期刊名称:International Journal of Business and Management
印刷版ISSN:1833-3850
电子版ISSN:1833-8119
出版年度:2010
卷号:5
期号:7
页码:63
DOI:10.5539/ijbm.v5n7p63
出版社:Canadian Center of Science and Education
摘要:Nowadays, many companies are using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) as one of the comprehensive integrated systems. This study focuses on various aspects of the ERP utilized in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia in three phases. The success and the failure factors of ERP in SMEs were identified in the first phase. A comparison between different ERP training methods was carried out in the second phase. Based on the findings in the first two phases, a new training method was developed in the third phase, so that ERP users may have a more effective ERP training system in the SMEs in Malaysia. The research method applied to the current research is case study in which the required data was collected from different SMEs in Malaysia. The data collection was mainly based on the surveys and interviews, and the results of the data analysis were used to improve a client-based training system. The achieved results indicate that the application of this kind of system which is based on a combination of On-the-job training and Computer-based training system would considerably reduce the time and money spent on learning and training plans, while, at the same time, it would increase the user’s proficiency and knowledge concerning in the ERP system.