Open AccessAn Effective End-User Knowledge Concern Training Method in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Based on Critical Factors (CFs) in Malaysian SMEs
Author(s) -
Ali Noudoostbeni,
Noor Azina Ismail,
Hashem Salarzadeh Jenatabadi,
Norizan Mohd Yasin
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of business and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1833-8119
pISSN - 1833-3850
DOI - 10.5539/ijbm.v5n7p63
Subject(s) - enterprise resource planning , knowledge management , training (meteorology) , business , small and medium sized enterprises , resource (disambiguation) , process management , critical success factor , data collection , computer science , operations management , engineering , computer network , statistics , physics , mathematics , finance , meteorology
Nowadays, many companies are using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) as one of the comprehensive integrated systems. This study focuses on various aspects of the ERP utilized in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Malaysia in three phases. The success and the failure factors of ERP in SMEs were identified in the first phase. A comparison between different ERP training methods was carried out in the second phase. Based on the findings in the first two phases, a new training method was developed in the third phase, so that ERP users may have a more effective ERP training system in the SMEs in Malaysia. The research method applied to the current research is case study in which the required data was collected from different SMEs in Malaysia. The data collection was mainly based on the surveys and interviews, and the results of the data analysis were used to improve a client-based training system. The achieved results indicate that the application of this kind of system which is based on a combination of On-the-job training and Computer-based training system would considerably reduce the time and money spent on learning and training plans, while, at the same time, it would increase the user’s proficiency and knowledge concerning in the ERP system