Choosing an Appropriate ERP Implementation Strategy

Abstract

Although ERP implementation has evolved certain years back but still the industries hesitate to deploy it in their structure since it is unquestionably an intricate task. The hesitation will itself results in the mission of successful implementation to go in vain. It become challenging for many industries to deploy ERP in their projects as many reports of complete and partial failures enlightened the implementation of ERP software packages as a hard-hitting task. The prospect can be set for the successful implementation of an ERP system by controlling and minimizing the major business risks at the preliminary stage by selecting the appropriate strategy that determines how the ERP system should be deployed. These strategies focus on how to switch over from the old legacy system to new ERP system in an efficient manner. This paper explains the relationship of ERP transition strategies between the three basic risks; people, process and technology and thus aid the ERP implementers to better recognize what type or combination of strategies will suit their system the best