ISSN 1450-2275 Issue 34 (2011)
© EuroJournals, Inc. 2011 http://www.eurojournals.com Determining Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Success
Factors in Iranian Companies
Faridun Ahmadi
Industrial Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering
Imam Hossein University, Tehran, Iran
E-mail: Fr.ahmadi@moc.gov.ir
Jaafar Mahmoudi
Industrial Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering
Imam Hossein University, Tehran, Iran
E-mail: Jmahmoodi@ecommerce.gov.ir
Gholamreza Jandaghi
Corresponding Author, Department, Faculty of Management, Qom College
University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
E-mail: jandaghi@ut.ac.ir
Abstract
ERP systems have been considered by Iranian great organization in recent years. To that end, many large organizations in this country try to run ERP implement projects. Number of projects failed because of challenges and difficulties which were faced in way to implementation ERP. Perhaps reasons can be find in terms of domestic Iranian organization such as corporate culture, education, organizational readiness for ERP, infrastructures, management and general condition of the country such as political constraints and sanctions. In his article we will try to compile success factors (SF) for ERP systems in
Iranian organizations. For this purpose first we review available and international articles and reports of ERP systems and also results from domestic projects related to implementing
ERP in Iranian company, by those researches try to gather SFs in Iranian organizations in
Questionnaire will be the next step. Then these collected agents in questionnaire will be review and identify by ERP and information system experts from Iran or other countries.
At last we analysis those answers and define Critical Success Factors (CSF) to implement successful ERP system in large governmental organizations.
Keywords: Information Systems (IS), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP),
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