AUTHOR
Birgersson, Anders; Nilsson Daniel

DATE
2000-11-06

DEPARTMENT
Business Administration and Social Sciences / Informatics and Systems Sciences

SUMMARY
To keep the own competitivness and to survive in an ever changing world it has become common practice for swedish production companies to invest large amounts of money in systems that are designed to simplify business processes, these systems are marketed as ERP systems.

An investment in an ERP system involves considerable costs and a longterm relationship between the company that buys the system and the company that supplies it. This pushes the importance of conducting a rigorous selection process when investing in an ERP system.

The purpose of this paper is to review two companies selection process when investing in an ERP system and to see wheter Multi-Modal Systems Thinking (MST) could have enriched them.

We have conducted two case studies at Plannja AB and Lövångers Elektriska AB. The result illuminates the importance of that the investers focus on a long term perspective in designing and conducting the selection process.

ISSN 1404-5508 / ISRN LTU-SHU-EX--00/234--SE / NR 2000:234