Why are financials, the first module implemented in many ERP packages?

Finance is the backbone of any industry and without it no one can proceed further. first should control our financial insted of others.

Financial module impacts all others modules. It also provides the basic pulse of an organization. Other modules cannot be implemented without the financial module in place. Successful implementations of financials show up immediately reinforcing the faith of an organization in ERP. All these factors explain the fact that financial modules are taken up first.