When a firm decides to implement ERP softwares, the resulting consequences can pervade all levels, including organization, process, control and available information. Therefore, the first decision to be made is which ERP solution must be adopted from a wide range of offers and vendors. To this end, this paper describes a methodology based on multi-criteria factors that directly affects the proc...

The advent of the IT-led era and the increased competition have forced companies to react to the new changes in order to remain competitive. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems offer distinct advantages in this new business environment as they lower operating costs, reduce cycle times and (arguably) increase customer satisfaction. This study examines, via an exploratory survey of 26 comp...

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are complex software systems which are expensive and risky to implement. Yet many organisations still struggle to produce strong business cases and the post implementation of ERP and the benefits that accrue to organisations is under studied. While ERP systems were designed to replace most business applications with one centralized system, organisation...

This paper presents a novel way of thinking about how information systems are used in organizations. Traditionally, computerized information systems are viewed as objects. In contrast, by viewing the information system as an actor, our understanding of the structuration process increases. The user, being influenced by the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system and giving it an actor role, th...

This study attempt to find the motivation of ERP implementation based on the principal-agent theory. From the view of information resource sharing and communication, which is a critical characteristic of ERP, this paper investigates whether the decision of ERP implementation is affected by the principal-agent mechanism. Method study used economics technology to design an empirical study based o...

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) has come to mean many things over the last several decades. Divergent applications by practitioners and academics, as well as by researchers in alternative fields of study, has allowed for both considerable proliferation of information on the topic but also for a considerable amount of confusion regarding the meaning of the term. In reviewing ERP research two ...

In recent years, an increasing number of companies that have implemented ERP systems have expressed disappointment over a failure to reach anticipated goals. A major reason for this failure is the inefficient use of the ERP system by employees. Therefore, the critical issue is how users can most effectively take advantage of an ERP system. Post-implementation learning plays an important role in...

Consultants are deemed critical to the success of an ERP implementation because of the breadth and complexity of the system, the management of multiple modules, and the one-time nature of the project that limits desire to increase investment in a permanent workforce. However, consultants often fail to effectively coordinate their activities, making integration of the ERP problematic. Coordinati...

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions have been implemented by many companies rather than system development on the promise of improving processes and feasible strategic benefits. Typical feasible benefits include an adoption of global standards and processes through a proven integrated system, continuous version upgrading by vendors, and thus relatively easy system maintenance. The obje...

ERP systems are large integrated packaged software systems used by thousands of major organizations around the world. Yet outcomes from ERP use can be very different, and there is still not an adequate understanding of how and why organizations have such varying outcomes. Using an interpretive case study approach the post implementation periods in four manufacturing companies were examined retr...