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Since early 1990s, many firms around the world have shifted their information technology (IT) strategy from developing information systems in-house to purchasing application software such as enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.

As more and more enterprises move from functional to process-based IT infrastructure, ERP system becomes one of today’s most widely used IT solutions in many large enterprises. IT managers responsible for managing their organization’s ERP implementation view their ERP systems as their organizations’ most strategic computing platform.   In spite of the widely used IT solutions, many ERP implementations are not successful. It takes longer time and costs more money than expected. Given the large investment that an ERP project requires and the potential benefits it can offer if successfully implemented, it is important to understand what is needed to ensure a successful ERP Implementation , during a whole process of ERP implementation, i.e.: pre implementation phase, implementation phase and post-implementation phase.

Serving as a company’s central nervous system, ERP systems orchestrate many functions, including  order management, materials planning, warehouse management, payables, receivables, and general ledger. Because these systems touch so many aspects of a company’s internal and external operations their successful deployment and use are critical to organizational performance and survival. In reality, ERP implementation is costly and complex. In many cases, ERP is the largest single investment in any corporate-wide project. The software is expensive, and the consulting costs even more

Here is what works and what you need to do to reap the benefits of a fully integrated business.

A critical success factor is something that the organization must do well to succeed. In

terms of information system projects, a critical success factor is what a system must do

to accomplish what it was designed to do. Three factors consistently appear as critical success factors for information systems projects: top management support, client consultation (user involvement), and clear project objectives

The critical success factors can be categorized as strategic factors, tactical factors, and operational factors.

Strategic factors:

Top management support – In any  ERP implementation  a top-down decision, approach needs to be taken for ERP adoption .The commitment of top management should be emphasized throughout an organization. In particular, no more important factor than the support of the management is critical in the project’s life. The roles of top management in IT implementation include developing an understanding of the capabilities and limitations of IT, establishing reasonable goals for IT systems, exhibiting strong commitment to the successful introduction of IT, and communicating the corporate IT strategy to all employees Senior management must be involved, including the required people and appropriate time to finish and allocate valuable resources to the implementation effort.

Tactical factors:

Effective project management – in order to successfully accomplish the decision

to implement an ERP system, the effective project management comes into play

to plan, coordinate and control such an intricate project. In order for the ERP system to progress it is critical to clarify the ERP project’s and every participators’ scope and ensure

consideration of all the required work

Re-engineering business processes –To gain full benefit of ERP systems, it is imperative that business processes are aligned with the ERP systems, It is a proven fact  that the ERP itself can not improve the firm’s performance unless the firm reengineers the business process per ERP systems. Modification of the software causes problems, such as code errors and difficulty upgrading to new versions. Each company needs customized software, but the organization must keep customization to a minimum, since any modification will lead to higher related cost . It is very important to consider the extent to which the company needs to re-engineer its current business processes in order to be compatible with the ERP software

Suitability of software and hardware – management must make a careful choice of an ERP package that best matches the legacy systems, e.g. the hardware platform, databases and operating systems.

Operational factors:

Education and training – when the ERP system is up and running it is very important that the users be capable to use it, hence they should be aware of the ERP logic and concepts and should be familiar with the system’s features. ERP systems involve big change for people, and the system will not do you any good if people do not understand how to use it effectively. Therefore, spending time on money on training, change management, job design, etc. is crucial to any ERP project.

User involvement – participating in the system development and implementation, the users go through a transition period that gives them time to better understand the project’s consequences.

By ensuring  these  critical success factors in place, your organization will be much more likely to maximize the business benefits of ERP.

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ERP System

The main aim of ERP system is obtain the optimum utilization of its resources. This can be archived by standardization and integration of business operation. ERP systems have the following characteristics:

1. ERP systems are packaged software designed for a client server environment,

2. ERP systems integrate the majority of a business’s process.

3. ERP systems process a large majority of an organization’s transactions.

4. ERP systems use an enterprise-wide database that typically stores each piece of data

5. ERP systems allow access to the data in real time.

In some cases, ERP calls for an integration of transaction processing and planning activities (e.g., production planning) Support for multiple currencies and languages (critical for multinational companies) Support for specific industries (e.g., SAP supports a wide range of industries, including oil and gas, health care, chemicals, and banking) Ability to customize without programming

Why EPR implementation’s success is critical

The definition and measurement of success are thorny matters. First, success depends on the point of view from which one measures it. Even within a single company people will have different ideas.

For example, implementation specialists often define success in terms of completing the project plan on time and within budget while the user and adopter tend to focus on the transition from old systems and stable operation.

ERP systems are commercial software packages that enable the integration of transactions-oriented data and business process throughout an organization. Beginning with the manufacturing and financial systems, ERP systems may eventually allow for integration of inter-organizational supply chains. Because these systems touch so many aspects of a company’s internal and external operations their successful deployment and use are critical to organizational performance and survival.

Implementing an ERP system is not an inexpensive or risk-free venture. In fact, 65% of executives believe that ERP systems have at least a moderate chance of hurting their business because of the potential for implementation problems. Most organizations have extensive experience managing traditional MIS projects but these new ERP projects may represent new challenges and present new risk factors that must be handled differently.

Critical success factors in ERP implementation

A critical success factor is something that the organization must do well to succeed. In terms of information system projects, a critical success factor is what a system must do to accomplish what it was designed to do. The  methodology of studying CSFs behind ERP implementations is very similar to the approach used in a variety of studies in Information Technology (IT) implementation research. Some of these factors are the one that have been found to be significant in other IT implementations.

Three factors consistently appear as critical success factors for information systems projects:

Top management support, Client consultation (user involvement) Clear project objectives.

1. Strategic factors:

Top management supports have shown that the ERP implementation was in general a top-down decision and the success of such an implementation depended on the alignment of the ERP adoption with strategic business goals.

2. Tactical factors:

Effective project management – in order to successfully accomplish the decision to implement an ERP system, the effective project management comes into play to plan, coordinate and control such an intricate project Re-engineering business processes – it is very important to consider the extent to which the company needs to re-engineer its current business processes in order to be compatible with the ERP software. Suitability of software and hardware – management must make a careful choice of an ERP package that best matches the legacy systems, e.g. the hardware platform, databases and operating systems.

3. Operational factors:

Education and training – when the ERP system is up and running it is very important that the users be capable to use it, hence they should be aware of the ERP logic and concepts and should be familiar with the system’s features. User involvement – participating in the system development and implementation, the users go through a transition period that gives them time to better understand the project’s consequences.

Critical success factors in ERP implementation are as follow:

?Project Champion ?Project Management ?Business Plan and Vision ?Top Management Support and Executive Commitment ?ERP Team and Composition ?Project Support and Effective Communication ?Legacy Systems and Informaion Technology ?Business Processes ?System Integration ?System Testing ?A Vanilla ERP Approach ?Software Selection and Support ?Strategic Initiatives ?Human Resources ?Training ?Data Quality ?Vendor Resources ?Organizational Culture ?Competitive Analysis of Enterprise Integration Strategies ?Organizational Knowledge Management ?Risk Management ?Readiness

Core Modules Of ERP:

ERP software is made up of many software modules. Each ERP software module mimics a major functional area of an organization. Common ERP modules include modules for product planning, parts and material purchasing, inventory control, product distribution, order tracking, finance, accounting, marketing, and HR. Organizations often selectively implement the ERP modules that are both economically and technically feasible.

Different ERP Vendors provide ERP system with some degree of speciality……………..

But the core modules are almost the same for all of them. Some of the core modules found in the successful ERP system are the following:

Accounting management Financial management Manufacturing management Production management Transportation management Sales & distribution management Human resources management Supply chain management Customer relationship management E-Business

Literature Review:

Critical Success factors have been cited in IT research. There are a great number of articles on CSF. In this literature review section the only focus is on the CSF in ERP implementation. The difficulties and high failure rate in implementing ERP systems have been widely cited in the literature, but research on critical success factors (CSFs) in ERP implementation efficiency is still fragmented. Most literature combines the CSFs with different ERP characteristics. Here I choose some classic literature examples and review them by chronology.

Larsen and Myers (1997) found that an ERP experience could be an early success and a later failure. This result is supported by a case study – a BPR project involved redesigning the main accounting process within one organization in the New Zealand financial services industry.

The following two factors would lead to failure:

1. Inappropriately cutting project scope

2. Cutting end-user training

Their finding show the different measures of success are appropriate at different points in the ERP experience cycle and that the outcomes measured at one point in time are only loosely related to outcomes measured later. This occurs because the experience cycle is a process (actually a set of processes) and not a mechanical connection between starting conditions and final results. Some suggestions on implementation are proposed such as the decomposition of the project into manageable parts, the level of budget to be allocated to the project and shakedown phases of each part, an appropriate project leader and/or implementation partner, and so forth.Bancroft et al. (1998) provided critical success factors for ERP implementation including top management support, the presence of a champion, good communication with shareholders, and effective project management. This is derived from discussions with 20 practitioners and from studies of three multinational company implementation projects. Before implementing ERP it is important to develop key IT capabilities.

Willcocks and Sykes (2000) propose several scenarios and use cases to prove these scenarios. Unlike the development of new simple software applications the main target of ERP is to fulfill BPR (business process reengineering). Many companies failed on this aspect of ERP implementation. This failure was driven by the need for major change in human, culture, and organization relationships.

Willcocks and Sykes emphasize Feeny and Willcocks (1998) nine core IT capabilities and believe these nine core IT capacities must be retained in-house, since in come cases the companies have to outsource human resources to work closely with the in-house team and ensure that a transfer of learning takes place.

In order to obtain necessary IT capabilities, Willcocks and Sykes suggested some strategies to manage the ERP implementation:

1. User versus technology

With business requirements changing rapidly, further learning and innovation is required. As IT becomes more organizationally pervasive, development will not rely on IT specialists or external IT suppliers. Users themselves will approach IT through multifunctional teamwork, personal relationship, and business goals.

2. Governance and staffing

Effective business innovation requires high-level support and a project champion. An efficient team combination is recommended including: Full-time, high-performing users In-house IT specialists People with bridge-building interpersonal skills Fill-in external IT staff and knowledgeable users/managers

3. Time-box philosophy

They recommend decomposing implementation into smaller projects. This approach can help reduce project risk. This is also known as converting “whales” (large unmanageable projects) into “dolphins” (smaller and more manageable projects).

4. Supplier/ consultant role in ERP

First, consultants fill in the in-house shortage of skills. Secondly, the company may choose to outsource the entire IT project to decrease the risks. Nah, Fiona Fui-Hoon, et al. (2001) propose 11 factors as being critical to ERP implementation success: ERP teamwork and composition, a change in management program and culture, top management support, business plan and vision, business process reengineering with minimum customization, project management, monitoring and evaluation of performance, effective communication, software development, testing and troubleshooting, project champion, appropriate business and IT legacy systems

Elisabeth J. Umble, et al (2003) point out that commercially available software packages promise seamless integration of all information flows in the company-financial and accounting information, human resource information, supply chain information, and customer information. However, managers have struggled, at great expense and with great frustration, with incompatible information systems and inconsistent operating practices.

They divide CSFs into 10 categories:

1. Clear understanding of strategic goals.

2. Commitment by top management

3. Excellent implementation project management

4. Great implementation team

5. Successfully coping with technical issues

6. Organizational commitment to change

7. Extensive education and training

8. Data accuracy

9. Focused performance measures

10. Multisided issues resol

Among them some are already pointed in past literatures”. But some factors were new…..

1) Data accuracy.

2) Focused performance measures.

3) Successfully cope up with technical issues.

4) Extensive education & training.

According to Majed Al-Mashari(2003), et al the measuring and evaluation of performance are very critical factors in ensuring the success of any organization. It is suggested in the taxonomy that measurement take place in a balanced perspective and for the purpose of proving useful information that can facilitate the decision making process, deliver the corporate objectives and forward the business competitively. To obtain this system, the authors advise that regular auditing and benchmarking should be considered for optimization of the potential available to all aspects of business. Furthermore, external benchmarking may bring new ideas, knowledge and better practices on dealing with deficiencies in ERP systems, de-bottlenecking, streamlining the processes, optimizing and redesigning for more extensive benefits.

After extensive research on CSF (Critical Success Factors) , generally factors are divided into 3 main categories:

1. Strategic factors:

Top management supports have shown that the ERP implementation was in general a top-down        decision and the success of such an implementation depended on the alignment of the ERP adoption with strategic business goals.

2. Tactical factors:

Effective project management – in order to successfully accomplish the decision to implement an ERP system, the effective project management comes into play to plan, coordinate and control such an intricate project Re-engineering business processes – it is very important to consider the extent to which the company needs to re-engineer its current business processes in order to be compatible with the ERP software. Suitability of software and hardware – management must make a careful choice of an ERP package that best matches the legacy systems, e.g. the hardware platform, databases and operating systems.

3. Operational factors:

Education and training – when the ERP system is up and running it is very important that the users be capable to use it, hence they should be aware of the ERP logic and concepts and should be familiar with the system’s features. User involvement – participating in the system development and implementation, the users go through a transition period that gives them time to better understand the project’s consequences.

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Critical Success Factors of ERP Implementation for Small and Medium-Size Companies

Rana Basu, Ritanjana Adhikary

Departmant of Industrial Engineering & Management,Utech,India

Abstract

To improve productivity, quality and overall satisfaction among employee conceptual Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is one of the solutions for the small and Medium Enterprises. Small and Medium-size companies are enabling to decide upon proper implementation of commercial ERP systems. Numerous companies have tried to adopt a commercial ERP package in the world-wide. However, most of commercial ERP packages are designed for a large-scaled company so that it is difficult to adopt a commercial ERP package in terms of small and medium-size companies. By using the Unified Modeling Language (UML) small and medium-size companies, especially manufacturing companies, can afford to achieve global business process and to acquire ERP system efficiently.       

Keywords: Conceptual ERP, UML, OOT Model, Small and Medium-size Companies

1. Introduction

                Recently most companies use ERP system for improving core competency. American Production & Inventory Control Society defines ERP as “an accounting – oriented information system for identifying and planning the enterprise-wide resources needed to take, make, ship, and account for customer order”. Gartner Group describes ERP as “a set of application designed to bring business function into balance and represents the next generation of business system”. On the other hand, ERP is a comprehensive packaged software solution that aims for total integration of all business functional areas.The functional scope of ERP systems has further expanded to include various functions such as Electronics Commerce, Supply Chain Management, and Customer Relation Management Therefore, ERP cover all business functional areas  has became a core business system in the global companies.

Companies of all size and industries have tried to adopt ERP system in order to improve business processes. But, not all companies achieve their goals by implementing ERP systems, it’s because commercial ERP packages are very large and complicate. The implementation of an ERP system is difficult and not simple activities. It involves a complex set of tasks. For example, nearly half of the large-size companies which adopted ERP system over the past five years have experienced significant time delays and budget overruns. The ERP system is complex system. For small and medium-size companies adopting ERP system are very risky, because there is a lack of resource, including skilled human resource, budget, and time to devote to implementing ERP system.

2. Literature Review

2.1 Object-Oriented Technology (OOT)

                Object-Oriented Technology has been gained attention to overcome software crisis. Object-Oriented Technology can be used to develop business information systems. Object-Oriented modeling has proven to be an excellent technique for modeling business process in a company. Object-Oriented modeling is a new area for modeling and has generated a lot of interests among the small and Medium-size Companies.

Modeling a complex system is an extensive and complicate task. Only a single diagram cannot capture all information needed to describe an entire system. For modeling a system, the system can be described with a number of different aspects like: functional, nonfunctional and organizational. Therefore, ERP system may be described in several views, in which each view represents a particular aspect of the system. In UML each view is described in a number of diagrams that emphasize a particular aspect of the system.

UML is an industry standard modeling language adopted by Object Management Group in 1977. UML is a modeling language intended to describe models of systems-real world and software- based on object concept. UML consists of two tools: a notation and a meta-model. The notation is a set of diagramming syntax, which lets you think about and convey your analysis and design. The meta-model is the definition of the notation. UML is rich and complicated notation for describing software system. Perspectives are view of looking at systems and describe different aspects of user’s requirements.

2.2 Factors affecting ERP system adoption

                Companies of any size show a critical need for coordination and control of business activities which, in turn, is related to the complexity of the information system. ERP system is considered as the answer to manage the complexity of information flows more effectively.

The Companies whether it’s a small, medium, or large size is one of the issues increasing the need for co-ordination and control of organizational activities.

The market area (local, regional, national) working on wider market area requires the management of more differentiated legal and cultural issues. the membership an industrial group either as the holding or as a controlled firm these variable seems to be strongly related to the co-ordination of dispersed business units, in terms of alignment of processes and procedures both between the holding and the controlled companies and among controlled companies themselves.

The level of diversification in terms of products, markets, technologies operating in different product-market combinations introduces another level of complexity. An increase in the number of business adds information-processing demands by increasing business-unit interdependencies. Because of the greater need for co-ordination and control of activities, complex organizations will tend to have specialized planning departments, employ a large number of planners and consequently devote a substantially large amount of financial resources to strategic planning.

The degree of functional extension means number of activities carried out internally. Many companies prefer to outsource those activities that are not directly related to the business strategies. The degree of function extension refers to the number of strategic functions directly managed within the company, which should be the amount of information to be managed.

2.3 Implementation Strategies

                There are two distinctive ways of implementing an ERP found in the literature. These phases are termed as Phased Implementation and Big Bang approach. Depending on the organizational structure, the complexity of the organization, economical issues, strategic partners, time constraints and geographical location the appropriate implementation of should be selected. The big bang approach required simultaneous implementation of multiple modules of an ERP package, while a passed implementation consists of designing, developing, testing and installing different modules of the ERP package.

2.4 Information System

                An information system can be defined as a collection of subsystems defined by functional or organizational boundaries that supports decision-making and control in an organisation by utilizing information technology to capture, transmit, store, retrieve, manipulate, or display information used in one or more business process. An ERP system can be seen as a system that integrates all information that runs through an organisation and can be categorized as a large information system.

2.5 ERP System

                ERP System can be defined as comprehensive, packaged software solution that seeks to integrate the complete range of a business process and function in order to present a holistic view of the business from a single information and IT architecture. By integrating the business process across the organization and the central database, ERP differ from earlier information systems in its capacity to disseminate information in real-time and increase organizational flexibility. ERP provide the organization windows of opportunity for strategic change. However, due to the integration of large scale, ERP implementation is a complex and highly inter-dependent task.

2.6 Organizational Culture

                It can be defined in terms of the way people think, which has a direct influence on the ways in which they behave. Theoretically it can be said that it is a complex system of norms and values that is shaped over time. It is generally understood as the social glue that holds organizational member together and expresses the values and operating beliefs that members share. A firm’s culture therefore, through its values and operating beliefs, exerts commanding influences on how its employees perceive events and how they behave.

2.7 Leadership

                Leadership is defined as the use of non-coercive influences to direct and coordinate the activities of group members toward goal attainment. Bases on how leaders motivate followers, we can classify leadership into two categories transformational leadership and transactional leadership. Transactional leadership is based on the motion that the relation ship between leaders and followers is a form of transaction, with the assumption that people are basically instrumental and calculative. Transactional leader are individuals being sensitive to the needs of others, who follow them in return for the satisfaction of these needs. Thus transactional leadership is based on linking efforts to rewards in follower’s mind, setting patterns of desired behavior and keeping the followers on task throughout the process.

SUMMARY

Small and medium-size companies do not have the same organizational structure, capital, and human resource which large-size companies can effort. Commercial ERP systems like Oracle, SAP have numerous modules geared to the needs of large-size companies. There is high risk to apply a commercial ERP package to small and medium-size companies. Therefore, small and medium-size companies need a different approach to ERP systems from large-size companies. Instead of commercial ERP package small and medium-size Company can adopt Unified Modeling Language (UML). The conceptual ERP is an architectural approach to enterprise system. By using the model small and medium-size company can afford to achieve global business process and to acquire ERP system efficiently. When the features of the software application do not correctly fit the business requirement, Then Change the business processes to fit the software with minimal customization and modify the software to fit the processes.

References

1. A conceptual model of ERP for Small and Medium-Size Companies Based on UML

                                                                By jae-won Park and Nam-Yong Lee

2. Critical Success Factors for Implementing An ERP System In A University Environment:

          A  Case Study from the Australian HES.

                                                                                By Jen Laurits Nilsen BlnfTech

3. Enterprise Resource Planning Implementation in Indian SMEs: Issues and Challenges

                                                                By P.T Kale, S. S. Banwait and S. C. Laroiya

4. Factor’s effecting ERP system Adoption – A comparative analysis between SMEs and large

       companies.

                          By G. Buonanno, P.Faverio, F. Pigni, A. Ravarini, D. Sciuto and M. Tagliavini

5. Organizational culture and Leadership in ERP Implementation

                By weiling Ke School of Business Clarkson University

 Kwok Kee Wei Depatement of Information System City University of Hong kong                               

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Just like any programming language today, PHP has its share of commands which we now call as tags. These as the ones used to start and end a program or a website output in this case.

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