In recent years ERP systems have received much attention. However, ERP projects have
often been found to be complex and risky to implement in business enterprises. The …

The research literature on ERP systems has exponentially grown in recent years. In a
domain, where new concepts and techniques are constantly introduced, it is therefore, of …

Problems with the implementation of ERP systems are well documented. Although
companies spend millions on ERP packages and the implementation process, there is …

Despite growing interest, publications on ERP systems within the academic Information
Systems community, as reflected by contributions to journals and international conferences …

Enterprise integration with ERP and EAI Page 1 54 February 2003/Vol. 46, No. 2
COMMUNICATIONS OF THE ACM Illustration by Istvan Orosz By **youl Lee, Keng Siau, and …

An enterprise resource planning (ERP) application is an enterprise-wide package that tightly
integrates all necessary business functions into a single system with a shared database. An …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to identify practical activities that are essential for
managing enterprise resource planning (ERP) implementation projects and that answer to …

Purpose–To reveal the mechanisms determining the success of ERP implementations on
the basis of research conducted among practitioners dealing with ERP projects …

Most of organizations have a “functional structure,” which is composed of various functional
units. In some cases, each functional unit works towards their own goals and objectives …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to examine the critical success factors of ERP
implementations in Belgian SMEs and to identify those success factors that are specific to a …