Strategic Information Systems 9 Strategic Information Systems Student name Course Description of SMEs Professor’s Name University City and State Date Part 1 Introduction Integrated, responsive and streamlined words are common terms used in the description of what a company is supposed to develop to become profitable and sustainable regarding SMEs in the highly competitive business age. Consequently, this has led to wide enterprise technology adoption enabling the development of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems which are regarded as a key contributor to business transformation.