Ghabbour group ERP deployment: Learning from past technology failures

Ghabbour group ERP deployment: Learning from past technology failures

Department

Management Department

Abstract

Ghabbour group "GB Auto," an Egyptian auto trading and manufacturing establishment, has gone through two ERP successive implementations within the past 12 years. The newer implementation has experienced several impediments. The executives and the Board of Directors at the group have thoroughly and aggressively examined the status of the IS services provided by this ERP system and assessed their impact on the quality of decision making at all levels of management. The driver for this was to secure all the necessary platforms and management tools for enabling growth and improving efficiency and effectiveness of the company's business operation and resources. The extent of lack of control and effective utilization of the use of resources in the group has been cited by the top management in many interviews. Following its public offering and registration in the CASE and CMA, GB Auto was legally demanded to provide annual and quarterly audit reports of its varied LOBs' performance. The existing information management infrastructure was not providing such agile services. The trajectory of implementations of integrated Enterprise Information Systems at the group was reviewed in this case study and was duly investigated to assess the effectiveness and appropriateness in servicing those purposes and increasing the company's competitive advantage. © 2011, IGI Global.

Publication Date

12-1-2011

Document Type

Book Chapter

Book Title

Cases on Business and Management in the MENA Region: New Trends and Opportunities

Editors

El-Khazindar Business Research and Case Center

ISBN

9781609605834

Publisher

IGI Global

City

Hershey, PA

First Page

177

Last Page

203

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