Justification of An Upgrade of An Enterprise Resource
business
Description
Justification of An Upgrade of An Enterprise Resource
Planning (ERP) System – The Accountant’s Role
By Sylvia Dempsey, Ruth Vance & Liam Sheehan
Cork Institute of Technology
Organisations that have already made huge investment in Enterprise Resource
Planning (ERP) systems now face the decision whether to continue maintaining the existing
systems or to invest in upgrades. This paper uses an Irish organisation which has recently
decided to upgrade its system, as its case study. Due to the expected cost, the high level of
customisation of its existing system, its lack of confidence in newer upgrades available and the
risk of business disruption, this organization had avoided upgrading its ERP system since it was
first implemented over twelve years ago. Now the company believes that an upgrade will
enhance its competitiveness and align itself to its parent company’s system.
Keywords : upgrade of ERP system, customisation, benefits realisation, ERP decision.s
GJHSS-H Classification : FOR Code: 150101, 150199
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Justification of an Upgrade of an Enterprise
Resource Planning (ERP) System – The
Accountant’s Role
Sylvia Dempsey α
, Ruth Vance σ & Liam Sheehan ρ
Abstract - Organisations that have already made huge
investment in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems
now face the decision whether to continue maintaining the
existing systems or to invest in upgrades. This paper uses an
Irish organization which has recently decided to upgrade its
system, as its case study. Due to the expected cost, the high
level of customization of its existing system, its lack of
confidence in newer upgrades available and the risk of
business disruption, this organization had avoided upgrading
it's ERP system since it was first implemented over twelve
years ago. Now the company believes that an upgrade will
enhance its competitiveness and align itself to its parent
company’s system.
Keywords: upgrade of ERP system, customization,
benefits realization, ERP decisions.
