The Core ERP Modules: Finance, Inventory, Sales, HR, and the Rest | ERP for Beginners Ep 3

Episode three of ERP for Beginners. Vendor-neutral overview of the seven modules every ERP has — what each one does, how they share data, and why vendor names (SAP FI, Oracle GL, NetSuite Accounting) refer to the same underlying job. Five and a half minutes to the mental map that makes any ERP product's menu structure click on first look. What You'll Learn: - The seven core modules — Finance, Procurement, Inventory, Sales, Manufacturing, HR, Reporting - Finance as the backbone — GL, AP, AR, AA and how every module eventually posts here - The supply side — how Procurement, Inventory, and Manufacturing flow into each other - The revenue side — Sales vs CRM, where they overlap, and how they share the customer master - The surround — HR and Reporting/Analytics frame everything without running transactions - Why vendor module names differ but the jobs don't Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:12 - What's in this episode 0:30 - Overview — the seven modules 1:15 - Finance — the backbone 2:00 - Supply side — Procurement, Inventory, Manufacturing 2:55 - Revenue side — Sales and CRM 3:40 - HR and Reporting — the surround 4:25 - Recap — four points 5:05 - What's next: Episode 4 — Core business processes Key Takeaways: 1. Seven modules, one spine — Finance, Procurement, Inventory, Sales, Manufacturing, HR, Reporting — same seven in every ERP. 2. Finance is the backbone — GL, AP, AR, Asset Accounting. Every other module posts here. 3. Supply and revenue are mirrors — Procurement/Inventory/Manufacturing move materials one way; Sales/CRM move orders the other. 4. HR and Reporting frame everything — HR runs the humans, Reporting reads every module's data. Neither originates transactions. Next in the series: Episode 4 — The three core business processes. Order-to-cash, procure-to-pay, plan-to-produce. How business processes walk across multiple modules. Taught by CelesteAI. Like and subscribe for the rest of the series.