Going Live and ERP Journey

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Going Live and ERP Journey
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Executive summary
In this report there are intentions to demonstrate the concept of how ERP systems are helpful for the
business to continue and ways the benefits are able to vary. Thus they can investigate the concept
that moving live has been never the ultimate goal of enterprise resource planning. Here, the reason
why the ERP systems journey must never vary is analyzed here. Further, the possible stages of ERP
systems journey are discussed here. Besides, these smart benefits of all the sages are been evaluated.
Besides, these barriers and drivers of the business are there to drive from one phase to on step ore is
intended to be analyzed from the analysis provided below.

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Table of Contents
Introduction:..........................................................................................................................................3
The idea of ERP systems journey and the way the benefits can vary:..................................................3
Demonstrating why the ERP systems journey might never come to an end:........................................6
Possible stages in an ERP systems journey:..........................................................................................7
Understanding the maximizing of business in a balanced manner through stages:..............................8
Drivers and barriers for different companies in moving from one stage to the further one:.................8
Conclusion:..........................................................................................................................................11
References:..........................................................................................................................................12

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Introduction:
There are many benefits that the organizations intend from the ERP system frequently
happening in due time. This is instead of happening immediately. Various distinct business supposes
that their effective journey of ERP is continuous. Though the ERP systems have been providing few
advantages to many companies, many of them are found to gaining more advantages from the others.
It is demonstrated by analysts and researchers that those differing advantages are to the outcomes of
the companies at distinct steps of maturity or journey of ERP (Lee and Chang 2018). The following
study intends to highlight that idea how the ERP systems of business move on and how the
advantages can vary. It investigates the idea that going live is never the ending of the journey of
ERP. For this, the report describes why the journey of ERP system might never vary. Next, the
probable steps of journey of ERP system are demonstrated. Further, the effective advantages of
every stage are evaluated. Apart from this, the barriers and drivers of the business in driving from a
single phase to the further are expected to be understood from the following analysis.
The idea of ERP systems journey and the way the benefits can vary:
Firstly, the business must place everyone on board. Prior to starting the ERP project, it is
vital to assure that the overall business makes sense of the strategy and reasons behind the moves. As
the decision makers never easily support the necessity of change the resource and budget planning
has been affected negatively. Secondly, one must assure that anyone is eradicating the road blocks.
Sufficient leadership and sponsorship are vital to success. Various concerns are there that have been
stumbling the blocks in due course of the ERP initiative (Kocaoglu and Acar 2015). Next, the rear-
view mirror is to be checked. The business must analyze the business subculture established and the
historical reaction of change. Next, one structure the project appropriately and then clearly deploy
the roles. Apart from this lack of clarity across the responsibilities, roles, activities and structures