ERP and Information Systems Integration or Disintegration [Paperback]

This research attempts to explore and identify eventual relationships between the evolution of ERP systems and information systems integration or disintegration. The aim of this research is to know if the relationships between the ERP systems and the information systems are guided by certain factors and, as a result, to understand, more in-depth, the factors affecting these relationships. More precisely, this analysis aims to study whether assigned values given to these factors could guide the evolution of ERP systems in a manner that promotes IS integration; and if the opposite assigned values to these same factors could guide the evolution of ERP systems in a manner that provokes IS disintegration instead.

Foreword ix

Introduction xi

Chapter 1. Definition of Research Terms 1

Chapter 2. ERP: Contribution and Trends 9

2.1. ERP as an indicator of integration for information systems 9

2.2. Trends for ERP implementation within the framework of the information system 10

2.3. Trends for ERP evolution toward a new generation (2nd G) 13

Chapter 3. The Research Question and Methodology 15

Chapter 4. Literature Review: Factors Affecting the Relationships between the ERP System’s Evolution and IS Integration or Disintegration 21

4.1. Economic crisis and COmpetitiveness (ECCO) 29

4.2. Total dependency on the ERP vendor (TDEV) 32

4.3. Project management ERP (PMER) 34

4.4. INTEroperability of the ERP (INTE) 36

4.5. Evolution strategy of existing systems (ESES) 38

4.5.1. Urbanization 38

4.5.2. Total overhaul 39

4.6. Complexity of ERP (COER) 41

4.7. Evolsè