34th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences ( HICSS-34)-Volume 8 Maui, Hawaii January 03-January 06 ISBN: 0-7695-0981-9
This paper demonstrates how cost benefit analysis can be applied to large-scale ERP projects, and that these methods can incorporate intangible benefits, e.g., user satisfaction. Detailed information on the business case utilized by a large computer manufacturer in the decision to implement the SAP system R/3 is presented. Techniques that demonstrate how intangibles may be included in the standard cost benefit analyses follow. The paper concludes with a discussion on the state of valuing ERP projects and questions to be answered in the future.
Index Terms:
ERP, Project Evaluation, Quantitative Evaluation, Intangible Evaluation
Citation:
K. Murphy, S. Simon, "Using Cost Benefit Analysis for Enterprise Resource Planning Project Evaluation: A Case for Including Intangibles," hicss, vol. 8, pp.8018, 34th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences ( HICSS-34)-Volume 8, 2001 Usage of this product signifies your acceptance of the Terms of Use. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||