A Study on The ERP Implementation Process

ERP systems are very wide in scope and it is extremely complex to implement an ERP system. It takes lots of time for planning, consulting and implementation because ERP systems can also push an organization towards generic processes, even when customized processes may be a source of competitive advantage. Implementation of ERP system requires significant changes on employees and organization procedures. ERP systems differ from traditional in-house or custom development systems in three ways; The user may have to make changes to business processes and procedures; the user may need to introduce customizations and the user becomes dependent on the ERP vendor for assistance and updates. This paper throws the light on the perception regarding ERP implementation process, Time taken for ERP implementation, Organizational and Geographical scope of ERP, Operating system, Modules etc. and the results indicate that with respect to success of ERP in implementation phase, respondents had a positive perception regarding all the resources except user resources. However, the mean value was not very high with the resources, this shows there is a room for improvement for all the resources during implementation phase.