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'''Business Planning and Control System''' (BPCS) is an [[Enterprise resource planning|Enterprise Resource Planning]] (ERP) [[software]] product.<ref name=ITJungle>{{cite web|last1=Woodie|first1=Alex|title=SSA Delivers New ERP LX Platform for iSeries|url=http://www.itjungle.com/fhs/fhs051005-story01.html|publisher=IT Jungle|accessdate=20 May 2015}}</ref>

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'''Business Planning and Control System''' is an [[Enterprise resource planning|Enterprise Resource Planning]] (ERP) [[software]].

''BPCS'', the acronym for the software, is pronounced as "Bee picks" or "Bee pecks" in Spanish-speaking countries.<ref name=BeePicks>{{cite web|title=Infor ERP BPCS/LX Document Management|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2rQIg7VRbI| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310122701/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2rQIg7VRbI| archive-date=2016-03-10 | url-status=dead|website=YouTube|accessdate=10 June 2015|date=2011}}</ref>

''BPCS'', the acronym for the software, is pronounced as "Bee picks".{{citation needed|date=October 2010}}

== Overview ==

BPCS was developed by Chicago-based System Software Associates (SSA), which later became [[SSA Global Technologies]]<ref name=ITJungle /> (which was then acquired by [[Infor Global Solutions]] and rebranded as Infor LX), and is used to control the operations of manufacturing companies. BPCS includes [[Material requirements planning|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 Systemi|IBM iI]] (also known as IBM AS/400 or IBM eServer iSeries), being the most popular. It is written in AS/SET [[As/SetCASE tool]], [[RPG programming language|RPG]], [[SQL]] and other [[IBM]] languages somewhatsupported uniqueon toIBM theI.<ref System.name=FundingUniverse/>

Many of the BPCS applicationsmodules are somewhat stand-alone,<ref name=ITJungle /> 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.{{citation needed|date=October 2010}}

SSA began developing BPCS in the early 1980s; by the mid 1990s, the BPCS programs were used internationally. ''[[Inc. (magazine)|Inc. magazine]]'' ranked SSA as the 23rd fastest growing small public company in 1988,<ref name=FundingUniverse>{{cite web|title=System Software Associates, Inc. History|url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/system-software-associates-inc-history/|publisher=Funding Universe|accessdate=20 May 2015}}</ref> and ''[[Business Week]]'' named it the 25th best small company.

== BPCS Applications ==

BPCS Applications are very dependent on BPCS software version release, because SSA enters into partnerships with different specialityspecialty suppliers of applications such as [[Data Mining]], [[barcode|Bar Coding]], etc.,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cloud Based Payroll Software |url=https://info.microkeeper.com.au/products/payroll-software |access-date=2024-09-23 |website=info.microkeeper |language=en}}</ref> and suppliers that integrated with a particular version.

The BPCS Application suite includes:

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* [[Sales]] Analysis SAL

* Promotions and Deals PRO

* Performance Measurement PRF

** such as supplier quality and on-time, company performance in supplying customers, internal quality control

* Multiple Environments, Companies, Divisions, Facilities, Warehouses, Locations.

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* [[Quality (business)|Quality]] Control QMS

* Repetitive Manufacturing

* CIMPath (barcoding and [[data collection]]) CIM

* Advanced Process (chemical) Industries API

* Performance Measurement (factory production) PRF

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* Data Base X-Reference

* Interest Area Menus

* Sliding [[Year 2000 problem|Y2K]] Window

* Data Base upgrade

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* [[Business System Planning]]

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