World is changing very fast in terms of enterprise systems and industries need very specialized solutions. Industrial problems are very complex and need lot of money and efforts. Availability of expertise and skills causes another problem in the industry .Enterprise resources management solutions are one of the example for this kind of problem. The complicated project of an ERP system implementation in industry results in large changes in the systems. Organizations that face an ERP implementation project have several risks to consider in order avoiding problems that cause failures. Business applications are increasingly prevalent in the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) sector. Business vendors are targeting SMEs but many projects fail due to poor planning, lack of resources, organization immaturity and failure to understand the complexities of integrating such applications with existing business systems. This study looks at how manufacturing Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) using or planning on using Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software could integrate Business to improve the availability of operational and strategic planning information.

The author is working as a Professor in Department of Mechanical Engineering at CT Institute of Engineering, Management & Technology, Jalandhar, Punjab, India. Author has more than 23 years of teaching and research experience.