References: Enterprise Systems¶
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Enterprise resource planning - Wikipedia - Comprehensive overview of ERP history, modules, vendors (SAP, Oracle, Workday), and implementation challenges. Anchors the chapter's ERP content.
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Customer relationship management - Wikipedia - Detailed treatment of CRM systems including Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics, and HubSpot. Foundation for the chapter's CRM section.
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Supply chain management - Wikipedia - Coverage of SCM concepts, software categories, and integration with ERP. Supports the chapter's enterprise-systems landscape MicroSim.
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Concepts in Enterprise Resource Planning (4th Edition) - Ellen Monk and Bret Wagner - Cengage - The dominant academic ERP textbook; provides the SAP-grounded examples and process-integration content this chapter draws from.
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SAP S/4HANA: An Introduction (5th Edition) - Devraj Bardhan, Axel Baumgartl, et al. - SAP Press - Practitioner reference on the modern ERP stack from the dominant vendor; useful for grounding abstract ERP discussions in concrete implementations.
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SAP Help Portal - SAP - Authoritative documentation for the largest ERP vendor's products. Useful when students want concrete examples of ERP module structure.
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Salesforce Trailhead - Salesforce - Free interactive learning platform for the dominant CRM. Excellent hands-on supplement for the chapter's CRM content.
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Workday Customer Center - Workday - Vendor information on the leading cloud HRIS. Concrete reference for the chapter's HRIS and human capital management content.
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ERP Implementation Lifecycle - Panorama Consulting - Practitioner guide to ERP implementation phases, common failure modes, and cutover strategies. Reinforces the chapter's implementation timeline MicroSim.
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Configuration vs Customization - Gartner - Industry-analyst framing of the configuration-vs-customization tradeoff that defines so much of enterprise-systems work. Directly supports the chapter's customization decision content.