The Implementation Imperatives and Critical Success Factors of Enterprise Systems: a Literature Review

Pros. An ERP system is a necessary investment for Riordan because it integrates all departments and their respective functions across the organization into a single IT system (UMaine, 2009). There are three main benefits of ERP systems that directly address problems with Riordan’s operations. One benefit is a logical solution to a mess of incompatible applications currently in use by the organization. ERP also allows global access and sharing of organizational data as well. Additionally, implementing an ERP system will help the organization bypass the difficulties and expenses of replacing legacy systems (UMaine, 2009). An analysis of Riordan’s current issues with its Finance

In today’s business environment, companies use integrated information systems to gain competitive advantages. The primary objective of senior management is to generate a 10% profit to reinvest into the enterprise and expand their divisions. Several of Bandon’s competitors have implemented ERP with integrated CRM solutions. In order for Bandon Group, Inc. to compete with businesses such as Xerox, it is necessary to integrate the business applications. According to Monk, Ellen, & Wagner, “increasing information system efficiency often results in the effective management of business processes, which is essential to maximizing profit and sustainable growth” (2009). Bandon Group has common critical problems and issues within the organization today; there are also opportunities and challenges that need to be addressed. The technology department is small and strained. With the range of various technical solutions that have been implemented across the divisions it has become very difficult to provide data migrations, network support, technical support and training (Sumner, 2005). An ERP system can dramatically reduce costs and improve operational efficiency as it removes feudal decision-making and facilitates data integration and transparency between business units

Today Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is extensively adopted by many organizations regardless of kind and size, mainly because it provides enterprise-wide view of information across all their business operations and help organizations achieve consistency across all their functional departments. The potential benefits of ERP system implementation include improved coordination across functional areas, increased efficiency, reduced operational costs, rapid access to information for decision making, managerial control and support for strategic planning.

Adoption of an ERP system enables an organization to eliminate dozens or even hundreds of separate systems and replace them with a single, integrated set of applications for the entire enterprise.

In order to survive in this competitive business world, every business must produce or provide not only a better product or service, they must also provide better customer service, minimize their production costs and overhead costs, have a more efficient management system, a highly reliable infrastructure…the list is endless. Many of these can be achieved through a customized enterprise resource planning system (ERP). ERPs serve as “one comprehensive database to house all of [the company’s] corporate information” so that “when you enter new information in one place, the system automatically updates related information.” However, if these systems are not implemented correctly with the necessary change in management of people and technology

Major implementers of system hold a belief that technology implementation is not just a question of incorporation a new system in to an already existing system. It is held that there are particular success factors that need to be considered. The examination of the business system to be implemented and the organization's operational aspect are important ADDIN EN.CITE Fishbein M2005213(Fishbein M & Ajzen I, 2005)2132136Fishbein M,Ajzen I,. Belief, Attitude, Intentions and behavior: An Introduction to Theory and Research, Annals of the Association of American Geographers2005BostonAddison-Wesley( HYPERLINK l "_ENREF_4" o "Fishbein M, 2005 #213" Fishbein M & Ajzen I, 2005). This paper looks at the implementation factors that need to be considered and that measures that will ensures success. The contexts of the argument given herein are based on papers and reports on system implementation as well as borrowing from the factors that contribute to project success. This is because system implementation is similar to project and they hold similar importance to organization's growth ADDIN EN.CITE Loh T.C.2004214(Loh T.C. & L, 2004)21421417Loh T.C.,Koh S. C. LCritical elements for successful enterprise resource planning implementation in small-and medium-sized enterprisesInternational Journal of ProductionInternational Journal of Production3433421734552004( HYPERLINK l "_ENREF_7" o "Loh T.C., 2004 #214" Loh

In today 's competitive environment, organisations need to be reformed to get competitive advantages. The most efficient and effective way to achieve this goal is to introduce a new information system (IS). Chen et al (2012) One of the big systems is enterprise resources planning which is an application software which has a broad set of activities supported by many modules that integrates all business processes and data into a single system which helps businesses keep track and access to all their daily data. Jalal, a (2011)

They eliminate the need to synchronize changes between multiple systems—consolidation of finance, marketing and sales, human resource, and manufacturing applications

Company A being a leading value added distributor for Telecom hardware platform and services in APAC can benefit largely from the implementation of an ERP system. The ERP system will be their business management tool to assist them to use a system of applications which are integrated to manage their regular activities. The ERP system will incorporate all aspects of the entire organization including finance and accounting, human resources, manufacturing and supply chain management, project management, customer relationship management, data services and control of access ADDIN EN.CITE Wallace2001619(Wallace & Kremzar, 2001)6196196Wallace, T.F.Kremzar, M.H.ERP: making it happen : the implementers' guide to success with enterprise resource planning2001New YorkWiley9780471392019http://books.google.co.ke/books?id=Wa3vIn5DKc8C( HYPERLINK l "_ENREF_10" o "Wallace, 2001 #619" Wallace & Kremzar, 2001).

Enterprise Systems (ES), also called Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, are among the most important business information technologies to emerge in the last decade. While no two industries Enterprise Systems are the same, the basic concept of Enterprise Systems is focused mainly on standardization, synchronization and improved efficiency. ERP is basically the successor to material resource planning (MRP) and integrated accounting systems such as payroll, general ledger, and billing. The benefits of Enterprise Systems are very significant: coordinating

Defined by Investopiedia.com,” Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is a process by which a company, usually a manufacturer, manages and integrates the important parts of its business. An ERP management information system integrates areas such as planning, purchasing, inventory, sales, marketing, finance, human resources, etc. (Investopedia).Today, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are extremely important, especially towards the Manufacturing Business. Looking back at the history of manufacturing solutions, the industry began with Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP) systems that, similar to ERP systems, were used for enhancement and basic

An ERP, or Enterprise Resource Planning, system is a business management software that integrates all levels of operations. It can include product planning, development, manufacturing, sales and marketing. The goal of a successful ERP is to improve the flow of all shared information and data across the entire organization. In the past, Johnson & Johnson have used an ERP developed by SAP, a German multinational software company and one of the worlds largest. More recently J&J took on a massive project to consolidate and harmonize their ERP landscape. J&J 's global enterprise supply chain included 120 manufacturing sites, over 500 external manufacturers, 450 distribution centers, and over 60 ERP systems that support about 275 operating companies (Dignan, 2013). This project was initiated because J&J was finding that they were having trouble keeping some products on shelves which affected sales. They saw an opportunity to better meet the evolving needs of customers and hopefully improve the cost of goods sold efficiently to

Successful implementation of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is not impossible in real life but for that it must be developed through a proper planning and implementation. ERP are designed to upgrading an organization’s ability to generate more timely and accurate information for its supply chain. Organization must be ready for reengineered before the success of productivity can be realised. Most of the companies have faced heavy problems while trying to implement ERP systems and have led to serious problems.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is a software package or one integrated system that is designed to institutionalize the collection and sharing of organizational data resources (Klaus et al., 2000; Mabert et al., 2003; Wang et al., 2008). Since this kind of systems allows inputting and outputting information and the information could be shared across the whole organization in time, companies all over the world are now utilizing the ERP systems to improve operational efficiency (Davenport, 1998; Klaus et al., 2000).

This paper will discuss what an enterprises system is and how it has evolved to an integrated system to a piecemeal system. We will also discuss how an enterprise system brings integration to of business processes and the role it plays for the management team when it comes to the decision making process. After providing this information, I will then draw conclusion and determine if I feel an Enterprise System is critical to business success and why.