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Abstract

ERP software packages that manage and integrate business processes across organizational functions and locations cost millions of dollars to buy, several times as much to implement, and yOnecessitate disruptive organizational ' change. While some companies have enjoyed significant gains, others have had to scale back their projects and accept minimal benefits, or even aban- don implementation of ERP projects.