Objectives for Research, Development, and Introduction of Enterprise Resource Planning System: A Case Study in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

1. Introduction

If enterprises want to scientifically conduct business activities in keeping with the trend of IT development and their rapidly changing situation inside and outside them, they should research, develop and introduce Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERPS). ERPS is the high-level, standardized business information system which integrates and manages all of human, material and informational resources in their organic connection so as to maximize the effect of business activities. As such, it is an organic sum of business-conducting programme which are embodying excellent business theories, methods and experiences and integrated in a structural, functional and informational manner.

ERPS should be a means for strategic management which can satisfy business practices of enterprises and state economic laws and a means to achieve a long-term goal.

To this end, it is necessary to scientifically determine important strategic objectives of ERPS in accordance with the real conditions of business practices of enterprises and push ahead with its development and introduction purposefully and in a far-sighted way.

Authors have conducted the research, development and introduction of ERPS for about 20 years and obtained a lot of knowledge and experience. And on this basis, authors have confirmed important strategic objectives of ERPS in keeping with the reality of the DPRK.