ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING AND THE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: THE EASE OF INTEGRATING INFORMATION BETWEEN CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS IN THE UNITED STATES AND FACTORIES IN MEXICO

2004 ◽  
Vol 14 (1/2) ◽  
pp. 13-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen M. Utecht ◽  
Randall B. Hayes ◽  
Patrick A. Okonkwo
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
The United States ◽  
Corporate Headquarters

An Analysis of Factors Affecting User Acceptance of ERP Systems in the United States

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kakoli Bandyopadhyay ◽  
Cynthia Barnes
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
The United States ◽  
It Professionals ◽  
Erp Systems ◽  
Erp System

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are widely used in most industries today because of the benefits they offer: improved integration of business processes, improved cost control, improved decision making, improved customer service, and improved profitability. Although much IS research has been published concerning acceptance of enterprise systems, adoption issues, or critical success factors in implementing an ERP system, little research has been presented that focuses on the ERP usage behavior. The purpose of this research is to to extend the unified theory of acceptance and use of technology model in order to predict the acceptance of ERP systems among its users in the United States. This study will potentially benefit Information Technology (IT) professionals in a global environment. IT professionals can design acceptance strategies that promote ERP usage ultimately.

scholarly journals Effective Cloud Resource Utilisation in Cloud ERP Decision-Making Process for Industry 4.0 in the United States

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 959
Author(s):  
Marlene Marinho ◽  
Vijay Prakash ◽  
Lalit Garg ◽  
Claudio Savaglio ◽  
Seema Bawa
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Industry 4.0 ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
The United States ◽  
Regulatory Compliance ◽  
Decision Makers ◽  
Resource Utilisation ◽  
Service Deployment

Cloud enterprise resource planning (C-ERP) represents an evolution of traditional ERP, which also offers the advantages of cloud computing (CC) such as ease of use and resource elasticity. This article presents the opportunities and challenges of the C-ERP adoption for industry 4.0 in the United States as well as the factors that boost or hinder such a decision. The quantitative research method is used to gather the predictor factors and correlation amongst them. An online survey questionnaire received 109 responses, mainly decision-makers and professionals from the US consumer goods industry. Statistical analysis has been carried out to rank the different levels of influence in the C-ERP adoption decision. The predictor’s complexity and regulatory compliance positively influence C-ERP private service deployment, whereas technology readiness is a good predictor of community service deployment. This paper also proposes a decision support system (DSS), tailored to industry 4.0, and aimed at assisting decision-makers in adopting C-ERP as an effective resource for decision-making. The DSS is built upon the predictors using the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and it supports decision-makers in the selection of services and deployment models for C-ERP as a resource.

scholarly journals A perfect symbiosis: Curaçao, the Netherlands and financial offshore services, 1951–2013

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-29
Author(s):  
Tijn van Beurden ◽  
Joost Jonker
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Tax Avoidance ◽  
The United States ◽  
Tax Treaties ◽  
Gradual Decline ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
Financial Centre ◽  
The One

Analysing Curaçao as an offshore financial centre from its inception to its gradual decline, we find that it originated and evolved in close concert with the demand for such services from Western countries. Dutch banks and multinationals spearheaded the creation of institutions on the island facilitating tax avoidance. In this they were aided and abetted by their government, which firmly supported the Antilles in getting access to bilateral tax treaties, notably the one with the United States. Until the mid 1980s Curaçao flourished, but then found it increasingly difficult to keep a competitive advantage over other offshore centres. Meanwhile the Curaçao connection had enabled the Netherlands to turn itself into a hub for international revenue flows that today still feed both Dutch tax income and specialised financial, legal and accounting services.

scholarly journals An Optimal Redesign Approach for Optimal Global Supply Chain Redesign: Brazilian Soybean Grain Study

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 84
Author(s):  
Juan José Uchuya Lopéz ◽  
Raad Yahya Qassim
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
The United States ◽  
Global Supply Chains ◽  
Rail Transportation ◽  
Road Transportation ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Inland Waterways

Brazil and the United States are the leading soybean grain producing and exporting countries in the world. Although crop production cost is significantly lower in Brazil than in the United States due to more advanced crop production technology, this competitive advantage vanishes in view of the higher logistics costs in Brazil than in the United States, in view of the dominance of road transportation in Brazil, whilst river and rail transportation are prevalent in the United States. In order to regain its competitive advantage, there is a clear need for a redesign of the inland supply chain in Brazil through the use and expansion of existent inland waterways and rail networks. In this paper, an optimal supply chain redesign methodology is presented to achieve the aforesaid objective, with a focus on Mato Grosso which is the largest producer and exporting state in Brazil. This methodology is in fact applicable to multiply echelon global supply chains in general.

Predictive Maintenance Information Systems

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 54-72
Author(s):  
Yu Zhao ◽  
Kakoli Bandyopadhyay ◽  
Cynthia Barnes
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Student Motivation ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
The United States ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
System Quality ◽  
Erp System ◽  
Instructor Support

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems allow businesses to achieve high performance through distinctive capabilities and are one of the fastest growing areas within information systems. Many universities have adopted ERP in their management information systems (MIS) curriculum to increase the marketability of their students. Drawing on the IS success model and several constructive learning theories, this study develops a model that is predictive of students' continued ERP software use intention, satisfaction, and perceived learning outcomes. SAP is the ERP system used in this study. Business students at four mid-sized state universities in the United States were surveyed. The universities are members of the SAP University Alliance. There were 373 usable responses. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) was used to empirically test the model. The findings indicate that student motivation, perceived instructor support, and ERP system quality are strong predictors of student satisfaction, and learning outcomes. Student motivation and ERP system quality, but not perceived instructor support, are also significant predictors of continued use intention.

Legal Truth and Consequences for a Failed ERP Implementation

2013 ◽  
pp. 46-69
Author(s):  
Walter W. Austin ◽  
Linda L. Brennan ◽  
James L. Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Building Materials ◽  
Expert Witness ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
The United States ◽  
Court System ◽  
Erp System ◽  
Decision Points ◽  
Public Record ◽  
And Migration

This case is inspired by a complaint and response filed in the U.S. court system. One of the case’s authors served as an expert witness in the case. Because the suit settled before going to trial, some of the details of the case are not part of the public record; therefore, the names of the companies involved have been changed and certain details disguised to protect the identity of the litigants. However, the essentials of the case remain faithful to the actual circumstances and provide a basis for analysis of decision points and a discussion of costs and responsibilities for the issues in the case. A leading manufacturer of building materials in the United States selected an integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) system to install on its existing hardware infrastructure. This case describes the ERP selection, implementation and migration challenges, impaired functionality, and the business and legal issues that ensued due to the software’s incompatibility with the hardware. With the software not performing as expected, the vendor withdrawing its software support, and costs escalating, the manufacturer sought legal counsel.

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