Accounting information systems (AISs), the core module of any enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, are usually designed as centralised systems. Nowadays, continuous development and applications blockchain, or more broadly—distributed ledger technology (DLT), can change architecture, overcome improve some limitations systems, most notably security privacy. An increasing number authors sugg...

This paper reports the findings of a large-scale case study of implementing Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP) in a long-established multinational company within the telecommunication sector. The company has recently streamlined its operations through an ambitious business process redesign initiative and introduced an ERP system. The study examines the process of change enacted during t...

Received: 6 June 2005 Revised: 4 July 2005 Accepted: 4 July 2005 Abstract In the last 10 years, the majority of large companies have attempted to install Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, replacing functional systems with a standardised company-wide system. However, making an ERP system work, we contend, is more than an issue of technical expertise or social accommodation: it is an on...

In 2000, scholars Estevez and Pastor completed an archival analysis of Enterprise Systems (ES) research, published in Communications of the Association for Information Systems. The objective of the authors was to establish “an annotated bibliography of the ERP publications published in the main Information Systems conferences and journals and to review the state of art in this area” (Esteves an...

Different approaches on how to implement or deploy enterprise resource planning (ERPs) systems exist. Although virtually nobody really doubts importance of ERPs for running a business today, there is a sentiment regarding their implementation – both in terms of time and money. In this paper we investigate relationship between factors influencing selection of a specific implementation approach a...

Organizations nowadays focus on, not implementing ERP systems, but also leveraging ERP systems as part of their digital strategy. They holistically address people, processes, and technology for a digital transformation. Meanwhile, higher education institutions (HEIs) are also facing an imperative need for the implementation of modern technologies to stay competitive and differentiate them as an...

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have become a de facto standard for integrating business functions. But an obvious question arises: if every business is using the same socalled “Vanilla” software (e.g. an SAP ERP system) what happens to the competitive advantage from implementing IT systems? If we discard our custom-built legacy systems in favour of enterprise systems do we also jett...

Enterprise information systems, such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), have often been criticized for their rigidity. Alternatively, global, matrixed enterprises often follow a federated information systems approach. The first type of enterprises, which we call the standardized enterprises, lack flexibility, while the second type, which we call decentralized enterprises, lack visibility. T...

One of the major visions is having one system that covers all business functions and satisfies virtually standard processes routine transactions within organizations. In last decade, several academics practitioners have predicted rise what called enterprise resource planning systems II (ERP II). ERP was sought to be a digital platform capable supporting timely decision-making through covering f...