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The process of ERP usage in manufacturing firms in China: An empirical investigation

  • An Ru Fang*
  • , Yi Jun Li
  • , Qi Lu
  • , Ben Nan Sun
  • , Qiang Ye
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology

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Abstract

With the fast development of information technologies implementation, Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are increasingly adopted by more large and medium-size companies in China. For most Chinese companies, ERP is still in its planning or initializing stages. Managers in those firms are expecting to know more about what will happen and what they need do after the ERP implementation. Even though some researches about ERP usage in other countries can benefit Chinese practitioners, there is little research on the process of post ERP implementation in China itself. Based on interviews in two manufacturing firms in northeast of China, this study aims to explore the general process of the ERP usage after implementation in Chinese companies from the perspective of ERP performance. According to the differences of ERP performance, four stages are identified as "Passion of novelty", "Shake-down", "Fast improving", and "Stably and continuously improving". Our findings extend prior studies on the stages of ERP performance.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2009 International Conference on Management Science and Engineering - 16th Annual Conference Proceedings, ICMSE 2009
Pages3-9
Number of pages7
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event2009 16th International Conference on Management Science and Engineering, ICMSE 2009 - Moscow, Russian Federation
Duration: 14 Sep 200916 Sep 2009

Publication series

Name2009 International Conference on Management Science and Engineering - 16th Annual Conference Proceedings, ICMSE 2009

Conference

Conference2009 16th International Conference on Management Science and Engineering, ICMSE 2009
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CityMoscow
Period14/09/0916/09/09

Keywords

  • China
  • ERP
  • Process of performance
  • Usage

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