“Erp and its Effective Application in Infrastructure Construction Industry”

Abstract

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) was initiated in the manufacturing industry. It provides a general working environment for an enterprise to incorporate its major business management functions with one single common database so that information can be shared and efficient communications can be achieved between management functions. Based on the requirements of running a construction scenario, ERP shows its potential for the infrastructure construction industry. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is now being greeted as a base for the integration of organization-wide information systems. ERP systems link with entire organization’s procedure such as accounting, finance, human resources, store, quality control, manufacturing and distribution, etc. There are only some studies conducted about the effective implementation of ERP systems in the infrastructure construction industry, particularly for the construction contractors. The emphasis so far has been on client firms, engineering and design firms. Now the aim is to investigate the appropriateness and the effective application status of ERP systems in infrastructure contractor firms.