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Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is a software solution that connects accounting, human resources, demand and supply, materials, CRM, and other vital business sectors, to enable companies to manage and control their end-to-end operations. ERP automates and optimizes business processes to help increase an organization’s overall efficiency, productivity, profitability, and growth.
Today, more than ever before, more and more companies are “taking their business with them,” and it also includes ERP system access and functionality directly from a mobile device or tablet – mobile ERP. As a result, mobile ERP applications are powering innovation forward and are fast becoming an essential component of any business with a mobile workforce.
With the surge in remote working and employees and teams dispersed around the globe, Mobile ERP apps are driving visibility across all departments, with fast and easy real-time access to an ERP system from any mobile device – at any time and from any location.
Benefits of Mobile ERP
Mobile ERP apps simplify and streamline day-to-day business processes by reducing the time and resources required to enter data into the ERP system manually. With mobile ERP, users can easily create, access, and share business information directly from their mobile device. This ensures real-time access to data at your fingertips, without any significant investment in infrastructure or setup.
Mobile ERP offers businesses a wide range of benefits. For starters, mobile ERP apps allow companies to benefit from improved quality of service, greater productivity, closer customer relationships, and the information managers need to make faster, better-informed business decisions. Here are the six key benefits of mobile ERP:
Desktop goes mobile
ERP tools are complex and often cumbersome, but mobile ERP brings system-level functionality to mobile devices and tablets, putting the power of your ERP system in the palm of your hand. Modern ERP systems with mobile tools enable full system functionality that one can expect to use on a desktop (on-premise ERP), to be easily accessed from a mobile device. .
Remote working
Mobile ERP has fast become a necessary tool for employees now working from home, in addition to off-site, at client locations, or anywhere around the globe. It’s an efficient tool for field technicians and sales teams who can access operational, customer, product and parts information, and more, on-the-go. This means real-time access and visibility of customer and sales data and documentation, tracking sales rep routes, following sales teams’ daily schedules, and more, to meet the needs of today’s “always-moving” workforce.
Data beyond the small screen
Today, even the most basic mobile devices are equipped with advanced, high-resolution cameras and GPS technology. Mobile devices’ advanced functionality enables a mobile ERP app to receive and take photos, detect locations, and even film videos. In turn, business data can be enriched with various content options that cannot be done from an on-premise ERP system.
Real-time sync
Mobile ERP apps are automatically synced in the system, and changes made in the mobile app are immediately updated in real-time. As a result, no matter where employees are located, all data gets synchronized, eliminating the need to enter data into the onsite ERP system. This way, a standard set of data in your central database gets updated with the latest information when remote or offsite employees make changes. What’s more, all changes made to the data are recorded for easy tracking and monitoring. .
Multiple devices
Mobile ERP is designed to work on all types of mobile devices and tablets, with the most commonly supported operating systems, Android and iOS. Some mobile ERP apps offer Windows compatibility as well. Most important is that an ERP app is built using a web-based , so it can be easily accessed from various mobile devices and adjust itself to different screen sizes.
Better on mobile
Some ERP features are better suited for use on a mobile platform because mobile devices aren’t stationary – they move. For example, today’s mobile ERP apps enable offsite employees to receive proof of delivery from customers, update service requests when at a customer’s site, receive payments and issue receipts – all from their mobile device. Plus, remote employees can track their time and attendance when working from home.