Critical Factors for Successful Implementation of ERP in China

This study propounds a theoretical model for successful implementation of enterprise resource planning (ERP) under China´s environment, and the authors analyze the model empirically through structural equation modeling. The authors find that strategically IT planning abilities, leadership´s support, the skills of IT section, business processing abilities, learning abilities, and change management abilities have a significant positive impact on successful ERP implementation, but project management abilities, training abilities not. Management implications and further research directions are also discussed