| Abstract [eng] |
The title of this work is „A comparison of Enterprise recourse planning systems“. This study has identified a problematic lack of knowledge regarding how companies identify their system needs and choose appropriate software vendors and products for one of their most significant areas of operation. The primary purpose of this study was to compare most known ERP systems ant develop ERP system, which will be suitable for Lithuanian market. Starting from the question which opportunities a company has to support its processes with IT, the advantages of flexible systems are elaborated. Besides the focus on flexibility, I reviewed and evaluated key software features that directly impact the ownership experience of enterprise applications. Some of these feature sets included: advanced data loading and moving during the implementation phase, task-oriented navigation for the usability phase, and user-centric performance testing for the maintenance phase. The resulting study provides a comparative, multi-vendor assessment across the three major phases of the application lifecycle: implementation, application usage, and ongoing support and maintenance. The players evaluated in the study included:  Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains  PeopleSoft Enterprise  SAP The selected ERP projects are reviewed and classified according to these criteria. The results are a criteria catalog and a classification of selected ERP systems also the new ERP system was created. Recommended future work is the comparison of open source ERP systems. |
