A STUDY OF ISSUES AFFECTING ERP IMPLEMENTATION IN SMEs

Abstract

Companies implement ERP systems to integrate the business processes of a company, and help organizations obtain a competitive advantage. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is one of the solutions for the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in order to face the global challenges. This paper attempts to explore and identify issues affecting Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation in context to Indian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and challenges in front of SMEs. This paper attempts to highlight those specific issues where a different factors needs to be addressed while implementing the ERP system in this the four issues are proved to be crucial for SMEs such as proper system implementation, clearly defined scope of implementation procedure, proper project planning and minimal customization of the system selected for implementation.