Critical success factors for successful implementation of enterprise resource planning systems in manufacturing organisations

International Journal of Business Information Systems

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 276-297

  Ramayah, T ^a   Roy, Matthew H ^b   Arokiasamy, Sawaridass ^a   Zbib, Imad ^c   Ahmed, Zafar U ^d  

^a SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical success factors; Enterprise resource planning; Implementation success; Manufacturing organisations; Moderating effect; Resistance to change

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847080777     PISSN: 17460972     EISSN: 17460980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIS.2007.011980     Document Type: Article

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