Enterprise Resource Planning: Information System Perspective

This chapter explores the development and integration of enterprise resource planning (ERP) within the information systems (IS) field, thus offering background knowledge based on a short literature review from selected books/textbooks. Beginning with a historical overview, this chapter follows the beginnings and developmental milestones of ERP systems, emphasizing their central importance in integrating several organizational functions and thereby changing organizational operations. The chapter also highlights the impact of ERP on strategic organizational change and business process reengineering, thus setting the stage for detailed investigations of ERP adoption and its interaction with knowledge management in subsequent chapters. This chapter highlights the theoretical foundations of ERP systems and shows their implications in contemporary corporate environments, bridging the gap between theoretical models and actual implementations.