This workshop prepares instructors to teach an “ERP & Business Processes” course using Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing (SAP) technology. It is based on my experience in teaching seven sections of this course over the last two years.

Most leading organizations, in all sectors of industry, commerce and government are dependent upon ERP for their organizational survival. Yet despite the importance of the decision to adopt ERP, IS research has so far neglected to comprehensively study the evaluation of ERP systems in general, and the impact of individual characteristics of IS managers on the ERP acquisition decision in particu...

Globally the IT business is worth more than $3 trillion, out of which a huge part is ERP projects. More and more of these projects are now being implemented in Emerging economies, like India. There are differences in the ERP project implementation between Indian Organizations and those in Western Europe. This paper investigates through case studies what are the differences between these two pro...

While it is true that successful implementation of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is a task of Herculean proportions, it is not impossible. If your organization is to reap the benefits of ERP, it must first develop a plan for success. But “prepare to see your organization reengineered, your staff disrupted, and your productivity drop before the payoff is realized.”1 Implementing E...

Distributional vowel training for adults has been reported as “effective” for Spanish and Bulgarian learners of Dutch vowels, in studies using a behavioural task. A recent study did not yield a similar clear learning effect for Dutch learners of the English vowel contrast /æ/~/ε/, as measured with event-related potentials (ERPs). The present study aimed to examine the possibility that the latte...

Problems associated with ERP implementations are most prevalent during the post-implementation phase because this is when the mistakes of the prior phases surface and become real. The cost overruns and adverse business impacts in an organization during this phase can threaten the survival of the organization and impact sales revenue. For this reason, research that increases our understanding of...

It is the key of whether the ERP system can be applied successfully to definitude, organize and manage the knowledge resources during ERP implementation scientifically. In this paper, we use the analyzing method of project management to formulate the basic plan of ERP implementation. Based on that, we analyze the required knowledge according to the phases of ERP implementation, elaborate the kn...

Much has been written on implementation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems in organizations of various sizes. The literature is replete with many cases studies of both successful and unsuccessful ERP implementations. However, there have been very few empirical studies that attempt to delineate the critical issues that drive successful implementation of ERP systems. Although the failu...

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are among the most important enablers for business intelligence and planning functionality in supply chains. We provide an overview of ERP research and its development and implementation in China. We describe the current market, challenges and future trends for ERP software in China. Cases are provided where ERP implementations have been used to enhanc...

The impact of the ERP (enterprise resource planning) on the company’s flexibility is at the center of a controversy. While some researchers emphasize the positive contribution of the ERP in terms of flexibility, others emphasize its rigid nature. This paper aims to validate the positive impact of ERP’s integration on the strategic flexibility of Tunisian firms. As this impact is not obviously s...