Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems: a research agenda Majed Al-Mashari Department of Information Systems‚ College of Computer and Information Sciences‚ King Saud University‚ Riyadh‚ Saudi Arabia Keywords Enterprise resource planning‚ Research‚ Change management Introduction Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems can be regarded as one of the most innovative The continuing development of developments in information technology (IT) enterprise resource planning of the
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Enterprise resource planning Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERP’s) integrate (or attempt to integrate) all data and processes of an organization into a unified system. A typical ERP system will use multiple components of computer software and hardware to achieve the integration. A key ingredient of most ERP systems is the use of a unified database to store data for the various system modules. The term ERP originally implied systems designed to plan the use of enterprise-wide resources
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for leading the people side of change to achieve a desired outcome”. (www.prosci.com/change-management/definition/) The Change management practice plays an effective role especially in ERP role out strategies implemented by many companies. The report mainly discuss on the Process of Microsoft Dynamics NAV ERP‚ manufacturing module implementation at ALUMEX group which was one of the main change management practices introduced by the company. Company Background: ALUMEX is a fully integrated
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In the years following the formal introduction Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems in the early 1990s‚ there have been few ERP implementations that have been managed successfully‚ including those introduced by large corporations. Although much capital is usually put into ERP implementation‚ lack of key business practices has prevented extensive success. This paper reviews failed ERP implementations in three large organizations. It analyzes the reasons for the failures as well as the lessons
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ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEMS Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems integrate the planning‚ management‚ and use of all of an organization’s resources. The major objectives of ERP systems are to tightly integrate the functional areas of the organization and to enable information to flow seamlessly across the functional areas. Tight integration means that changes in one functional area are immediately reflected in all other pertinent functional areas. ERP systems provide the
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Definition of Enterprise Resource Planning Enterprise Resource Planning or ERP is actually a process or approach that attempts to consolidate all of a company’s departments and functions into a single computer system that services each department’s specific needs. It is‚ in a sense‚ a convergence of people‚ hardware‚ and software into an efficient production‚ service‚ and delivery system that creates profit for the company. While the idea is easy to grasp in theory‚ the reality has been different
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2.1 Restatement of the Problem: Successful implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) can be a challenge. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation is notorious for requiring a long lead times and lots of money. What are the factors affecting the success or failure of ERP implementation? What are ERP’s major limitations? How do we approach implementation to avoid failure? How can we define the success of an ERP implementation and develop a necessary model that all manufacturing
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The article Management based critical success factors in the implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning systems was motivated by conflicting results in earlier studies examining critical success factors in Enterprise Resource Planning implementation‚ many of which are anecdotal in nature. This study began by examining the literature that exists on the implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning systems. Much of this literature contains recommendations that are untested and unstructured. Specific
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OM0011 – Enterprise Resource Planning Assignment - Set 1 Q1. What is Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)? What are the advantages of ERP? “Enterprise Resource Planning: An accounting oriented information system for identifying and planning the enterprise-wide resources to make‚ ship and account for customer orders.” Again in Internet encyclopedia‚ it has defined as: “An enterprise planning system is an integrated computer based application used to manage internal and external resources‚ including
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Computer Standards & Interfaces 24 (2002) 337 – 346 www.elsevier.com/locate/csi A synergic analysis for Web-based enterprise resources planning systems David C. Yen a‚1‚ David C. Chou b‚*‚ Jane Chang a‚1 b a Department of Decision Sciences and MIS‚ Miami University‚ Oxford‚ OH 45056‚ USA Department of Computer Information Systems‚ Eastern Michigan University‚ 412 Owen Building‚ Ypsilanti‚ MI 48197‚ USA Received 8 October 2001; received in revised form 3 December 2001; accepted 12 December
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