Business Process Management Journal: Volume 7 Issue 3

Organizational memory and the completeness of process modeling in ERP systems: Some concerns, methods and directions for future research

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems not only have a broad functional scope promising to support many different business processes, they also embed many different aspects of…

ERP and application integration: Exploratory survey

During the 1990s, companies focused on the adoption of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems to solve integration problems. However, ERP systems automate core business…

Control and coordination in global ERP configuration

The dominant market for enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors has traditionally been the largest of multinational corporations. Until recently, most vendors (SAP, PeopleSoft…

ERP and best of breed: a comparative analysis

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software is the dominant strategic platform for supporting enterprise‐wide business processes. However, it has been criticised for being…

IS’97 model curriculum and enterprise resource planning systems

As businesses world‐wide begin to adopt enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems in increasing numbers, academics are deciding how to utilise these types of systems in…

Industry‐oriented design of ERP‐related curriculum – an Australian initiative

This paper discusses the design of a problem‐based learning approach that seeks to embed industrial knowledge in the enterprise resource planning (ERP)‐related curriculum of…

Modeling top management influence on ES implementation

How to minimize risks involved in enterprise systems (ES) implementation while maximizing benefits has become a challenge for top management. This article proposes a conceptual…

ERP selection process in midsize and large organizations

In this paper we detail the results from an empirical study concerning differences in characteristics of the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system selection process between…

BPR and ERP: realising a vision of process with IT

This article analyses enterprise resource planning (ERP) as a tool for realising business process reengineering (BPR) in manufacturing. It combines theories from organisational…

Change management strategies for successful ERP implementation

When implementing an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, top management commonly faces an unwanted attitude from potential users – for one reason or another, they resist…

ERP implementation issues in advanced and developing countries

There is an increasing need to implement a total business solution which supports major functionalities of a business. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software is designed to…

Critical factors for successful implementation of enterprise systems

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems have emerged as the core of successful information management and the enterprise backbone of organizations. The difficulties of ERP…

Reflections on the systems integration enterprise

Enabling process-orientation through enterprise resource planning systems