... organisations. Many vendors have developed cost effective applications to meet the demands of small and medium enterprises and there is now an increasing awareness of ERP in the SME market. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Production management Sales force Manufacturing resource planning...

... to maximize success of ERP implementations. Originality/value – The paper appears to be one of the first studies to focus on the CSFs of ERP implementation at SMEs. Keywords: Canada, Critical success factors, Manufacturing resource planning, Small- to medium-sized enterprises...

... ; Upton, 1997). Flexible manufacturing systems Manufacturing resource planning Manufacturing flexibility, defined as the ability to change or to react to change (Upton, 1994), has been identified as an important manufacturing objective in a company's manufacturing strategy (Mills et al...

... for new studies focused on the success factors of ERP implementation at SMEs. Manufacturing resource planning Small to medium‐sized enterprises Critical success factors Canada Small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) are of critical importance to many economies. Firms with less than 500...

... and students, as well as researchers. Cecil Bozarth can be contacted at: Cecil_Bozarth@ncsu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Manufacturing resource planning Management information systems Operations management The objective of this paper is two‐fold. First, we use a case...

... can be contacted at: jhwu@mis.nsysu.edu.tw © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Manufacturing resource planning Customer satisfaction Measuring instruments Measurement, testing and instruments Taiwan Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are configurable information...

... capabilities. Elliot Bendoly can be contacted at: elliot_bendoly@bus.emory.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2006 Manufacturing resource planning Managers Culture United States of America China Existing research into enterprise resource planning (ERP) adoption...

... The findings point to new and promising avenues for enriching and elaborating contemporary theories of operations strategy. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Corporate strategy Manufacturing industries Manufacturing resource planning Much of the literature and studies addressing...

... Limited 2005 Internet Purchasing Manufacturing resource planning Over the last decade, we have seen both the boom and the malaise of the enterprise resource planning (ERP) market. Revenues from enterprise resource applications hit $16.6 billion in 1998, a 39 percent increase from...

...Neil Towers; Alan Knibbs; Nikos Panagiotopoulos Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the supply and productivity improvements derived from implementing manufacturing resource planning (MRP II) practices. Design/methodology/approach The approach is a case study in a Greek...

.... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004 Manufacturing resource planning Operations management Research Case studies Although the demonstration of the process is comprehensive and the illustrated case is sufficiently detailed, the nine‐category strategic review (audit) is largely...

... are very short, and the manufacturing is carried out in some form of line layout. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Manufacturing resource planning Control User satisfaction Production methods The suitability of various manufacturing planning and control methods depends on the demand...

... promotes closer adherence to the organizational objectives undergirding the plans. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Advanced manufacturing technologies Business planning Effectiveness Manufacturing resource planning Advanced manufacturing technology (AMT) represents a wide variety of modern...