An eThe strategic nature of ERP adoption necessitates an assessment of benefits and risks, and a number of authors (Shiau et al., 2009 and Woo, 2007) claim that the perceived benefits of adopting ERP influence the adoption decision positively and the benefits that are generally sought include gaining operational speed and business profitability.nvironmental assessment of competitors, partners, regulations and customers influences organisational adoption of ERP significantly (Ram et al., 2013).