Enterprise Systems: Drivers, Contributions, and Organizational Changes

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Executive Summary
Information Technology has formed core aspect in the current business management.
Numerous business organizations are driven by different factors that range from market,
technological, operational and customer demand to adopt different Enterprise systems. The
systems have varied benefits such as improved financial, productivity, customer satisfaction and
supply chain management. However, for effective adoption and implementation, particular
organizational change must take place.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................4
Principal drivers behind businesses adopting Enterprise Systems..................................................4
Operational factors.......................................................................................................................5
Consumer demands factors such as quick delivery.....................................................................5
Technological advancement.........................................................................................................6
Societal pressure..........................................................................................................................6
Need to identify new business opportunities...............................................................................6
Contributions of Enterprise Systems to organizational performance and how do we measure such
contributions....................................................................................................................................7
Improved financial performance..................................................................................................7
Organizational learning process...................................................................................................8
Customer Satisfaction..................................................................................................................8
Quick Product Delivery...............................................................................................................9
Major Organizational changes required for successful adoption of Enterprise Systems..............10
Management commitment..........................................................................................................10
Training......................................................................................................................................10
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................11
List of References..........................................................................................................................12

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Introduction
Business organizations are increasingly using information systems to enhance their
operations to gain more profit and gain a better competitive advantage (Awa, 2018,p.578). Thus
the current paper address various factors that drive business to adopt Enterprises systems,
contributions of Enterprise Systems to the organizational performance and potential
organizational management changes that facilitates successful implementation of Enterprise
systems into the organization.
Principal drivers behind businesses adopting Enterprise Systems
In the current technological and competitive business environment, business
organizations are needed to operate with agility and to achieve these business organizations are
turning to data-driven decisions making process (Biswal, Muduli & Satapathy, 2017,p.411). To
address the obstacles faced in complex decision making. The adoption of the enterprise systems
is driven by various factors, and they differ from one organization to another. The common
principal drivers behind the adoption of enterprise systems are:
Market-related factors
Market-related factors such as stiff competition can force a business organization to adopt
ES. Through the application of the information systems, organizations can attain low-cost
leadership since both the supply chain management and customer response system can be