Nearly all information technology educators and practitioners are familiar with the concept of a systems development life cycle (SDLC). The SDLC model is mainly based on new software development. The stages vary based on methodology, but mostly include planning and requirements definition, analysis, design of the new system, implementation, and post-implementation support such as maintenance an...

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Enhanced recovery pathways (ERPs) are multimodal protocols designed to reduce perioperative stress and promote early normalization after surgery. A primary tenant of ERP is improve postoperative pain control while limiting opioid utilization decrease the likelihood addiction. The purpose this study was determine effects a lower extremity bypass (LEB) implementation on oral morphine equivalents ...

The importance of the post-merger integration (PMI) is derived from the fact that the value creation can only begin when the organizations begin to work towards the purpose of the acquisition. Besides merger, another source of radical change in a company’s life cycle is the implementation of an enterprise system (ES), such as ERP. Both mergers and acquisitions and enterprise systems implementat...

Several event-related potential (ERP) studies have demonstrated a negative shift in ERPs for fearful relative to neutral facial expressions approximately 170-300 ms post-stimulus over occipital-temporal scalp. In the present study, three experiments were conducted to examine the importance of the eye region for this ERP differentiation. ERPs and behavioral discrimination responses were measured...

This exploratory study focuses on ERP post-implementation issues in Small-and-Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs). The authors conducted a case study in a small Norwegian retail company, which experienced a performance dip that lasted longer than expected. The case demonstrates how overwhelming the ERP competence requirements can be for an SME. Errors in the configuration of the ERP system and impr...

The effects of chronic exposure to xylene on cognitive ability were studied in a group of 35 medical workers occupationally exposed to low-level concentrations of xylene for at least five years by using event-related potentials (ERPs), and compared with a control group of 21 subjects. The exposure to xylene was confirmed through determination of m-methylhippuric acid, a reliable biological indi...

Despite the fact that ERP systems have become the defacto standard in several industries, they still represent a major issue for both practitioners and researchers. ERP systems failures can have different degrees and can occur at different instances of the ERP life cycle. System underutilization has been argued to be one of the primary causes of ERP failure. This raises questions about the syst...