“The appeal of ERP may come less from any cash benefits and more from its ability to untangle and integrate businessSample Page practices and systems “

ERP systems were initially implemented to replace many of the disparate legacy systems and the associated issues. Discuss the issues associated with disparate systems and how ERP systems overcome these issues. Vendors argue that integration issues occur at the people, process, and application levels.

Discuss these statements using case study examples (from literature searches) to demonstrate different company’s experiences.

Your paper should include the following areas:

Introduction

Importance of integration to companies

Issues which occur due to lack of integration (people, process, application)

How do ERP systems address these integration issues?

What benefits can companies achieve when this integration occurs?

Case Studies of companies and the issues they faced due to lack of integration and how ERP systems helped overcome these. (Minimum 2)

Conclusion

Ø Your task is producing a 3000 word research paper which discusses the issues relating to the above.

Ø The paper should demonstrate a depth and breadth of reading and should be appropriately referenced.

Ø The paper should be referenced using theHarvard referencing standards and formatting according to the approved style guide.

Ø in text citations? must be done

Ø You need to use heading and subheading

Ø Following the Marking guide as below