@article{MAKHILLIBM201711126929,
    title = {Taxonomy of ERP Integrations and Plant Performance},
    journal = {International Business Management},
    volume = {11},
    number = {1},
    pages = {204-214},
    year = {2017},
    issn = {1993-5250},
    doi = {ibm.2017.204.214},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1993-5250&doi=ibm.2017.204.214},
    author = {Majdi Anwar},
    keywords = {Business poses,worldwide,story and aims,hypothesis,ERP integration},
    abstract = {The complex nature of today’s business poses challenges for supply chain management which embraces dispersed supplier, production and distribution activities worldwide. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) has risen to prominence as a result of its promise to integrate business processes from upstream to downstream. The past two decades, however have witnessed complications surrounding ERP implementation; its impact on firm performance has been reported as being inconclusive. This study argues that the extent of ERP integration is a missing link in the story and aims to investigate the hypothesis that the extent of ERP integration is positively associated with plant performance. Using a global sample of 641 manufacturers this research identifies four distinct ERP integration patterns, epitomized by different extents and directions of integration and finds a significant association between the broadest degree of ERP integration and plant performance improvement.}
    }