The Role of enterprise resource planning : a review of practices, trends, theory and opportunities in expanding field of research

Abstract

Since the inception of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) concept in 1990, many companies have started to implement ERP. The popularity of ERP software has steadily increased from $ 28 billion in 2006 to about $ 48 billion in 2011. ERP is expected to integrate all parts of the company and facilitate the flow of information both from within and outside the company. Manufacturing companies have some problems that occur in the production cycle. To overcome those problems, they decided to implement ERP. ERP is expected to integrate all parts of the company and facilitate the flow of information both from within and outside the company.This paper provides a review of fifty articles dating from 2001 to 2017 from journals related to ERP. This study aims to to identify what roles of ERP are examined in the literature and to identify (in)consistencies, gaps, and opportunities for future research. We specifically illuminate factors influencing the implementation, adoption, the role, and the success of its adoption. It is found that the role of ERP varied across companies. Besides, cost and benefits of ERP implementation become the main consideration for adoption decision. Further research should investigate more deeply about the role of ERP in each activities in each production cycle and should take more companies taken as the sample.