ERP systems are one of the most commonly
used Information systems in larger manufacturing organizations worldwide. ERP
is considered a very effective system that enables all the functional areas of
an organization to access to information and to share within departments.
However despite the popularity of ERP, failure rate of the system is becoming
high. This study will analyze the barriers of ERP post implementation in
Apparel industry Sri Lanka.
The independent variables of this study
have been identified as Misalignment between the organization and package,
assimilation, maintenance, employee resistance to change, techno stress, user
involvement and employee training & vendor support.
Further
30 ERP implemented apparel industries will be selected as the sample out of the
population of top 100 ERP implemented apparel companies in Sri Lanka. Sample
will be taken by dividing the total population into three sub segments such as
large, medium and small depending on the number of employees in the
organization
