The purpose of this study is to look into the effect of ERP on the business performance and the corporate governance structure for the automobile parts industry and to provide critical success factors for ERP implementation for companies which are int...
The purpose of this study is to look into the effect of ERP on the business performance and the corporate governance structure for the automobile parts industry and to provide critical success factors for ERP implementation for companies which are interested in ERP.
Today Firms have been confronting with very rapidly changing business environment. Under these circumstances, the importance of using IT in gaining competitive advantage is increasing. ERP is a very popular tool for putting through management innovation and implementing on integrated information system.
First of all, this study reviewed literatures on the emergence background of ERP, its developing stages, and its characteristics.
The data for this study were collected from four automobile parts companies which have implemented ERP. Method is to compare a business performance and a corporate governance structure change before and after the introduction of the ERP. Analysis of business performance is consisted of five indicator : (1)sales per capita, (2)inventory turnover, (3)the rate of labor cost & manufacturing cost, (4)gross value added per capita, (5)closing accounts at the end of every month. Analysis of corporate governance structure is consisted of three indicators : (1)the ownership share of the primary owner, (2)the board of administration and CEO, (3)asymmetric information and compensation.
The results of this study are as follows : First, a performance of a business unit after using ERP is higher than that before the implementation of ERP. Second, a corporate governance structure show a significant difference.
The analytical results of this study show that automobile parts companies could improve a business performance and a corporate governance structure by adopting ERP.