A Review of Enterprise Resource Planning Implementation Issues

Abstract

Enterprise Resource Planning has grown tremendously in the recent decades and it's more than mere software package.  Industries irrespective of size and type are now realizing the importance of automation of their business processes and integration of the data as a single-unified and central database that is where ERP comes into picture. Even the SME's are inclining towards ERP and the numbers of which are increasing at an alarming rate, the basic idea behind this is to reap the long term benefits.ERP  project if implemented judiciously may lead to success, that may  result in cost reduction, reduction of inventory overheads, reduction of cycle time etc.  On the Contrary, majority of ERP projects run out   of schedule & budget. Therefore there are many factors that come on the way of ERP project that has to be handled sensitively for successful implementation. With this point of view the literature on ERP implementation issues such as Critical success factors, Critical failure factors and pre-implementation and post-implementation activities has been analyzed and discussed the relevance of these factors in the implementation of ERP.