EXPRESSION OF INTEREST Challenges and Success factors of ERP system in startup IT organizations in Australia

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Challenges and Success factors of ERP system in startup IT organizations: Expression of Interest
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Abstract
For implementing ERP systems, greater potential is visualized for startup IT organizations in
Australia. Several software vendors are identified for installing ERP systems so that Australian
start-up IT organizations can focus on cloud-dependent solutions. Cloud-based ERP system can
offer best solution over start-up IT organizations without providing huge investment and
management costs that can be associated for traditional ERP system. The start-up IT
organizations face major obstacles while adopting ERP solution. Legacy ERP solutions have
focused on bigger organizations for filling up business objective gaps over literature study for
both vendor and consumer perspectives requirements. Start-up IT organizations can be offered
innovative technology from focusing on larger organizations and study gaps in literature. This
particular paper determines most common challenges mentioned as effective use of cost, aligning
software and business processes, customization of training and governance. These challenges can
form certain success factors to be considered while Australian start-up IT organizations aim to
implement ERP solutions.

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Table of Contents
Research Problem Identification......................................................................................................3
Literature Review............................................................................................................................3
Purpose of Research Specification..................................................................................................5
Rationale of the Project...................................................................................................................6
Usefulness and Benefits of the Project Stakeholders: Justification.................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................9

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Research Problem Identification
For implementing standard ERP solutions, significant level of input is required from
organizations as in terms of effort, money, and time. As compared to bigger organizations, start-
up IT organizations became limited for utilization of time, resources, budget, and expertise
(Saade and Nijher 2016). Start-up IT organizations can face major limitations in utilization of
innovative technology, IT infrastructure, quantity, and quality of available business information.
The limitations and primarily considered research problems are mentioned as following:
A. More timeline is required for implementation of standard ERP rather than using
other software package (Drummond et al. 2017). Extensive use of start-up IT
organization resources can affect organization’s central business in negative way.
B. Higher expenditure requirement exists for standard ERP implementation in form
of resource training, resource planning, and customization. Certain financial
constraints can pinpoint some threats to the existing system that makes start-up IT
organizations to reject implementing standard ERP system.
C. ERP implementation should include proper resource allocation, higher-level
management activity commitments (Mantyla et al. 2017). Moreover, requirements
can be accentuated when customization of ERP is essential for implementation.
These above-mentioned issues and research problems are considered to propose reduction
in price from limited number of ERP solution vendors. To some extent, ERP solution cannot
offer every start-up IT organizations at reduced price.
Literature Review