An Examination of the Essential Aspects in Execution of Enterprise Resource Planning in Manufacturing and Production Industries

Manufacturing and Production Industries in India, provide the most diligent profession and they are also the predecessor in emerging novel thought in the field of industry. They do not merely participate in possessing a fundamental responsibility, for providing a huge extent of work opportunity but also assist in industrialization of rural areas in India. Occasionally Manufacturing and Production Industries in India are harmonizing to bulky engineering industries as additional units. This segment contributes enormously to the socio-economic expansion of the country. Manufacturing and Production industries have developed immensely in the last five decades. In spite of elevated passion and fundamental capabilities to breed, there is quite a quantity of troubles faced by manufacturing and production industries; one of them is the ‘technological obsolescence'. This sector in order to outcome this challenge must make advances in the field of engineering and technology. Adoption of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in their business process can enhance their productivity and global competency in the national and international market. In this connection Enterprise Resource Planning plays a vital role in the Manufacturing and Production industry's business process strategy. Hence, there is a need for the motivation to implement ERP and find out whether the current ICT solution which the industries are using is adequate for their strategy. In this paper the researcher is trying to find out which ERP vendors does the manufacturing and production sectors have a preference, what are the features of the ERP system and the implementation methodology chosen and have they met their business goals and user satisfaction