As mentioned above, the main objective of our research was to increase the effectiveness of the ERP system
implementation in middle and large industrial companies and to reduce the risks associated with a failure of the ERP
system implementation.
To achieve this goal, the theoretical part of our scientific research builds the knowledge and information base on
the industrial companies competitiveness and on existing ERP systems available to industrial companies, in terms of
their functionality and suitability based on the size of the enterprises. To determine the availability and utilization of
ERP systems within enterprises, the market of ERP systems was analysed. To create a methodology of ERP systems
implementation within industrial companies, the implementation of ERP systems in selected middle and large industrial companies was analysed, as well as the theoretical approaches to the implementation of ERP systems
based on the standardized methods were analysed. Based on the analyses the deficiencies were identified. These
deficiencies are eliminated by the proposed methodology for ERP systems implementation within the enterprise.
The next part of our scientific research focuses on establishing of methodology for ERP systems implementation
within middle and large industrial companies. The proposed methodology represents a procedure that consists of
pre-project phase and six project phases. The content of each phase is described in terms of actions to be taken to
eliminate the risk of failure of implementation. Attention is focused on the most critical area of ERP systems
implementation, which clearly is the pre-project phase, the identification of the information needs of the company,
the impact of human factor on the course and results of implementation, the ability to continuously assess the time
and money balance during ERP system implementation.