<s>
Business	B-Application
Planning	I-Application
and	I-Application
Control	I-Application
System	I-Application
(	O
BPCS	B-Application
)	O
is	O
an	O
Enterprise	O
Resource	O
Planning	O
(	O
ERP	O
)	O
software	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BPCS	B-Application
,	O
the	O
acronym	O
for	O
the	O
software	O
,	O
is	O
pronounced	O
as	O
"	O
Bee	O
picks	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
Bee	O
pecks	O
"	O
in	O
Spanish-speaking	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BPCS	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Chicago-based	O
System	O
Software	O
Associates	O
(	O
SSA	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
later	O
became	O
SSA	O
Global	O
Technologies	O
(	O
which	O
was	O
then	O
acquired	O
by	O
Infor	O
Global	O
Solutions	O
and	O
rebranded	O
as	O
Infor	O
LX	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
control	O
the	O
operations	O
of	O
manufacturing	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BPCS	B-Application
includes	O
MRP	O
logic	O
to	O
manufacturing	O
operations	O
,	O
provided	O
there	O
are	O
high	O
standards	O
of	O
data	O
validity	O
such	O
as	O
engineering	O
specifications	O
and	O
inventory	O
accuracy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
on	O
several	O
systems	O
,	O
with	O
IBM	B-Application
I	I-Application
,	O
being	O
most	O
popular	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
AS/SET	O
CASE	O
tool	O
,	O
RPG	B-Language
,	O
SQL	B-Language
and	O
other	O
languages	O
supported	O
on	O
IBM	B-Application
I	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
the	O
BPCS	B-Application
modules	O
are	O
stand-alone	O
,	O
in	O
that	O
companies	O
can	O
choose	O
to	O
implement	O
only	O
the	O
financial	O
applications	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
and	O
none	O
of	O
the	O
manufacturing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SSA	O
began	O
developing	O
BPCS	B-Application
in	O
the	O
early	O
1980s	O
;	O
by	O
the	O
mid	O
1990s	O
the	O
BPCS	B-Application
programs	O
were	O
used	O
internationally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BPCS	B-Application
Applications	O
are	O
very	O
dependent	O
on	O
BPCS	B-Application
software	O
version	O
release	O
,	O
because	O
SSA	O
enters	O
into	O
partnerships	O
with	O
different	O
specialty	O
suppliers	O
of	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
Data	B-Application
Mining	I-Application
,	O
Bar	O
Coding	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BPCS	B-Application
Application	O
suite	O
includes	O
:	O
</s>
