GET TOGETHER - A Case of ERP Implementation and its Transfer to Class

Johan Magnusson, Håkan Enquist, Anders Gidlund, Bo Oskarsson

2010

Abstract

Regardless of how well designed and functioning the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is, the dimensioning factor for ERP utilization will be the users themselves. In this paper, we report from a case study of a medium-sized manufacturing company that took an alternative approach to their ERP procurement and implementation. Through involving multiple process owners in a series of workshops with the scope of specifying the as-is and to-be process of the business, the company focused on getting the users involved from the start. A selection of the findings in this case has been used as inspiration for a course-module for teaching ERP, and this paper reports from the case and the transfer of experience into class.

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Magnusson J., Enquist H., Gidlund A. and Oskarsson B. (2010). GET TOGETHER - A Case of ERP Implementation and its Transfer to Class . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: ESHE, (CSEDU 2010) ISBN 978-989-674-024-5, pages 507-512. DOI: 10.5220/0002866305070512


in Bibtex Style

@conference{eshe10,
author={Johan Magnusson and Håkan Enquist and Anders Gidlund and Bo Oskarsson},
title={GET TOGETHER - A Case of ERP Implementation and its Transfer to Class},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: ESHE, (CSEDU 2010)},
year={2010},
pages={507-512},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002866305070512},
isbn={978-989-674-024-5},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: ESHE, (CSEDU 2010)
TI - GET TOGETHER - A Case of ERP Implementation and its Transfer to Class
SN - 978-989-674-024-5
AU - Magnusson J.
AU - Enquist H.
AU - Gidlund A.
AU - Oskarsson B.
PY - 2010
SP - 507
EP - 512
DO - 10.5220/0002866305070512