Figure 3: Business activities of HE
institutions and higher education ERP
system
The strategic targets (developmental strategy,
business excellence and the quality of all
business operations, based upon the vision,
mission and strategies of a higher education
institution) can be reached only by incorporating
a suitable information strategy, based on the
implementation of the model shown on Fig. 3.
The development of ERP systems was and still is
the only possible way for reaching these targets,
because it comprises [15]:
• a common view on business operations,
• a common database for data and
transactions.