You have been hired as an information technology consultant for PostUTech LLC; here is the Company Profile. You will be working with a team of highly skilled IT specialists on various Government and commercial IT projects throughout the course. Your first project is updating a mid-sized company's inventory control system. They sell books and other various items online and have been experiencing shipping and inventory problems. Your team has convinced them that they need to modernize the company with an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) information system. This requires an upgrade of their networks and computer systems at the headquarters, warehouses, and satellite offices.

Information systems are designed by analyzing business processes and then finding technical solutions to arm employees with better information for decision making allowing them to accomplish their tasks more efficiently and effectively. Discuss the ERP system features with your team.

How can an ERP system help this enterprise solve their problems?

What type of data input and information output is the ERP system designed to process, store, and display?

Based on the type of data input and information output, what types of hardware and software will be necessary to implement your customers IT solution?

Not all ERP systems are successful. Identify some potential risks that must be considered with this solution.