A Combined Fuzzy Method for Evaluating Criteria in Enterprise Resource Planning Implementation

Abstract

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) system is an information system that supports and integrates many facets of a business, sales, and marketing. ERP system success depends on the rigor of the ERP Implementation processes. Scope creep, inadequate allocation of human resources over time, and vendor management are some common problems associated with the implementation of an enterprise system. This paper evaluates critical elements of ERP system that contributed to the success of the ERP implementation. For those organizations adopting ERP, the findings provide a roadmap to follow in order to avoid making critical, ERP Implementation mistakes. In this study, the combined fuzzy method is applied to assess ERP implementation factors. The combined fuzzy method is also capable of taking into consideration both tangible and intangible criteria. This method not only leads to a logical result but also visualizes the impact of various criteria on the final result. Applying the characteristics of dependence and feedback to combined fuzzy method could result in assessments that are more precise than those possible with other multiple criteria decision making approaches. The combined fuzzy method provides a useful assessment approach to this study. The benefits of using the combined fuzzy method for evaluating the ERP implementation come from the clear priority weights between alternatives. Also, a real case study from Iran is also presented to demonstrate efficiency of this method in practice.

The Theoretical Aspect of Delphi Techniques and Ahp Method

“…In the step four the relative weight of the various criteria and sub criteria that are also compared to the evaluations of the alternatives is determined, an importance which is defined through the main eigenvalue (Bhushan and Rai 2004;Hamidi 2016) .…”

“…While in the fifth step assess the order of the order matrix n. In this method the comparisons made are subjective so AHP tolerates discrepancies through the amount of redundancy in access (Bhushan and Rai 2004;Hamidi 2016).…”

Using Internet of Things and biosensors technology for health applications

“…Automating design methodology (ADM) along with the configuration of ontology-based resources for the rapid and effective development of rehabilitation subsystem (rehabilitation) are used to identify the specific needs of each patient. A typical rehabilitation subsystem usually includes an intelligent rehabilitation system as an external skeleton, details of which are described in our previous work [36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51], which provides the primary treatment for rehabilitation, and intelligent devices that are vital for patients. The critical sensors are used to convert a biological signal into an electrically optical, electrochemical or a piezoelectric signal of a particular type of biological molecule [1].…”

A Model for Impact of Organizational Project Benefits Management and its Impact on End User

“…The main reason for outsourcing in Iran is to reach the knowledge and experience of other companies. Other reasons for outsourcing which are of great importance are to reach the operational expertise and man force issues (Hamidi et al, 2016;2014). Within Iran's information technology industry, the issues of restoring the cost and man force are the first reason of outsourcing (Akbari, 2013).…”