Enterprise resource planning (ERP)

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) has come to mean many things over the last several decades. Divergent applications
by practitioners and academics, as well as by researchers in alternative fields of study, has allowed for
considerable proliferation of information on the topic and for a considerable amount of confusion regarding the
meaning of the term. In reviewing ERP research two distinct research streams emerge. The first focuses on the fundamental
corporate capabilities driving ERP as a strategic concept. A second stream focuses on the details associated
with implementing information systems and their relative success and cost. This paper briefly discusses these research
streams and suggests some ideas for related future research.