ERP SYSTEM SELECTION BY AHP METHOD: CASE STUDY FROM TURKEY

─Abstract ─ An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is a critical investment that can significantly affect competitiveness of a corporate in the future. There are many national and international ERP vendors in Turkey. This study presents a comprehensive framework for selecting a suitable ERP system by using Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). AHP method, directs how to determine the priority of a set of alternatives and the relative importance of attributes in a multiple criteria decision-making problem. The framework can systematically construct the objectives of an ERP selection to support the business goals and strategies of an enterprise. A real-world case from Turkey demonstrates the feasibility of the proposed framework.

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