An exploratory study on the critical success factors in the implementation of enterprise resource planning systems in Venezuela

This paper reports on an exploratory study, carried out in seven Venezuelan organizations who have successfully implemented an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. The data were collected by means of both a questionnaire and of conducted interviews to the seven project managers of the project of implementation of ERP systems in these enterprises. The purpose of the study was to know the perceptions the project managers, on aspects and activities of the process of implementing an ERP system and that are strongly correlated with the Critical Success Factors (FCE's) for this kind of projects. The FCE's were identified in a deep revision of the literature. The questionnaire included, among others, questions on the top management support to the project, the process of selection of the system, team work implementation and the participation and training of the users. Additionally were identified the problems that organizations confronted during the implementation process. The study concludes that organizations must take care the elements that indicate the FCE's, because them hit positively the project, additionally describe aspects, which must take into account the enterprises who are in the process to adopt an ERP system to facilitate its implementation.Este trabajo reporta los resultados de un estudio exploratorio, efectuado en siete organizaciones venezolanas que implantaron exitosamente un sistema de planeación de recursos empresariales (ERP). Los datos fueron recolectados por medio de un cuestionario y de entrevistas efectuadas a los siete gerentes del proyecto de implantación del sistema ERP. La finalidad del estudio fue la de conocer las percepciones de los gerentes de proyecto, sobre aspectos y actividades del proceso de implantación del sistema ERP y que están fuertemente correlacionadas con los Factores Críticos de Éxito (FCE) para esta clase de implantaciones. Los FCE se identificaron en una profunda revisión de la literatura. Se efectuaron, entre otras, preguntas sobre el apoyo de la alta gerencia al proyecto, el proceso de selección del sistema, la composicióndel equipo de trabajo y la participación y entrenamiento de los usuarios. Adicionalmente se identificaron los principales problemas que afrontaron las organizaciones durante el proceso de implantación. El estudio concluye que las empresas deben prestar mucha atención a los elementos que señalan los FCE, ya que estos impactan positivamente en el proyecto, adicionalmente se describen una serie de aspectos, que deben tomar en cuenta las organizaciones que están en el proceso de adoptar un sistema ERP para facilitar la implantación del sistema

SAP-Related Education - Status-Quo and Experience

Integrating Enterprise Systems solutions in the curriculum of not only universities but all types of institutes of higher learning has been a major challenge for nearly ten years. Enterprise Systems education is surprisingly well documented in a number of papers on Information Systems education. However, most publications in this area report on the individual experiences of an institution or an academic. This paper focuses on the most popular Enterprise System - SAP - and summarizes the outcomes of a global survey on the status quo of SAP-related education. Based on feedback of 305 lecturers and more than 700 students, it reports on the main factors of Enterprise Systems education including, critical success factors, alternative hosting models, and students’ perceptions. The results show among others an overall increasing interest in advanced SAP solutions and international collaboration, and a high satisfaction with the concept of using Application Hosting Centers

Report of the FAO/CRFM/MALMR Regional Workshop on the Collection of Demographic Information on Coastal Fishing Communities and its Use in Community-Based Fisheries and Integrated Coastal Zone Management in the Caribbean

One part of the two-part Science-to-Action Guidebook. The other part was intended for scientists, and this part is for decision-makers. Recognizing the importance of informed decisions and the differences between the scientific and decision-making processes, this guidebook provides practical tips on how to best bring these worlds together. In doing so, this guidebook emphasizes the roles of facilitating, synthesizing, translating, and communicating science to inform conservation action. It is geared toward the perspective of decision-makers working in tropical developing nations and focusing on marine resource management issues. However, the concepts are applicable to a broad range of scientists and decision-makers worldwide

A comprehensive review of the enterprise systems research

(WP 12/04 Clave pdf) Enterprise systems (ES) can be considered as a novel phenomenon for the information system research and other academic fields (e.g. operations and supply chain), which has opened an immense potential and opportunities for research. Although the interest of the scholars on ES is recent, the number of publications is continuously growing since 2000. The aim of this paper is to review a sample of important contributions of the ES works published to date. To do this, the selected works have been classified in four key topics: business implications, technical issues, managerial issues, and implementation issues.Enterprise systems, Research

ERP and Application Status: A Review of Vietnam’s SMEs

This article was studied due to the necessity of applying ERP systems in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). By researching, this study analyzes the evident problem in applying ERP systems in SMEs in Vietnam. It presents a review of ERP systems and states the operational definition as well as the reason of the low rate of ERP application in SMEs in Vietnam. The implications will be consistent with the Vietnamese SMEs to deploy ERP into effect

HIERARCHICAL EXAMINATION OF SUCCESS FACTORS ACROSS ERP LIFE-CYCLE

This study investigates critical success factors (CSF) in implementing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems. It reviews 94 such factors discussed in journals, conference proceedings and books, published for the most part in the last decade, covering the full lifecycle of ERP systems. Questionnaires exploring these 94 factors were submitted to hundreds of respondents, divided into five groups. The authors of the study hypothesize that the 94 success factors can be grouped, in overall and in each phase of ERP life cycle, under several extracted construct emerged from a statistical extraction method accompanied by business logic coming up with a term that best describes the content domain of the attributes that weight highly on relevant construct. This study presents an examination process of validity, principal component, similarity, reliability and multicollinearity analyses for hierarchical formations of success factors for the entire ERP life cycle and for each one of the six ERP life cycle phases (planning, implementation, stabilization, backlog, new module and major upgrade). This research exhibits for each ERP life cycle phase the main sub factors that explain the main themes of ERP implementation for the most. Special attention is given to: (a) earlier research on CSFs for ERP implementations, (b) hierarchical formation of parent and sub-factors in overall and in each phase of ERP life cycle and (c) representative meanings of critica

Lifecycles of Competition Systems: Explaining Variation in the Implementation of New Regimes

The aim of the study was to investigate the crimes and punishments that were commonly occurring between the years 1601-1651, and how the distribution was between men and women represented in the court in district Sjuhundra and Njurunda district. To answer these questions, a quantitative examination of court records conducted in which the crimes and punishments have been categorized. The results that have emerged have been the basis for the conclusions issued in the essay. The results showed that the most common target types were various civil and propertycase and the most common punishments were sentenced to fines and settlements. It was predominantly men who were in the court, the proportion of women was between 13-22%. The conclusion is that men were increasingly confronted with the court than the women and the crimes and punishments in comparison to the two districts were relatively equal