inventory management module

A DMS provides a number of services to applications. It processes and manages information and data in a variety of different ways. For example, it ensures that inventory management module information is categorised and then handled and stored in accordance with requirements. A DMS can also link data and information from different applications and thus map complete business processes. For example, it is possible for data from an Enterprise Resource Planning system (ERP system) to be combined with files from a file system over a relational database. A DMS can also index data and store the resulting metadata in its own database. A clear example of indexing is a full-text index that greatly simplifies later searches for information based on content. A DMS usually has suitable applications for the search of archived data. This can be a tool within the DMS or an interface that is also used by the applications in layer 1.