Consider a manufacturing and a service business you know that would benefit from enterprise resource planning (ERP) or from materials resource planning (MRP) improvements.
What specifically would the ERP fix in each case (manufacturing and service arenas) and how will the organizations get payback from implementing the ERP changes?
What hidden costs would you caution higher management to consider in each case? Investigate the scholarly literature on ERPs beyond the course material. Embed academic material concepts, principles, and theories, which require supporting citations along with at least one scholarly, peer-reviewed reference in supporting your answer unless the discussion calls for more.
Make certain for each listed reference that you have at least (two) supporting citation in the body of your content. Use academic writing standards and APA style guidelines.