Year: 2000
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Abstract: <meta http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dwindows-1252"> <meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 11"> <meta name=3DOriginator content=3D"Microsoft Word 11"> <link rel=3DFile-List href=3D"This%20article%20focuses%20on%20the%20migration%20to%20the%20new%20version_archivos/filelist.xml"> This article focuses on the migration to the new version of ERP for meeting the requirements of the business <!--[if gte mso 9]> Biblioteca de Ciencias y Tecnología Normal Biblioteca de Ciencias y Tecnología 2 1 2006-05-24T23:30:00Z 2006-05-24T23:30:00Z 1 171 945 UCLA 7 2 1114 11.6568 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Clean Clean 21 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} @page Section1 {size:595.3pt 841.9pt; margin:70.85pt 3.0cm 70.85pt 3.0cm; mso-header-margin:35.4pt; mso-footer-margin:35.4pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> <!--[if gte mso 10]> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Tabla normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language:#0400;} <![endif]--> This article focuses on the migration to the new version of ERP for meeting the requirements of the business. A software migration is defined as a major change process resulting from the implementation of a new version of an already installed ERP. The value of an ERP system lies not so much in the product itself, but in its effective and efficient usage. In an survey the major reason found behind the migration is, technical reasons, such as compliance, expired program support, dissatisfaction with the current system and keeping the system up-to-date were most frequently mentioned. Many migrated customers perceived migrations as difficult, costly and above all as time-consuming processes. The main reasons given by the nonmigrated companies in the sample for postponing the actual migration were financial. There was either no money currently available for a migration, or the payback period to recoup the initial investment in the currently installed version hadn't been completed yet. Therefore, at best, organizations may try to compete on the basis of the capability to migrate to a new version quickly.
Source: Communications of the ACM
Authors: Mark Kremers, Han van Dissel
Institution: Erasmus University Rotterdam
Language: English
Subfield: Management Information Systems
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2115123959