"Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is considered essential both for competitiveness and responsiveness of any organization since it provides a large number of benefits to all organizations. ERP has today become a total transformation strategy which needs to be understood, planned, deployed and managed properly. This book balances the two disciplines that are management and computer science to understand the applications of ERP Systems in a way that is easy to understand and easier to implement. This book would be useful for the students of Management, Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Applications and Business & Commerce. The practicing managers and entrepreneurs would also find the book useful in understanding the concepts of ERP and its applications to enhance their decision making. Salient Features: Focus on clarity of concepts and applications Interesting, meaningful and relevant content Real-life case studies Engaging pedagogy through several learning tools"