Enterprise integration with ERP and EAI
Communications of the ACM
Integrating ERP using EAI: a model for post hoc evaluation
European Journal of Information Systems - Special issue: Making enterprise systems work
Survey paper: A survey on the recent research literature on ERP systems
Computers in Industry - Special issue: Current trends in ERP implementations and utilisation
Risk management in ERP project introduction: Review of the literature
Information and Management
Exploiting COTS-Based RE Methods: An Experience Report
ICSR '08 Proceedings of the 10th international conference on Software Reuse: High Confidence Software Reuse in Large Systems
ERP localization: exploratory study in translation: European and Brazilian Portuguese
Proceedings of the 26th annual ACM international conference on Design of communication
Survey paper: A survey on the recent research literature on ERP systems
Computers in Industry - Special issue: Current trends in ERP implementations and utilisation
Improving organizational efficiency and effectiveness in a Romanian higher education institution
WSEAS Transactions on Computers
ERP system implementation costs and selection factors of an implementation approach
International Journal of Business Information Systems
A design perspective on aligning process-centric and technology-centric approaches
International Journal of Business Information Systems
The Core Critical Success Factors in Implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems
Response of Small Enterprises to the Pressures of ERP Adoption
International Journal of Enterprise Information Systems
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Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are enterprise wide systems which, because of their integration, automate all of a company's business processes. They have rapidly become the de facto industry standard for replacement of legacy systems. Because there is evidence that the overwhelming majority of ERP implementations exceed their budget and their time allocations, researchers have begun to analyse ERP implementation in Case Studies in order to provide an implementation framework which maximises efficiencies. In this paper we argue that the concept of an ERP implementation is not a generic concept, and we present a taxonomy of ERP implementation categories. The evidence for the taxonomy is drawn from previous studies and from a series of structured interviews with practitioners who are expert in ERP implementation. We further argue that understanding the differences between these categories is crucial if researchers are to do case study research of ERP implementation; otherwise, comparisons are being made between ERP implementation projects which are essentially incommensurate. Conclusions based on incommensurate cases are inherently invalid. The taxonomy of implementation categories is also presented as a tool for implementation managers to delineate the scope of an ERP implementation project prior to in depth specification of the project processes.