Factors that assist ERP implementation, such as top management, commitment and support, visioning and planning, project champion, implementation strategy and timeframe, vanilla ERP, project management, change management, managing cultural change.
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Critical Success Factors in Enterprise Resource Planning Implementation
Muhammad Shaikh (University of Phoenix, USA) and Libi Shen (University of Phoenix, USA)
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 21
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-9416-1.ch011
Abstract
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are considered, by many, to be extremely solid, while giving organizations the ability to quickly capture and manage data across diverse sectors. Because the successful employment of an ERP system depends upon skillful implementation, specific factors contributing to successful ERP implementation are essential. What are the critical factors in the implementation of ERP system? How do company administrators and IT professionals perceive the critical successful factors for the effective implementation of the ERP? How are critical successful factors defined? How do IT professionals perceive the influence of critical factors on the effective implementation of ERP in a Phoenix company? In this chapter, the critical successful factors in the implementation of ERP systems will be explored. A single case study was conducted, and the interview data were gathered from 15 IT professionals in a Phoenix, Arizona company. Problems, solutions, recommendations, and future research direction will be presented.