SAP ERP Case Study

In the implementation of SAP ERP, it is evident that transforming to a new method of operation and change in culture of people are complex processes. That always needs proper planning and successful change management. Whenever the individuals in an organization forced to adjust to shifting conditions, pain is ever present. Maximum of the organizations overestimate how much they can force huge changes in the organization, and they underestimate how tough it is to drive individuals out of their comfort zones. This is the common error made by all organizations during their change.
Based on these problems, the research questions formulated.
• How to manage cultural change in OPTERRA for implementing SAP?
• Which factors influence the success of change management while implementing SAP in OPTERRA GmbH?
ERP implementation is more than just a new software system; it is an organizational culture change. A cultural change during ERP implementation involves many interrelated factors that impact users of the system, employees and potential outcomes of implementation. This ERP helps employees to understand that this ERP system
Secondly, to illustrate and follow the ultimate critical change management factor influencing successful change management in implementation of SAP from an employee point of view. Finally, the target is to provide suggestions to the German cement company, by identifying the types of changes which including adaptive, evolutionary, reconstructive and revolutionary changes. The main emphasis is to recognize the impact of change in organizational culture which including tools, techniques and models associated with organizational change. Accordingly, the study will investigate related literature concerning change management and organizational change in the context of the implementation of ERP SAP, to give theoretical insight into the