Change Management Perspectives in an ERP Module Implementation: A Case Study in a Telecommunication Company

Successful Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) projects require change management to support the integration of the ERP systems into work environment because ERP imple¬men¬tations involve lots of changes on technical infrastructures, business processes, organization structure, rules and skills of peo...

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Main Authors: Tota Simatupang, Rajesri Govindaraju, Reni Amaranti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Petra Christian University 2016-06-01
Series:Jurnal Teknik Industri
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Online Access:http://puslit2.petra.ac.id/ejournal/index.php/ind/article/view/19584
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Reni Amaranti
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description Successful Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) projects require change management to support the integration of the ERP systems into work environment because ERP imple¬men¬tations involve lots of changes on technical infrastructures, business processes, organization structure, rules and skills of people in the organization. This study was aimed to explain the challenges in implementing an ERP module in a Indonesian telecommunication company, focusing on the change management process involves in the project. A case study at a tele¬com¬munication company was used to collect empirical data and to analyses important aspects of project arrangements that will have an impact on the change management process accompanying the ERP implementation project. The following two aspects of changes were analyzed as the impact of ERP implementation: changes in individual behaviors and changes in the organisational practices. Based on the empirical study, two important aspects of change management effectiveness in the project and post-project stage were highlighted: alignment of the organization structure to support IT-business collaboration and alignment of employee orientation towards effective use of ERP systems. Besides, this study also highlighted that it is important to plan and execute change management process in the post-project stage to obtain benefits from ERP implementation.
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spelling doaj.art-80f2fb103d3e41b386ef716ce8882fb22022-12-22T03:55:57ZengPetra Christian UniversityJurnal Teknik Industri1411-24852087-74392016-06-011815162Change Management Perspectives in an ERP Module Implementation: A Case Study in a Telecommunication CompanyTota Simatupang0Rajesri Govindaraju1Reni Amaranti2 Faculty of Industrial Technology, Industrial Engineering Depart¬ment, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jl. Ganesha 10 Bandung 40132 Faculty of Industrial Technology, Industrial Engineering Depart¬ment, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Jl. Ganesha 10 Bandung 40132 Faculty of Industrial Technology, Industrial Engineering Depart¬ment, Universitas Islam Bandung, Jl. Taman Sari Bandung 40132 Successful Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) projects require change management to support the integration of the ERP systems into work environment because ERP imple¬men¬tations involve lots of changes on technical infrastructures, business processes, organization structure, rules and skills of people in the organization. This study was aimed to explain the challenges in implementing an ERP module in a Indonesian telecommunication company, focusing on the change management process involves in the project. A case study at a tele¬com¬munication company was used to collect empirical data and to analyses important aspects of project arrangements that will have an impact on the change management process accompanying the ERP implementation project. The following two aspects of changes were analyzed as the impact of ERP implementation: changes in individual behaviors and changes in the organisational practices. Based on the empirical study, two important aspects of change management effectiveness in the project and post-project stage were highlighted: alignment of the organization structure to support IT-business collaboration and alignment of employee orientation towards effective use of ERP systems. Besides, this study also highlighted that it is important to plan and execute change management process in the post-project stage to obtain benefits from ERP implementation.http://puslit2.petra.ac.id/ejournal/index.php/ind/article/view/19584ERP projectERP module implementationSuccess factorChange managementCase study.
spellingShingle Tota Simatupang
Rajesri Govindaraju
Reni Amaranti
Change Management Perspectives in an ERP Module Implementation: A Case Study in a Telecommunication Company
Jurnal Teknik Industri
ERP project
ERP module implementation
Success factor
Change management
Case study.
title Change Management Perspectives in an ERP Module Implementation: A Case Study in a Telecommunication Company
title_full Change Management Perspectives in an ERP Module Implementation: A Case Study in a Telecommunication Company
title_fullStr Change Management Perspectives in an ERP Module Implementation: A Case Study in a Telecommunication Company
title_full_unstemmed Change Management Perspectives in an ERP Module Implementation: A Case Study in a Telecommunication Company
title_short Change Management Perspectives in an ERP Module Implementation: A Case Study in a Telecommunication Company
title_sort change management perspectives in an erp module implementation a case study in a telecommunication company
topic ERP project
ERP module implementation
Success factor
Change management
Case study.
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