Enterprise Systems are high cost propositions as they place tremendous demands on organization’s time and resources. Successful investments in Enterprise Systems require a sound understanding of the acquisition and implementation processes of these enterprise-wide systems. The ERP Implementation literature contains many examples of organizations that have implemented successfully. However, ther...

The advancement of information and communications technologies (ICT) has significantly intensified market competition the world over. One of the most widespread solutions is the use of enterprise resource planning systems that has proved to support the integration and automation of the processes, the improvement of the performance, and the reduction of costs. ERP involves the planning and manag...

We present a proof-of-concept prototype that demonstrates novel collaborative features for supporting enterprise system users. The purpose of the prototype is to illustrate the implementation of design principles derived from field studies of Enterprise Resource Planning system (ERP) users. Its novel features are designed to improve the users’ understanding of the business context of their inte...

A Delphi survey of ERP life cycle management issues was conducted within five agencies of the Queensland government. The five agencies each implemented SAP Financials at around the same time using the services of a common implementation partner. Responses were elicited from ERP project participants, from managers at the agencies, and from users of the financial systems. Valid questionnaires wer...

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...

This work discusses the case study of a bus company that needs to evolve its ERP system to enhance the managerial strategic control over the maintenance process of the bus fleet. This maintenance process was initially characterized by a poor performance that caused the low quality of the final service to the customer. The solution to the problem, we discuss in this article, is the integration o...

Following a previous description of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementations as participatory design (Pries-Heje & Dittrich, 2009), this paper explores the case of a medium-sized, family-owned manufacturing company and its endeavors with changing their current ERP system. The case was selected on the premise of it being perceived a success by the involved stakeholders. Through a serie...

The objective of the present study is twofold. First, the study aims to review the literature about the concepts of IT competencies and business competencies. Second, a theoretical model is proposed in order to understand how and why some firms gain sustained competitive advantage through the implementation and use of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, while others firms fail to do so....

We use the dimensions of power framework (Hardy and Leiba-O'Sullivan 1998) to study an ERP implementation in a Portuguese small/medium sized enterprise (SME). In this study, we found that while the ERP implementation coincided with a great shift of power within the firm, it should not be considered the main driver of the episodic power shift. Instead, the ERP can be seen as a tool chosen and us...

In the present study, cortical responses of two sustained Italian vowels, /a/ and /i/, were analyzed in perception and production tasks by using the event-related potential (ERP) technique. First, we showed that the earlier auditory waveform complex, N1/P2, was elicited in both experimental tasks by acoustically presented vowels. More interestingly, the cortical activity of auditory cortex seem...