Project management: a case study of a successful ERP implementation

2008 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 106-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fergal Carton ◽  
Frederic Adam ◽  
David Sammon
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Success Rate ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Erp Implementation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Key Aspects

PurposeThe success rate of enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementations is not high in view of the sums invested by organisations in these applications. It has often been indicated that a combination of inadequate preparedness and inappropriate project management have been responsible for the low‐success rate of ERP implementations. The purpose of this paper is to present a case study of a successful ERP implementation.Design/methodology/approachIn this paper, the authors use a case study of a very successful roll out of an ERP application in the Irish subsidiary of a UK multinational to investigate the validity of one of the most commonly cited project management frameworks, the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK), to ERP projects. Discussing each category of the framework in turn, the case data to illustrate where the PMBOK framework is a good fit or needs refining for ERP projects is used.FindingsIt is found that, by and large, PMBOK, because it is a very broad framework, can shed light on most of the key aspects of an ERP project. However, the specificities of this type of project require a different emphasis on some of the factors, as discussed in the authors conclusions. The case analysis also raised some interesting insights into how companies evaluate the success of such highly complex change management initiatives.Research limitations/implicationsThis research work will need to be extended to cover other case studies of ERP implementation across other industries and organisational contexts; for example in less tightly regulated industries and smaller organisations.Practical implicationsThis discussion will be of great value to ERP project managers who are in the early stages of a project and need to understand and anticipate the areas which will require specific attention on their part, based on their knowledge of the specific circumstances within their organisational context.Originality/valueThis paper presents an investigation into the project management strategy adopted in the Pharma Inc. case and illustrates the mechanics of a successful ERP project implementation, categorised using the PMBOK framework.

Organization development through ad hoc problem solving

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davar Rezania ◽  
Noufou Ouedraogo
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Erp Implementation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Knowledge Resources ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this research is to study the ad hoc problem of developing capabilities for knowledge transfer between various constituencies of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation project. The paper studies how an ERP project develops ability to network, link, and integrate its various knowledge resources over time. Design/methodology/approach – The paper conducted a case study of an ERP project, from its initiation in 2008 to its completion in 2011. Findings – The case demonstrates the dynamics of development of knowledge transfer capacities through ad hoc problem solving. The paper identifies five mechanisms used in this case for the development of knowledge transfer capacities. Practical implications – Ad hoc problem solving mechanisms demonstrated in this paper can be intentionally planned and utilized in similar projects to enable interaction, integration, and institutionalization. Originality/value – Even though ad hoc problem solving as a model for change is prevalent in many organizations, studies of ad hoc problem solving capabilities as a mechanism for change are not extensive. This case describes ad hoc mechanisms that foster change and development of knowledge transfer capacities during large IT project implementations.

Factors influencing ERP implementation in retail sector: an empirical study from India

2014 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 424-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Poonam Garg ◽  
Atul Garg
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Retail Sector ◽  
Implementation Success ◽  
Erp Implementation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Management Factors

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the factors influencing the enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation success in Indian retail sector. Additionally, the study also addresses the relationship between factors that influence ERP implementation and the success of ERP implementation empirically. Strategic, Technological, People and Project management are the examined factors. Design/methodology/approach – Empirical data were collected through survey questionnaire from practitioner like project sponsors, project managers, implementation consultants and team members who were involved in ERP implementation in retail sector. Findings – The results of the study has empirically verified that Strategic, Technological, People and Project management factors are positively influencing ERP implementation success. All four hypotheses were supported by results of the study. Practical implications – This study will provide valuable insights to researchers, practicing managers and those who are planning to implement ERP in retail organization. Originality/value – Very few empirical studies have been performed to investigate the influencing factor of ERP implementation and types of relationships between factors that influence ERP implementation and the success of ERP implementation in Indian retail sector. This study examines how Strategic, Technological, People, and Project management factors are influencing ERP implementation success in retail sector of India. Therefore, the research can make a useful contribution.

Project management factors affecting the enterprise resource planning projects’ performance in Jordan

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 230-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruba Abu-Hussein ◽  
Mohammed Hyassat ◽  
Rateb Sweis ◽  
Afnan Alawneh ◽  
Mutaz Al-Debei
Keyword(s):  
Risk Management ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Time Management ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Communication Management ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Management Factors

Purpose This purpose of this research is to investigate the project management factors that are affecting the enterprise resource planning (ERP) projects’ performance in Jordan. Based on the conducted literature review, four project management areas were selected for this research: the communication management, the human resource management, the time management and the risk management. Design/methodology/approach In total, 24 Jordanian ERP projects were surveyed through designing a questionnaire that was distributed to project managers. Moreover, interviews were conducted with both the project manager of the largest ERP project in Jordan and a consultant of one of the Big 5 consulting firms. Findings The interviews’ results confirmed the effect of the four project management areas on the ERP project performance which is consistent with the questionnaire results except for the risk management. Originality/value No similar studies were found in Jordan. Moreover, this subject was tackled by only a few studies, so more research is recommended to investigate the project management factors that are affecting the ERP projects’ performance. It is also recommended that future studies extend this research on factors other than project management factors.

Meeting halfway

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 936-956 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamella Drummond ◽  
Fernando Araujo ◽  
Renata Borges
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Conceptual Framework ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Leadership Behavior ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
End Users ◽  
Erp Implementation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Depth Analysis

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the large case of enterprise resource planning (ERP) system implementation in Latin America, performed between 2011 and 2015 in a Brazilian, multinational, publicly traded company. Using the organizational change literature as background, this research analyzes the barriers and factors of success by comparing the perspectives of ERP implementers and end-users, identifying success factors and barriers of this project. A conceptual framework is developed. Design/methodology/approach The case study method was used to conduct an in-depth analysis of the interviews that captured the complexity of this process. The change management project team had exactly 11 implementers, of whom ten were interviewed, and 45 end-users, of whom 20 were interviewed. Findings The results suggest that end-users and implementers have opposite perceptions regarding the role of previous experience, organizational processes, capacity for change, leadership behavior, and the interaction of business units. In general, implementers presented a more critical perception of the change processes. Conversely, implementers and end-users agreed that business needs and cultural values facilitated the ERP implementation, whereas organizational structure and geographic dispersion constrain it. Research limitations/implications This research could have analyzed the results by region or by production line. Originality/value The major contribution of this research is to offer a conceptual framework to analyze different views about the same project. This study deepens the understanding of ERP implementations by adding studies from other countries and different cultures. For practitioners, this case study aims to offer the experiences and perceptions that implementers and end-users had about the largest ERP implementation system in Latin America.

scholarly journals Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Evaluation and Implementation: A Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-66
Author(s):  
Prisca Yosevine ◽  
Raymond Sunardi Oetama ◽  
Johan Setiawan ◽  
Elfindah Princes
Keyword(s):  
Success Rate ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Quality Improvements ◽  
Erp Systems ◽  
Erp Implementation ◽  
Organizational Variables ◽  
Know How ◽  
It Support

Objective – To understand the success rate of ERP in the company by using the Ifinedo method and provide proposals that can improve ERP implementation in the company based on the unfulfilled Ifinedo method. Methodology – This research uses Quantitative method research distributed to 50 end users at Indoporcelain using surveys and interviews. Findings – The research found one point that is less valued in the company, namely vision and mission factors in organizational variables compared to other factors. Therefore, proposals in this sector are indispensable in order to increase the success of ERP implementation in the company. Furthermore, lack of IT support due to the management’s ignorance has made the ERP implementation did not reach the optimum performance expected. Novelty – By measuring the success rate of ERP in the company, the company can know how the success rate of ERP implementation in its company. The company can make corrections and quality improvements to existing ERP systems based on proposals with unmet Ifinedo method.

Integration as unrealised ideal of ERP systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-34
Author(s):  
Henk-Jan van Roekel ◽  
Martijn van der Steen
Keyword(s):  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Erp Systems ◽  
Single Object ◽  
Erp Implementation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Erp System ◽  
The Ideal

PurposeThis paper aims to uncover how implementation practices affect the unfolding of integration as the ideal of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. In this way, the authors aim to provide a better understanding of the ways in which the ideal of integration affects the complexity of ERP systems.Design/methodology/approachThis paper interprets a case study of the implementation of an ERP system in a Dutch company.FindingsThe paper highlights how different variations of an object of integration were enacted during an ERP implementation. The authors observe how the interests of the various actors were not always served by the variations of integration in circulation. They illustrate how this resulted in a failure of the network to be folded into a taken-for-granted configuration of constituent parts. Consequentially, having multiple variations of integration contributed to increased complexity of the system.Originality/valueThe paper highlights how multiple variations of a single object of integration are brought into circulation. Such perspective enables a better understanding of some of the complexities associated with ERP implementations.

scholarly journals Customer requirements based ERP customization using AHP technique

2014 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 730-751 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudhaman Parthasarathy ◽  
Maya Daneva
Keyword(s):  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Case Study Research ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Erp Implementation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Real Life Setting ◽  
Hierarchy Process

Purpose – Customization is a difficult task for many organizations implementing enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. The purpose of this paper is to develop a new framework based on customers’ requirements to examine the ERP customization choices for the enterprise. The analytical hierarchy process (AHP) technique has been applied complementarily with this framework to prioritize ERP customization choices. Design/methodology/approach – Based on empirical literature, the paper proposed an ERP customization framework anchored on the customer's requirements. A case study research method was used to evaluate the applicability of the framework in a real-life setting. In a case study with 15 practitioners working on the vendor's and the client's sides in an ERP implementation, the paper applied the framework jointly with the AHP technique to prioritize the feasible customization choices for ERP implementation. Findings – The paper demonstrates the applicability of the framework in identifying the various feasible choices for the client organization to consider when they decide to customize their selected ERP product. Research limitations/implications – Further case studies need to be carried out in various contexts to acquire knowledge about the generalizability of the observations. This will also contribute to refining the proposed ERP customization framework. Practical implications – Very few literature sources suggest methods for exploring and evaluating customization options in ERP projects from requirements engineering perspective. The proposed framework helps practitioners and consultants anchor the customization decisions on the customer's requirements and use a well-established prioritization technique, AHP, to identify the feasible customization choices for the implementing enterprise. Originality/value – No previously published research studies provide an approach to prioritize customization choices for ERP anchored on the customer's requirements.

scholarly journals COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ERP IMPLEMENTATION METHODOLOGY CASE STUDY: ACCELERATED SAP VS DANTES & HASIBUAN METHODOLOGY

2013 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 8
Author(s):  
Muhammad Hafizhuddin Hilman ◽  
Farisya Setiadi ◽  
Ika Sarika ◽  
Jarot Budiasto ◽  
Rakhmat Alfian
Keyword(s):  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
System Development ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Application Development ◽  
Erp Implementation ◽  
Erp System ◽  
Whole Process ◽  
Implementation Methodology ◽  
Development Paradigm

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is a concept of enterprise system that describe the integration of the whole process in the organization. Study in this field mostly about external development paradigm on information system development. So, issue in ERP is all about how to adopt it in the organization, not about the application development. This paper reviews two methodology on ERP system implementation, one is vendor perspective methodology and new generic perspective methodology. Comparation of both methodology is done in this study by using Roger Sessions’ metric. Result is the vendor perspective slightly superior than the new generic perspective methodology.

Project management in higher education: a grounded theory case study

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 338-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seth Porter
Keyword(s):  
Grounded Theory ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Portfolio Management ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Complex Process ◽  
Management Concepts ◽  
Qualitative Research Methodology

Purpose This paper analyzes project and portfolio management within a major research library, while it was undergoing a complete physical renovation and reinvention of programs and services. This is a complex, almost 100-million-dollar undertaking that implemented a project management (PM) methodology known as portfolio management. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the implementation and management of this process and provide a brief overview on project and portfolio management as a discipline. Additionally, it provides strengths and weaknesses as well as recommendations when implementing PM. Design/methodology/approach The analysis uses a qualitative research methodology case study with a theoretical foundation of inductive grounded theory. The case study is based primarily on seven interviews of project managers who are involved with the project. It also uses document analysis to assist in triangulating the findings and provide a contextual overview of a complex process. A number of themes emerged into overall categories and findings. Findings The key takeaways were the perceived strengths and weaknesses of the process. The strengths were improved communication and transparency, improved organization and documentation and formal decision-making process and resource allocation. The weaknesses were the hammer and the nail problem, the tools and paperwork, rigidity and the lack of agility within the process. This study also describes the process in detail and gives recommendations for improving the methods implemented in similar circumstances. Originality/value This paper analyzes strategic management concepts from an empirical grounded theory approach and real-world perspective with key recommendations.

Corporate survival in Industry 4.0 era: the enabling role of lean-digitized manufacturing

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morteza Ghobakhloo ◽  
Masood Fathi
Keyword(s):  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Manufacturing System ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Social Implications ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Manufacturing Firm ◽  
Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how small manufacturing firms can leverage their Information Technology (IT) resources to develop the lean-digitized manufacturing system that offers sustained competitiveness in the Industry 4.0 era. Design/methodology/approach The study performs an in-depth five years case study of a manufacturing firm, and reports its journey from failure in the implementation of enterprise resource planning to its success in integrating IT-based technology trends of Industry 4.0 with the firm’s core capabilities and competencies while pursuing manufacturing digitization. Findings Industry 4.0 transition requires the organizational integration of many IT-based modern technologies and the digitization of entire value chains. However, Industry 4.0 transition for smaller manufacturers can begin with digitization of certain areas of operations in support of organizational core strategies. The development of lean-digitized manufacturing system is a viable business strategy for corporate survivability in the Industry 4.0 setting. Research limitations/implications Although the implementation of lean-digitized manufacturing system is costly and challenging, this manufacturing strategy offers superior corporate competitiveness in the long run. Since this finding is rather limited to the present case study, assessing the business value of lean-digitized manufacturing system in a larger scale research context would be an interesting avenue for future research. Practical implications Industry 4.0 transition for typical manufacturers should commensurate with their organizational, operational and technical particularities. Digitization of certain operations and processes, when aligned with the firm’s core strategies, capabilities and procedures, can offer superior competitiveness even in Industry 4.0 era, meaning that the strategic plan for successful Industry 4.0 transition is idiosyncratic to each particular manufacturer. Social implications Manufacturing digitization can have deep social implications as it alters inter- and intra-organizational relationships, causes unemployment among low-skilled workforce, and raises data security and privacy concerns. Manufacturers should take responsibility for their digitization process and steer it in a direction that simultaneously safeguards economic, social and environmental sustainability. Originality/value The strategic roadmap devised and employed by the case company for managing its digitization process can better reveal what manufacturing digitization, mandated by Industry 4.0, might require of typical manufacturers, and further enable them to better facilitate their digital transformation process.

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