Construction Enterprise Resource Planning Implementation: Critical Success Factors - Lesson Learning in Taiwan

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is the latest high-end solution information technology has lent to business application. Enterprise resource planning systems are highly complex information systems. The implementation of these systems is a difficult and high cost proposition that places tremendous demands on corporate time and resources. Many ERP implementations have been classified as failures because they did not achieve predetermined corporate goals. The paper identifies main success factors critical to a successful implementation. A summary of successful ERP implementation is presented based on lesson learned from the interviews with experts and discussed in terms of these key factors.