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Business Planning and Control System (BPCS) is an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software designed for an OS/400 system. BPCS is a series of software programs that are the largest software supplier for OS/400.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/system-software-associates-inc-history/ )〕 ''BPCS'', the acronym for the software, is pronounced as "Bee picks". == Overview == BPCS was developed by Chicago-based System Software Associates (SSA), which later became SSA Global Technologies〔 (which was then acquired by Infor Global Solutions), and is used to control the operations of manufacturing companies. BPCS includes MRP logic to manufacturing operations, provided there are high standards of data validity such as engineering specifications and inventory accuracy. It runs on several systems, with the IBM System i (previously named IBM AS/400 and IBM eServer iSeries), being most popular. It is written in AS/SET CASE tool, RPG, SQL and other IBM languages supported on the System i.〔 Many of the BPCS modules are stand-alone,〔 in that companies can choose to implement only the financial applications for example, and none of the manufacturing. The competitive strength of BPCS over other ERP vendor competition, however, is in its manufacturing and planning applications. SSA began developing BPCS in the early 1980s; by the mid 1990s the BPCS programs were used internationally.〔 ''Inc. magazine'' ranked SSA as the 23rd fastest growing small public company in 1988〔 and ''Business Week'' named it as the 25th best small company. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Business Planning and Control System」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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