Year: 2009
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Different approaches on how to implement or deploy enterprise resource planning (ERPs) systems\nexist. Although virtually nobody really doubts importance of ERPs for running a business today, there\nis a sentiment regarding their implementation – both in terms of time and money. In this paper we\ninvestigate relationship between factors influencing selection of a specific implementation approach\nand companies’ ability to stay on budget when implementing ERPs. The question is: whether factors\ninfluencing implementation approach then affects to what extent ERP system implementation costs\nexceed planned costs for implementation. The questionnaire research, focused on this issue, was\nconducted in Denmark, Slovakia and Slovenia. Dependent variables were percentage of actual ERP\nsystem implementation costs and staying on budget vis-à-vis the planned costs and budgets. The\nindependent variables were implementation approach, country, company size, information strategy,\nrepresentation of the IT department on board level, and number of implemented modules. Main\nconclusions are that number of modules influences selection of implementation approach and\ncompanies with information strategy are more likely to stay on budget. However, implementation\napproach does not significantly influences implementation costs and clear relationships between\nfactors influencing selection of implementation approach and costs for ERP implementation could not\nbe found.
Authors: Björn Johansson, František Sudzina
Language: English
Subfield: Management Information Systems
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W235499156