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Towards a Cost Modelling Framework for Outsourcing ERP Systems

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Improving Complex Systems Today

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ERP systems are costly, complex and require high-qualified people to manage them. In the current economic cliamt, when companies need to cut off costs, avoid expensive in-house skilled people and being focused on the core of their businesses, outsourcing ERP systems could be a solution to consider. The aim of this paper is to provide a framework that represents the first step towards the development of a cost modelling framework for outsourcing ERP systems which may help companies to select ERP providers and understand real outsourcing costs.

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  1. Manufacturing Department, Decision Engineering Centre, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedford, MK43 0AL, UK

    E. Shehab, M. Thomassin & M. Badawy

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  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mass Ave 77, Cambridge, 02139, Massachusetts, USA

    Daniel D. Frey

  2. Stanford University, Hamilton Ave 228, Palo Alto, 94301, California, USA

    Shuichi Fukuda

  3. University of Applied Science Trier, Schneidershof, Trier, 54293, Germany

    Georg Rock

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Shehab, E., Thomassin, M., Badawy, M. (2011). Towards a Cost Modelling Framework for Outsourcing ERP Systems. In: Frey, D., Fukuda, S., Rock, G. (eds) Improving Complex Systems Today. Advanced Concurrent Engineering. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-799-0_47

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