The ERP implementation of SME in China

Author

Xia, Yuanqiang ; Lok, Peter ; Yang, Song

Author_Institution

Manage. & Econ. Sch., Univ. of Electron. Sci. & Technol. of China, Chengdu, China

fYear

2009

fDate

8-10 June 2009

Firstpage

135

Lastpage

140

Abstract

Enterprise resource planning-ERP implementing of small and middle size enterprise - SME is different from the large one. Based on the analysis on the character of ERP marketing and SMEs of China, 6 critical success factors are recommended. The research suggests that the top management support is most important to ERP implement in SME of China, in which paternalism prevails. Database of management and capital are main obstacles. ERP 1 or ERP 2 fits to demand of SME; high power project team has tremendous significance in the situation of absence of IT engineer for SME; education and training is helpful to successfully ERP implementing. The results service as better understanding the ERP implementation of SME in China and gaining the good performance of ERP implementation.

Keywords

enterprise resource planning; small-to-medium enterprises; ERP implementation; SME; enterprise resource planning; small-and-middle size enterprise; Australia; Databases; Enterprise resource planning; Management training; Marketing and sales; Packaging; Power engineering and energy; Power engineering education; Software packages; Software standards; ERP; Implementation of ERP; SME;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Service Systems and Service Management, 2009. ICSSSM '09. 6th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Xiamen

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3661-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3662-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSSSM.2009.5174870

Filename

5174870