Challenges of ERP implementation in business

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Despite ERP significant growth, there are several challenges that companies may encounter when implementing ERP.

Most multinational firms are using ERP, and more small and mid-sized companies have begun to adopt ERP. Despite ERP’s promises to benefit companies and a substantial capital investment, not all ERP implementations have successful outcomes. ERP implementations commonly have delayed an estimated schedule and overrun an initial budget.

Furthermore, ERP implementations have sometimes failed to achieve the organisation’s targets and desired outcomes. Most of the research reported that the failure of ERP implementations was not caused by the ERP software itself, but rather by a high degree of complexity from the massive changes ERP causes in organisations.