Extending an ERP to improve decision-making in civil engineering companies in developing countries such as Cameroon

Abstract

Abstract: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is gradually imposed as the backbone of Information Systems for companies. They offer modules to manage the various business activities of organisations: sales, inventory, purchasing, supply chain, etc. By addressing the specific case of civil engineering companies, we realise that the core of their business must be fully taken into account, since each construction site is considered as an agency of the contractor for the period of the contract. That is why the management of construction sites must be integrated in their ERP. But one notes that this activity, in developing countries, is influenced by specific methods of recruitment of manpower and a fuzzy process of administrative bills payments. This study is conducted to improve the monitoring of projects and provide a module in the ERP to manage the construction sites, especially in a context dominated by the informal economy.