Developing a framework for Evaluation of ERP Pre-Implementation

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems has been increasing in companies and government corporations in developed countries, while developing countries lag far behind. However, due to recent economic growth, developing countries such as Ethiopia are increasingly becoming major targets of ERP vendors. As a result, there is now an urgent need for understanding ERP implementation issues in developing countries. Since they face additional challenges related to economic, cultural and basic infrastructure issues.The findings of this research are expected to be of importance to various stakeholders. ERP implementers can also recognize the environmental and internal requirements and prepare accordingly. Given the complexity and integrated nature of ERP and large investment involved, it is imperative for organizations to study the experiences of others, and learn from their practices and success factors.