Start with the workflow, not a feature list
A useful business-system scope identifies record ownership, role permissions, approval points, integrations and the evidence needed to accept a release. ERP, CRM, inventory, work orders and operations dashboards can share one system only when these boundaries are explicit.
Typical system boundaries
- Customer, quotation, order and approval workflows
- Inventory, warehouse, barcode and traceability records
- Work orders, production progress and exception handling
- Finance, payment, ERP and third-party API reconciliation