Prevent disruptions and delays that can be caused by a lack of accurate or available information, keeping projects on track and on time. Skip the additional personnel, software licenses, training on multiple systems, and administrative resources needed for traditional data unification software; 

Quality management is a significant benefit of an ERP system. Let’s say you have a product that has just completed the manufacturing process, but before you can sell the product, you still need to review and sign off on the corresponding paperwork. You can tell your ERP system that the product must be blocked from sale until the paperwork is approved.

Every business takes on some form of risk in the process of creating and disseminating products. ERP helps minimize those risks by reducing the likelihood of errors in accounting and financial processes and allowing for greater visibility and control over operational details. With forecasting tools, you can see whether you’ll need to increase labor to handle a busy season or ramp up production to handle growing demand.

Without question, an ERP system allows your business to be more predictive, driving better business results that enable you to scale. You’re able to combine real-time data with greater flexibility and visibility, which gives you an enormous advantage when it comes to efficient product development.