The effective drivers on successful implementation of enterprise resource planning system in manufacturing industries

Abstract

Many of manufacturing organizations have known the benefits of implementing enterprise resource planning system. Yet, they have doubt about adopting the system due to its high cost, uncertainty, and risk. This study identifies the key factors for successful implementation ofenterprise resource planning system in manufacturing industries and provides a model based on structural equation modeling after the obtaining the effective factors from the literature. The results of the study indicated that the effect of performance on perceived usefulness of enterprise resource planning system. The obtained results were analyzed through the least partial equations and some of the hypotheses have been confirmed. This research based on analysis offers recommendations for successful implementation of enterprise resource planning system. The success factors help the senior managers in manufacturing organization to make better decisions and improve their business value through effective enterprise resource planning system.

Keywords

• enterprise resource planning systems
• drivers
• implementation