which ones are the main applications depends on the business and the industry it operates in most companies can benefit from supply chain management logistics and financial applications to help them streamline their operations and expenses 
the bottom lineenterprise resource planning erp manages and integrates business processes through a single system with a better line of sight companies can better plan and allocate resources without erp companies tend to operate in silos with each department using its own disconnected system erp systems promote the free flow of communication and sharing of knowledge across an organization the integration of systems for improved productivity and efficiencies and increased synergies across teams and departments however moving to an erp system will be counterproductive if the company s culture does not adjust to the change and the company does not review how the structure of its organization can support it 