.... Gallagher can be contacted at: gallgherk2@nku.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012 Enterprise resource planning (ERP) Post‐implementation Contingency theory Organizational structures Subject matter expert (SME) Manufacturing resource planning Contingency planning How best...

... planning (ERP) systems. Manufacturing resource planning Small to medium‐sized enterprises Critical success factors Factor analysis ERP systems (a very popular form of enterprise‐wide IT solution) are designed to achieve integration and streamlining of internal processes (Kemppainen, 2004...

... adopted in defining an organisation's size (e.g. Shiau et al., 2009). Manufacturing resource planning Operations and production management Critical success factors Sri Lanka An enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is an integrated enterprise computing system that lets...

... Kraemmergaard can be contacted at: pkj@epa.aau.dk © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Manufacturing resource planning Literature Research An enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is a business management system that comprises integrated sets of comprehensive software, which can...

... of the enterprise, the scope of the ERP project and the goals of the implementation. The critical success factors of this group are: Manufacturing resource planning Critical success factors Small to medium‐sized enterprises Belgium ERP systems are extensive, integrated software systems supporting...

... Publishing Limited 2010 Manufacturing resource planning Developing countries Information systems Business failures Jordan Enterprise resource planning (ERP) can be defined as “a software system with integrated functions for all major business functions across an organization...

... in this article and are put in the background. Manufacturing resource planning Information systems Organizational development Enterprise resource planning systems (ERP systems) or enterprise systems (ES) have become a major force in an organizations' use of information systems [1] in recent years...

... level of maturity. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Manufacturing resource planning Best practice Modelling The successful implementation of an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system can provide organisations with many benefits including increased accuracy...

.... external business process perspective; 3. customer service perspective; and 4. cost management perspective (Figure 2). The model includes three constructs for ERP benefits, namely: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Manufacturing resource planning Supply chain management...

... implementation project, the complexities of the ERP market and complex implementation caused high rates of failure in ERP project implementation. They also stated that high rates failure of ERP project implementation resulted in failure to deliver expected benefits. Manufacturing resource planning Customer...

... and synchronization of data is guaranteed. Using a common database makes it easier to share information, and means that any decision or strategic action undertaken at any level of the organization reflects directly on the rest of the company (Slack et al., 2001). Manufacturing resource planning...

... Manufacturing resource planning Risk management China In reality, a review of previous literature identifies that the implementation of ERP is often fraught with challenges, difficulties and problems (Loh and Koh, 2004). However, even if the system is successfully implemented, the “go‐live” point...

...@mail.mcut.edu.tw © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 RQ2. How can ERP implementation and organizational development activities be aligned over time? Strategic alignment Manufacturing resource planning Internal control Internal auditing Corporate governance Organizational...

... of materials requirements planning (MRP) of the 1970s and manufacturing resource planning (MRP II) of the 1980s. The paper is articulated into five further sections. The following two sections present a state of the art literature review on ICT and KM in SMEs, respectively. Section four discusses...

... point of view for the observations; and economic results, management control and operating efficiency as domains to assess. Tommaso Federici can be contacted at: tfederici@unitus.it © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Manufacturing resource planning Small to medium‐sized...

... can be contacted at: jose.esteves@ie.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Manufacturing resource planning Small to medium‐sized enterprises Company performance An increasing number of small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) are upgrading their legacy systems...

... ; Riemenschneider et al., 2003 ; Lozinsky, 1998 ; Dixon, 2004 ; Beck et al., 2005). Possible benefits include: © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Information systems Manufacturing resource planning Small to medium‐sized enterprises Enterprise resource planning (ERP...

... Knowledge management systems Knowledge processes Small to medium‐sized enterprises Manufacturing resource planning Thailand In today's economy, knowledge is one of the most important resources in creating a competitive advantage for the organisation (Hitt, 1998 ; Hitt et al., 1999...

... that there is a lack of research conducted and published about why SMEs choose open source ERPs instead of proprietary ERPs. This paper identifies the gap and suggests future research directions about this subject. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Manufacturing resource planning Small to medium...

... enterprise system practitioners. Information systems Manufacturing resource planning Sales forecasting Production planning Computer software The SOP tool allows the planning of sales, production/purchasing, inventory, and forecasts, at various levels of aggregation (planning levels), e.g...