scholarly journals Enterprise Resource Planning Systems in Iran

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software packages have been widely implemented in the developed world since they first appeared on the market in the late 1970s. In the developing world, however, the lack of the human and financial resources needed for such projects, and the non-availability of sales and support offices for western-based ERP vendors, has limited the uptake of ERP software. However, in Iran, there has been significant recent growth in the development of homegrown ERP software solutions. These products are usually more customizable than western-based ERP products and can thus be adapted more readily to specific user requirements. Using a case study approach, this article examines the origins and development of one of these companies – the Behko software company, and assesses its main product, and how it has been implemented in a typical end-user company. The article concludes that the homegrown ERP sector in Iran is making a significant contribution to the provision of information systems in the country, and is competing successfully with western-based alternatives.

Author(s):  
Shruti Makarand Kanade

 Cloud computing is the buzz word in today’s Information Technology. It can be used in various fields like banking, health care and education. Some of its major advantages that is pay-per-use and scaling, can be profitably implemented in development of Enterprise Resource Planning or ERP. There are various challenges in implementing an ERP on the cloud. In this paper, we discuss some of them like ERP software architecture by considering a case study of a manufacturing company.


2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-221 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauri Lepistö

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to improve the understanding of the rhetoric used to promote enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, which are complex organisation-wide software packages inherently connected to the domains of management and organisation. Design/methodology/approach – The study adopts a post-essentialist view on ERP systems and takes the form of a rhetorical analysis. Engaging in rhetorical scholarship in the area of technological change and management fashion literatures, this paper offers a close reading of a management text on ERP systems by Thomas H. Davenport published in 1998 in the Harvard Business Review. Findings – The rhetorical analysis distinguishes and identifies three rhetorical strategies – namely, rationalisation, theorisation and contradiction – used to promote ERP systems and thus involved in the construction of the phenomenon revolving around ERP systems. Originality/value – In spite of the importance of the rhetorical analysis of information technology in the context in which they operate, this paper argues that constructions of ERP systems should also be analysed beyond organisation-specific considerations. It further suggests that both researchers and practitioners should take seriously the rhetoric invoked by the well-known management writer that may easily go unnoticed.


2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-264 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam S. Negahban ◽  
Gregory B. Baecher ◽  
Miroslaw J. Skibniewski

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) utilization in the construction industry has been limited to large organizations. Significant numbers of construction organizations that have either failed in their efforts to adopt this technology or are not familiar with it are the Small-to Mid-Size Construction Organizations (SMSCOs). Failure in or refusal to adopt ERP by this group, despite all its potential benefits, was the problem addressed in this research. We propose a decision-making model which organizations could utilize to adopt Enterprise Resource Planning Systems. After a careful review of existing technology models, a new ERP Adoption Model (EAM) has been formulated and projected. This model has incorporated new elements that have been set as its new decision-making core. Furthermore, weidentified and ranked the prohibitive criteria that were at play and prevented SMSCO members from successfully adopting and implementing ERP systems in order to increase the understanding of their impact on EAM's processes. Finally, weconducted a case study to analyze the decision-making process of EAM implementation by SMSCOs. ERP AdoptionModel (EAM) provides a decision-making tool that construction organizations can use as a road map. Santrauka Įmonės ištekliai buvo planuojami tik didelėse statybos organizacijose. Daugelis statybos organizacijų, kurios arba nesugebėjo pritaikyti šios technologijos, arba nėra susipažinusios su ja, yra mažos ir vidutinio dydžio statybos organizacijos. Ne-sugebėjimas pritaikyti arba atsisakymas naudoti įmonės išteklių planavimą nepaisant visų jo pranašumų – problema, kuri ir sprendžiama šiame tyrime. Siūlomas sprendimų priėmimo modelis, kurį organizacijos galėtų taikyti įmonės išteklių planavimo sistemoms pasirinkti. Naujas įmonės išteklių planavimo pasirinkimo modelis buvo suformuluotas ir parengtas, prieš tai nuodugniai išanalizavus esamus modelius. Į šį modelį buvo įtraukta naujų elementų, kurie ir sudarė naujo sprendimų priėmimo modelio esmę. Be to, identifikuoti ir nustatyti prioritetai tų kriterijų, kurie trukdė mažoms ir vidutinio dydžio statybos organizacijoms sėkmingai taikyti ir įgyvendinti įmonės išteklių planavimo sistemas, siekdami pagerinti šių kriterijų poveikio įmonės išteklių planavimo procesams supratimą. Galiausiai atliktas tyrimas, kurio tikslas – išanalizuoti įmonės išteklių planavimo sprendimų priėmimo procesą mažose ir vidutinio dydžio statybos organizacijose. Įmonės išteklių planavimo pasirinkimo modelis yra sprendimų priėmimo priemonė, kurią statybos organizacijos gali naudoti tarsi kelių žemėlapį.


Web Portals ◽  
2011 ◽  
pp. 172-184
Author(s):  
Andrew Stein ◽  
Paul Hawking

This chapter investigates the application of portal technology to the area of human resource management. It discusses the evolution of Web-based HR solutions and looks at portal solution evolution of a leading enterprise resource planning systems vendor (SAP). The final section of the chapter employs a case study research approach to examine the implementation of an employee portal in a large Australian organisation and the evolutionary stages which occurred.


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