The critical success factors of erp selection and implementation: a case study in logistics sector

Today’s competitive business environment requires much greater interaction between customer and business. This means that the organization must be closely linked to both supplier and customer in order to produce goods and provide faster deliveries. In order to achieve this, the organizations need to have efficient planning and control systems in all the processes of the organization. In this case, information technology is one of the sources which organizations can apply. Especially, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is just at the heart of daily operations of a company, which leads to efficient processes. In this study, how Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), which enables such sources as workforce, machine and materials needed for the production of goods and services in organizations to be used efficiently, was founded and the problems that organizations face with during foundation were explained. In the study, qualitative analysis method was used. At the end of the study, problems during implementation of ERP system was determined and suggestions regarding to the solutions were presented

Conflating Relevance with Practical Significance and Other Issues: Commentary on Sen, Smith, and Van Note’s “Statistical Significance Versus Practical Importance in Information Systems Research”

Expanding on the current debate on the issues of statistical and practical significance in information systems research, where the article by Sen, Smith, and Van Note is a recent contribution, this commentary cautions against conflating relevance with practical significance. We emphasize that relevance is 1) about the real-world usefulness of research findings rather than their impressiveness for the researcher audience, 2) an essential quality of research spanning beyond its findings and not merely limited to statistical studies, and 3) determined by nonacademics rather than academics. We also comment on other aspects of the article by Sen et al., such as the term “practical importance,” the treatment of effect size measures, and the presentation of “marginal effects.

PENGARUH IMPLEMENTASI SISTEM ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING DAN RUANG LINGKUPNYA TERHADAP RISIKO PERUSAHAAN

2016Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh implementasi sistem ERP dan ruang lingkup implementasi sistem ERP terhadap risiko perusahaan yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) tahun 2008-2010. Populasi yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah perusahaan-perusahaan pengguna sistem ERP yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI). Sampel penelitian ini ditentukan dengan menggunakan metode purposive sampling. Terdapat 18 perusahaan yang memenuhi kriteria. Data penelitian ini diperoleh dari website Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) dan website perusahaan yang bersangkutan. Selanjutnya, data dianalisis dengan menggunakan analisis regresi berganda. Temuan penelitian menunjukkan bahwa implementasi sistem ERP dan ruang lingkup implementasi sistem ERP memengaruhi risiko perusahaan secara positif.\ud Kata kunci:\ud implementasi sistem ERP, ruang lingkup implementasi sistem ERP, risiko perusahaa

Outcomes of Enterprise Resource Planning System on Organizational Productivity

Leaders within local government organizations do not understand how to achieve expected and desired benefits from the implementation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. The lack of alignment between social and technical elements in ERP implementation continues to depress organizational productivity. The prime objective of our quantitative correlational study was to examine whether social and technical elements increase use and productivity in ERP implementation. Sociotechnical systems theory provided the theoretical basis for our study. We examined six dimensional variables relating to ERP implementation. Our key findings indicated positive significant relationships between ERP and information sharing, between ERP system quality and ease of ERP use, and between ERP system quality and organizational productivity. Further studies could examine other dimensions that could ensure ERP sustainability in other government organizations

How is Information Systems Research Justified? An Analysis of Justifications Given by Authors

This study analyses how Information Systems (IS) research is justified by authors. We assess how authors justify their research endeavors based on published IS research papers. We use justification theory [11], which along with later work, identifies seven different value systems (i.e., orders of worth) as co-existing in society, as a conceptual foundation. We qualitatively and quantitatively analyze the justifications in published IS research papers. We provide a breakdown of the justifications used in IS research. Our findings show that the importance and relevance of IS research is predominantly justified in reference to three orders of worth (market, industrial and civic values) at the neglect of the four other orders of worth (domestic, inspiration, fame, green) that equally exist in society. We provide suggestions to stimulate a broader consideration of research topics in relation to these other orders of worth and hence alternative sources of justification for authors

Revisiting the Role and Impact of Information Technology Capability

This study is a conceptual replication of Bharadwaj (2000) investigating the impact of IT capability on a firm’s financial performance. The original study demonstrated that firms with superior IT capability will deliver superior financial performance manifested by higher profit ratios and lower cost ratios. However, conflicting findings emerged regarding the relationship between IT capability and a firm’s financial performance (Chae et al., 2014). Furthermore, in the past decade, advancements in statistical analysis, such as panel data modeling techniques that were not used in these past studies have provided more robust analytical techniques to observe patterns over time. Hence, incorporating the conceptual foundations as in prior studies on IT capability (e.g., Bharadwaj, 2000; Santhanam & Hartono, 2003), we re-investigate the impact of IT capability on a firm’s financial performance but do so by using a large longitudinal dataset and leveraging the power of panel data analysis. Our findings are consistent with the results of Bharadwaj (2000), Santhanam and Hartono (2003), and Choi and George (2016), suggesting that IT capability has a significant positive impact on financial performance. Our results do not support the findings of Chae et al. (2014), who found no association between IT capability and financial performance. We discuss the implications of our findings for the continued use of the theoretical framework of IT capability derived from the resource-based view

Elements and success factors for an efficient budgeting

A well-crafted efficient budget is believed to lead to an optimal financial performance. This research investigated the elements and critical determinants of efficient budgeting. We outlined how an efficient budget can lead to an optimal financial performance. By investigating the theoretical linkage between budgeting and financial performance, we found that there are five channels through which an efficient budgeting leads to an optimal financial performance. The channels are: a) communication and coordination b) motivator c) evaluation and control of performance d) goal Orientation e) cost awareness

The challenges of implementation of ERP in accounting

Accounting information system can be divided into traditional system based on computers with the database allocated among divisions and integrated business application (ERP- Enterprise Resource Planning) where all divisions have access to the data needed to successfully complete their basic functions. Integrated business solutions increase business efficiency, encourage preparation of reports of a high quality and increase efficiency of decision making processes. However, not only that these ERP models and their implementation is not cost effective they also decrease employee moral because ERP solutions are seen as a method of downsizing. Only 9,9% of Serbian enterprises use ERP solutions. The goal of this paper is to point out problems and challenges of ERP implementation, but also to focus on its advantages in terms of increased efficiency of the business