Enterprise Resource Planning: The Price of Entry for New Businesses

Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERPs) are a tool implemented by organizations that work as resource planning systems and information management systems. It is an integrated software program that allows companies to easily evaluate, control, and manage their business more easily and is characterized by its great capacity for adaptation, modularity, and interfaces with other types of programs. The development of these systems did not come out of nowhere, it is the result of over 50 years of evolution in the areas of technological advances and management streams, which results in a much diverse environment for private companies and Public Sector Organizations (PSOs). This thesis submerges into the growth of ERP systems along with the challenges faced to reach a level where implementing an ERP-type system is the price of entry for new companies in any industry.