What does the term 'Best Practice' mean in ERP context?

The best practice in ERP can be defined as the utilization of fundamental set-ups to the maximum possible to produce the desired performance in terms of 'customer focus, zero waste of all the resources and value creation'. Tangibly, it leads to increase in quality and service, and reduction of cost and response time.

ERP enjoys having a strong skeleton based on these best practices. All the workflows in ERP are so thoughtfully maintained that it ensures that the user automatically follows the best practice. It won't allow the user to bypass or modify the predetermined course of action that may create 'non-value added activity'.

It stands for the fact that ERP encoded processes have proven the test of time by being accepted as the best business process to perform the subject function.