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BenClegg(Operations&InformationManagementGroup,AstonBusinessSchool,AstonUniversity,
Birmingham,UK)
YiWan(Operations&InformationManagementGroup,AstonBusinessSchool,AstonUniversity,Birmingham,
UK)
BenClegg,YiWan,(2013)"ManagingenterprisesandERPsystems:acontingencymodelforthe
enterprizationofoperations",InternationalJournalofOperations&ProductionManagement,Vol.33Iss:
11/12,pp.14581489

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM0720100201

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Thepurposeofthispaperistoinvestigateenterpriseresourceplanning( ERP )systemsdevelopmentand
emergingpracticesinthe management ofenterprises(i.e.partsofcompaniesworkingwithpartsofother
companiestodeliveracomplexproductand/orservice)andidentifyanyapparentcorrelations.Suitablea
prioricontingencyframeworksarethenusedandextendedtoexplainapparentcorrelations.Discussionis
giventoprovideguidanceforresearchersandpractitionerstodeliverbetterstrategic,structuraland
operationalcompetitiveadvantagethroughthisapproachcoinedhereastheenterprizationof operations .

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6/5/2016 ManagingenterprisesandERPsystems:acontingencymodelfortheenterprizationofoperations:InternationalJournalofOperations&ProductionManage
TheoreticalinductionusesanewempiricallongitudinalcasestudyfromZoomlion(aChinese
manufacturingcompany)builtusinganadaptedformoftemplateanalysistoproduceanewcontingency
framework.
Findings
Threemaintypesofenterprisesandthethreemaintypesof ERP systemsaredefinedandcorrelations
betweenthemareexplained.Tworelevantaprioriframeworksareusedtoinductanewcontingencymodel
tosupporttheenterprizationof operations knownasthedynamicenterprisereferencegridfor ERP (DERG
ERP ).
Researchlimitations/implications
Thefindingsarebasedononelongitudinalcasestudy.Furthercasestudiesarecurrentlybeingconducted
intheUKandChina.
Practicalimplications
Thenewcontingencymodel,theDERG ERP ,servesasaguidefor ERP vendors,informationsystems
managementandoperations managershopingtogrowandsustaintheircompetitiveadvantagewithrespect
toeffectiveenterprisestrategy,enterprisestructureand ERP systems.
Originality/value
Thisresearchexplainshow ERP systemsandtheeffective management ofenterprisesshoulddevelopin
ordertosustaincompetitiveadvantagewithrespecttoenterprisestrategy,enterprisestructureand ERP
systemsuse.

Keywords:

Supplychain management ,Enterpriseresourceplanning, Management ofenterprises, Operations

strategy,Interorganisationalcollaboration,Strategicalliances,ERPII,ERPIII

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