Evaluating the Implementation of Financial Module of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems: Assessing the Subsystems of Financial Module

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

1 Prof. in IT., Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Iran

2 PhD in IT., Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Iran

3 PhD Candidate, Graduate School of Management and Economics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Utilizing enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems has
been grown substantially in public and private organizations in Iran.
Examining the best practices of implementing, the financial module of
ERP helps to reduce the failure rate of implementing this system. The
proper deployment and efficient management of the financial module,
increase the chance of success in implementing ERP system. Current
research, conduct a deep exploration of the relevant literature in order
to find the general and specific indicators of evaluating the successful
implementation of financial module of the system. Then, the identified
indicators were prioritized through using questionnaires and
interviews with some project managers and domain experts in one of
the largest public organizations in Iran. The best practices are
specified separately for each of the key financial modules of the ERP
system. The results of this study provide appropriate guidelines for
implementation financial module of ERP in other similar
organizations.

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