Companies implement ERP systems to integrate the business processes of a company, and help organizations obtain a competitive advantage. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is one of the solutions for the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in order to face the global challenges. This paper attempts to explore and identify issues affecting Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation in con...

Introducing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems in an organisation often has far-reaching impacts. However the expected ERP benefits have not always materialised. When implementing ERP, most companies choose the less expensive route of modifying their business processes to fit the ERP system, but this route is not necessarily the most optimal one. This paper investigates the specific imp...

Purpose – To develop an analytical framework through which the organizational cultural dimension of enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations can be analyzed. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is primarily based on a review of the literature. Findings – ERP is an enterprise system that offers, to a certain extent, standard business solutions. This standardization is reinforced b...

Successful adoption and implementation of ERP Systems has been the subject of extensive research as can be evidenced by the large body of research literature on this topic. However, the effect of cross-cultural issues has been less widely studied, perhaps because of the difficulty and complexity of such cross-cultural studies. In today’s global business environment this remains a key issue and ...

Despite the huge investments by organizations in ERP implementation, maintenance, and user training, ERP implementation failures and less-than-satisfactory productivity improvements are common. End-users’ reluctance or unwillingness to adopt or use the newly implemented ERP system is often cited as one of the main reasons for ERP failures. To examine factors leading to the lack of end-user acce...

The major characteristics of ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) are an enterprise-wide system that covers all the business functions and information resources, integrated database, built-in best industry practice, packaged software and open architecture. ERP enables reduction of system development time, flexibility, standardization of workflow and effective business planning capability. ERP is ...

It is very important for the businesses in our country to understand the concepts and terms of e-business and to start applying them. In the 1990’s, ERP systems were introduced to fulfill some of the technological requirements across functional areas within a corporate boundary. Moreover, with the exponential growth of Internet technology and the emergence of e-business, the focus of ERP system...

Information technology/systems play a major role in improving the competitiveness of organizations. There are numerous enterprise information software packages available in the market. One of them is enterprise resource planning (ERP). ERP can provide significant improvements in efficiency across a company, but only when implemented correctly. Otherwise, an ERP system could be a curse and drag ...