Erp Selection Methodology
|ERP Software Selection Process |
|BAO6714 |
|COMPUTERISED ACCOUNTING IN AN ERP SYSTEM |
|GROUP MEMBERS: |
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|THAMER ALALWAN |
|ABDULLATIF AL ALSHAIKH |
|DEVANG BHAVSAR |
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this paper is to illustrate and investigate the supplier evaluation process by a multiple case study methodology for the organisation, Company to select the impeccable ERP vendor. Tangible and intangible benefits of selected enterprise resource planning packages and in particular managerial, strategic, information technology and organisational benefits of these packages are scrutinized.
Findings showed how a buyer analyses and panels the supplier evaluation process and ensuing best practises to redefine and reshape the supplier information to enhance their decision making process.
Current report on supplier evaluation practises are strictly limited in their emphasis on research confined only to manufacturing industries and reveals only limited benefits. There is a definite possibility of extending these studies to pre and post-implementation benefits of manufacturing firms. A holistic approach has been proposed that will consider the evaluation process as the unit of analysis.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT i
TABLE OF CONTENTS ii
TABLE OF FIGURES iii
1.0 INTRODUCTION 1
2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW 1
2.1 ANALYTIC NETWORK PROCESS (ANP) 2
2.2 STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT MODEL (SAM) 4
2.3 ORGANISATION BUYING MODEL (OBB) 8
4.0 RECOMMENDATION 11
5.0 CONCLUSION 11
BIBLIOGRAPHY 12
TABLE OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Strategic alignment model 4
Figure 2: Selection stages 5
|BAO6714 |
|COMPUTERISED ACCOUNTING IN AN ERP SYSTEM |
|GROUP MEMBERS: |
| |
| |
|THAMER ALALWAN |
|ABDULLATIF AL ALSHAIKH |
|DEVANG BHAVSAR |
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this paper is to illustrate and investigate the supplier evaluation process by a multiple case study methodology for the organisation, Company to select the impeccable ERP vendor. Tangible and intangible benefits of selected enterprise resource planning packages and in particular managerial, strategic, information technology and organisational benefits of these packages are scrutinized.
Findings showed how a buyer analyses and panels the supplier evaluation process and ensuing best practises to redefine and reshape the supplier information to enhance their decision making process.
Current report on supplier evaluation practises are strictly limited in their emphasis on research confined only to manufacturing industries and reveals only limited benefits. There is a definite possibility of extending these studies to pre and post-implementation benefits of manufacturing firms. A holistic approach has been proposed that will consider the evaluation process as the unit of analysis.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABSTRACT i
TABLE OF CONTENTS ii
TABLE OF FIGURES iii
1.0 INTRODUCTION 1
2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW 1
2.1 ANALYTIC NETWORK PROCESS (ANP) 2
2.2 STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT MODEL (SAM) 4
2.3 ORGANISATION BUYING MODEL (OBB) 8
4.0 RECOMMENDATION 11
5.0 CONCLUSION 11
BIBLIOGRAPHY 12
TABLE OF FIGURES
Figure 1: Strategic alignment model 4
Figure 2: Selection stages 5
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