International Journal of Information Systems and Change Management · 2005 · 22 citations · 1 references
BusinessInformation SystemsManagement Information SystemsDistributed SystemsEnterprise ArchitectureEnterprise SystemsEnterprise Resource PlanningEnterprise Systems DevelopmentEnterprise Systems ImplementationPeer-to-peer NetworkingPeer-to-peer NetworksPeer-to-peer SystemsErp ArchitectureErp ImplementationPeer-to-peer ArchitecturesPeer-to-peer ComputingPeer-to-peer Information ExchangePeer-to-peer Network ArchitectureWeb Services
Although the requirements of small- to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are very similar to those of big corporations, there is still a lack of solutions for SMEs, because the roll-out as well as the maintenance is very expensive. It has become clear that EDP branch solutions, application service providing and stripped-down software versions do not offer satisfying solutions. For solving these problems, we propose an architecture for a distributed ERP system based on web services and peer-to-peer network technology whose roll-out and maintenance are better affordable for SMEs than traditional systems.
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