On the record - systems of everything & nothing? (1/2)
Catch enough ERP and other application software briefings and you’ll get earfuls on the ‘Systems of Record’concept (SOR). That term is a fancy polysyllabic way of describing transactions and transaction processing systems. ERP (and predecessor) systems have been storing, processing and reporting on accounting, asset, HR, time and other transactions since the late 1950s. It’s that store, process and report activity that makes an ERP’s databases a key place to find data – especially transaction data that influences business plans and future business outcomes.
The SOR concept isn’t particularly new or ingenious. It’s just a descriptor for all kinds of current and historical transaction data and the deterministic solutions that handled the transaction processing. And, in a sense, that’s all that it is. At its most basic level it is a storehouse or archive of historical, auditable transaction records. SOR programs contain all kinds of embedded logic,...
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