Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have become an essential information systems infrastructure for large organisations. These organisations are now looking for ways to leverage their ERP investment by introducing new functionality. However no matter how many implementations these companies have undertaken the same people issues still provide barriers. This research looks at the change m...

The research seeks to understand how effectively Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are able to meet the decision support requirements of manufacturing companies in the UK, with a particular interest in how the effectiveness of support differs based on production strategy. As a result, survey responses have been divided into Make-To-Order (MTO) and Make-To-Stock (MTS) companies. We have...

This study examines competencies of Human Resource (HR) professionals in the manufacturing companies of Malaysia. The Human Resource Competency Survey (HRCS) model is used in this study. The competencies that are examined in this study are business knowledge, strategic contribution, HR delivery, personal credibility and HR technology. All these competencies will be tested whether or not they ar...

In today’s intensely competitive marketplace, companies can benefit strategically and tactically from enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, if implemented correctly. However, with failure rates estimated to be as high as 50% of all ERP implementations, companies can be negatively impacted by a poorly performing ERP system. The research on ERP has focused on events leading to the selection...

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) has been a major investment for most companies since the early nineties. ERP is a type of investment that has an integrated approach, and has been widely adopted, but there is little empirical evidence about how ERP implementation affects company performance. This chapter begins with the discussion of ERP investment and its role as a commodity or as a strategi...

ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems integrate software solutions that support the integration of all information flows leading to organizational changes. This paper outlines a research proposal concerning the implementation and use of ERP systems in organizations. Taking an information and knowledge perspective on organization from the management and consultant perspective, we present is...

Wide spread penetration of IT has become a part of our social, business and economic fabric. Today, information is at present as equal or more important as roti, kapra aur Makan (bread, cloth and house). Therefore, value of information using new technology serve better to organization as well users than before. Literature survey of ERP models practically implemented & used at present by various...

Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) remains a significant factor that influences Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) strategies and decisions. While “total” costs can and should include a wide range of factors, recent Aberdeen research has shown that the cost of software, services, and maintenance are those which are most often measured and considered when evaluating software or measuring the Return o...

The purpose of this paper is to explore the critical success factors (CSFs) of enterprise resource planning (ERP) system implementation in context of the developing countries. A survey questionnaire including the list and brief description of 17 CSFs of ERP implementation was designed and distributed among ERP adopter companies in Iran. Operational/functional/unit managers’ perception about the...

Future database application systems will be designed as Service Oriented Architectures (SOAs), in contrast to today’s monolithic architectures. The decomposition in many small services allows the usage of hardware clusters and a flexible service-to-server allocation but also increases the complexity of administration. Thus, new administration techniques like our self-organizing infrastructure a...