The cost effectiveness, ease of learning, connectedness and in-depth analytical capabilities provided through cloud computing technologies, have provided small firms the opportunity to implement enterprise systems (ES), which was reserved only for the much resourceful firms. However, it is evident that small firms are still struggling to attain purported benefits of ES and still find it difficult to manage complexities of ES implementations. Further, limited research has been conducted that discusses ES implementation in small firms. This research is an attempt to further the understanding of ES-implementation of small firms and re-evaluate the applicability of fundamental critical success factors to small firms.
翻译:通过云计算技术提供的成本效益、学习的方便、联系和深入分析能力,为小企业提供了实施企业系统的机会,而企业系统只留给资源丰富的公司使用,然而,很明显,小企业仍在竭力争取ES系统的所谓好处,仍然难以管理ES系统实施的复杂性,此外,对小企业实施ES系统的情况进行了有限的研究,目的是加深对小型公司实施ES系统的了解,并重新评估基本关键成功因素对小企业的适用性。