Enterprise Resource Planning and Systems Integration

Success Factors ◽

Systems Integration ◽

Resource Planning ◽

Growth Strategy ◽

Erp Systems ◽

Accounts Payable ◽

Multiple Copies ◽

Erp Software ◽

Back Office

Systems integration has been an important topic ever since businesses started using mainframes to run their back-office operations. These systems specialized in common tasks found in functional areas such as accounts receivable and accounts payable, inventory, purchasing, and ordering. However, getting information from these fragmented systems to get a whole picture view of the business was extremely difficult if not impossible. By integrating back-office operations into a single system, enterprise resource planning (ERP) was supposed to solve that problem. In reality, however, very few companies fully implement all the modules of an ERP package and most continue to rely on legacy systems and other specialized software for their processing needs Integration of ERP with various enterprise applications remains a challenge. Moreover, it is not uncommon to have ERP software from different vendors or multiple copies of ERP software from the same vendor running in the same company. Integrating multiple instances of ERP software will be the predominant ERP project in most large corporations in the next half decade. Finally, many companies pursue merger and acquisition as a major growth strategy. A critical task in merging two companies nowadays involves integrating their ERP systems. This paper addresses these integration issues involving ERP systems. Common tools for integration and success factors for integration projects are discussed.

Business Management and Communication Perspectives in Industry 4.0 - Advances in Logistics, Operations, and Management Science ◽

Critical Success Factors in Enterprise Resource Planning Implementation

10.4018/978-1-5225-9416-1.ch011 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 188-208

Author(s):

Muhammad Shaikh ◽

Libi Shen

Keyword(s):

Success Factors ◽

Resource Planning ◽

Future Research ◽

Critical Factors ◽

It Professionals ◽

Erp Systems ◽

Erp System ◽

Effective Implementation ◽

Critical Success

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are considered, by many, to be extremely solid, while giving organizations the ability to quickly capture and manage data across diverse sectors. Because the successful employment of an ERP system depends upon skillful implementation, specific factors contributing to successful ERP implementation are essential. What are the critical factors in the implementation of ERP system? How do company administrators and IT professionals perceive the critical successful factors for the effective implementation of the ERP? How are critical successful factors defined? How do IT professionals perceive the influence of critical factors on the effective implementation of ERP in a Phoenix company? In this chapter, the critical successful factors in the implementation of ERP systems will be explored. A single case study was conducted, and the interview data were gathered from 15 IT professionals in a Phoenix, Arizona company. Problems, solutions, recommendations, and future research direction will be presented.

The Core Critical Success Factors in Implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems

Enterprise Information Systems and Advancing Business Solutions ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-1761-2.ch006 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 86-113 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Payam Hanafizadeh ◽

Roya Gholami ◽

Shabnam Dadbin ◽

Nicholas Standage

Keyword(s):

Conceptual Model ◽

Enterprise Resource Planning Systems

Success Factors ◽

Resource Planning ◽

Project Managers ◽

Entropy Method ◽

Erp Systems ◽

Critical Success ◽

The Implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems require huge investments while ineffective implementations of such projects are commonly observed. A considerable number of these projects have been reported to fail or take longer than it was initially planned, while previous studies show that the aim of rapid implementation of such projects has not been successful and the failure of the fundamental goals in these projects have imposed huge amounts of costs on investors. Some of the major consequences are the reduction in demand for such products and the introduction of further skepticism to the managers and investors of ERP systems. In this regard, it is important to understand the factors determining success or failure of ERP implementation. The aim of this paper is to study the critical success factors (CSFs) in implementing ERP systems and to develop a conceptual model which can serve as a basis for ERP project managers. These critical success factors that are called “core critical success factors” are extracted from 62 published papers using the content analysis and the entropy method. The proposed conceptual model has been verified in the context of five multinational companies.

Critical Success Factors of ERP Implementation

Knowledge Management ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-933-5.ch063 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 758-765

Author(s):

Leopoldo E. Colmenares ◽

Jim O. Otieno

Keyword(s):

Success Factors ◽

Business Processes ◽

Resource Planning ◽

Erp Systems ◽

Erp System ◽

Critical Success ◽

Systems Implementation ◽

Sales And Marketing ◽

Share Data

An enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is an integrated set of programs that provides support for core organizational activities, such as manufacturing and logistics, finance and accounting, sales and marketing, and human resources. An ERP system helps the different parts of an organization share data and knowledge, reduce costs, and improve management of business processes. In spite of their benefits, many ERP systems fail (Stratman & Roth, 1999). Implementing an ERP system is a major undertaking. About 90% of ERP implementations are late or over budget (Martin, 1998), and the success rate of ERP systems implementation is only about 33% (Zhang et al., 2003).

Exploring the Critical Success Factors (CSF) and Limitations of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems: The Case of Egyptian Hotels

Journal of Hospitality Management and Tourism ◽

10.5897/jhmt2015.0137 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 17-29 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Moustafa Mohamed Lamiaa

Keyword(s):

Success Factors ◽

Resource Planning ◽

Erp Systems ◽

Critical Success

Advances in Information Resources Management - Innovative Technologies for Information Resources Management ◽

ERP Usage in Practice

10.4018/978-1-59904-570-2.ch002 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 21-42

Author(s):

Mary C. Jones ◽

Randall Young

Keyword(s):

Exploratory Study ◽

Resource Planning ◽

Organizational Changes ◽

Erp Systems ◽

Fortune 1000 ◽

Organizational Configuration ◽

Erp Software ◽

Insight Into ◽

The Way

This study presents the results of an exploratory study of Fortune 1000 firms and their enterprise resource planning (ERP) usage, as well as benefits and changes they have realized from ERP. The study empirically examines ERP in these organizations to provide insight into various aspects that firms can use to evaluate how they are managing their ERP systems. Findings provide information about functionality implemented, extent to which benefits are realized, extent of ERP-related organizational changes firms have realized, and the way firms measure ERP success. The study also addresses the extent to which various types of ERP software have been implemented and whether there is a relationship between type of software and benefits. Finally, it examines ERP-enabled change in light of organizational configuration.

ERP Adoption in Indian Organizations

Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, First Edition ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-553-5.ch194 ◽

2005 ◽

pp. 1102-1107

Author(s):

Monideepa Tarafdar

Keyword(s):

Inventory Management ◽

Business Processes ◽

Resource Planning ◽

Social Contexts ◽

Erp Systems ◽

It Use ◽

Manufacturing Resource Planning ◽

Wide Availability ◽

Erp Software

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems integrate various functions and processes in organizations. ERP software is developed in the form of different modules, each of which helps to perform distinct functions within the company. The modules interface with the same database and are integrated so that workflows can be designed across different modules. The software helps standardize business processes and ensures organization-wide availability of transaction data. ERP software evolved from earlier manufacturing resource planning (MRP) systems, which included inventory management, procurement and production planning functions. The implementation of ERP software started in the early 1990s and during the late 1990s, the growth rate of the ERP market was between 30 to 40%. As of 2001, 30,000 companies around the world had implemented ERP and the total value of the ERP market was at $25 billion. There is not much literature relating to ERP implementation and adoption in companies in Asia and other parts of the developing world. These organizations face issues that are significantly different from those faced by organizations in the developed world, because of differences in the sophistication of IT use, and in the cultural and social contexts. In this article, we describe some experiences that companies in India have gone through in implementing ERP systems. We present a framework for analyzing the critical factors and issues that influence the ERP adoption process, and highlight the areas of opportunity and risk. The framework is sufficiently general so as to be extended to other developing countries.

Critical Success Factors of ERP Implementation

Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, First Edition ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-553-5.ch111 ◽

2005 ◽

pp. 628-633 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Leopoldo E. Colmenares ◽

Jim O. Otieno

Keyword(s):

Success Factors ◽

Business Processes ◽

Resource Planning ◽

Erp Systems ◽

Erp System ◽

Critical Success ◽

Systems Implementation ◽

Sales And Marketing ◽

Share Data

Mobile Technologies Extending ERP Systems

Handbook of Research in Mobile Business, Second Edition ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-156-8.ch041 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 440-444

Author(s):

Dirk Werth ◽

Paul Makuch

Keyword(s):

Resource Management ◽

Human Resource Management ◽

Human Resource ◽

Business Processes ◽

Wide Spectrum ◽

Resource Planning ◽

Mobile Technologies ◽

Erp Systems ◽

Erp Software

Nowadays the majority of enterprises use Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software to improve their business processes. Simultaneously, mobile technologies which can be used within ERP have gained further importance. This is because ERP, together with mobile technologies, offers a wide spectrum of synergies and both have a significant impact on enterprise efficiency. The improvement possibilities in ERP due to mobility range from sales activities, over logistic processes, up to effects on the human resource management.

An integrated framework for ERP system implementation

International Journal of Accounting and Information Management ◽

10.1108/ijaim-04-2016-0038 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 91-109 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Kalinga Jagoda ◽

Premaratne Samaranayake

Keyword(s):

Success Factors ◽

Resource Planning ◽

System Implementation ◽

Erp Systems ◽

Erp Implementation ◽

Content Type ◽

Erp System ◽

Critical Success

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to propose an alternative integrated approach based on the stage-gate method to implement enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems which will enhance the effectiveness of ERP projects. Design/methodology/approach A literature review was conducted on ERP system implementation and its effectiveness. The need for improving implementation approaches and methodologies was examined. Based on the insights gained, a conceptual framework for ERP system implementation is presented by combining the state-gate approach with the pre-implementation roadmap. Findings The proposed framework aims to enhance the overall ERP implementation outcomes, ensuring critical success factors and eliminating common causes of failures. A pre-implementation roadmap is identified as a key element for eliminating many causes of failure including lack of organisations’ readiness for ERP. The post-implementation stage can be used for further improvements to the system through internal research and development. Research limitations/implications The development of the framework is an attempt to contribute to improving ERP implementation. This research is expected to motivate researchers to work in this area, and it will be beneficial to practicing managers in the identification of opportunities for improvements in ERP systems. Case studies will be valuable to refine and validate the proposed model. Originality/value This paper explores research in a needy area and offers a framework to help researchers and practitioners in improving ERP implementation. This framework is expected to reduce the implementation project duration, strengthen critical success factors and minimise common problems of ERP implementation projects.

Critical Success Factors in Implementing Enterprise Resource Planning Systems for Sustainable Corporations

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11236785 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (23) ◽

pp. 6785 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Huang ◽

Chiu ◽

Chao ◽

Arniati

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Success Factors ◽

Resource Planning ◽

Erp Systems ◽

Erp System ◽

Key Success Factors ◽

Critical Success ◽

Sustainable Value

More and more companies are significantly introducing enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to secure enterprise resources for effective distribution and provide accurate data for sustainable development in enterprise. Recently, Type B laboratory has promoted the utilization of the corporation’s own sustainable developments of the business model philosophy to affect the society and to solve social and environmental issues. The form of organizations arising from this certification process is referred to as the B Corporation, and this represents the implementation and commitment to sustainable development. Thus, decision-makers of B Corporation who can utilize ERP system tools well can coordinate sustainable activities better. There is not enough literature at this stage to provide the key success factors of implementing the ERP system for the B Corporation in Taiwan. This study extensively reviews the literature and conducts a modified Delphi expert questionnaire survey to elucidate the critical success factors of B Corporations’ implementation of ERP systems. The research results can assist the sustainable value of B Corporation and contribute to the current literature of improving critical success factors. The limitation of this study is that it only represents the perspective of B Corporation in Taiwan. Second, this study is unable to encompass all key success factors (CSFs) pertaining to ERP systems.