Research On The Cloud Computing Based ERP Solution For AG Co.Ltd And The Corresponding Implementation Strategy

With the ever-growing importance of the role Small/Medium Enterprises (SME) play in the world economy, the attention of scholars paid to the research of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) projects in SME market is far from sufficient with comparison the corresponding researches in Large Enterprises (LE) market.Cloud computing is becoming a buzz word and has been applied in many domains. The application of cloud computing in the ERP project in AG Co.Ltd, a typical medium-sized company in China, is examined in this thesis. The corresponding implementation strategy and result are also examined.The thesis starts with a basic introduction to ERP theory, its evolving history and a literal review of existing research results on Critical Success Factors (CSF) in ERP projects. After that, a basic introduction of Cloud Computing and its typical variants are elaborated.With consideration to the typical context of SMEs in China, AG’s current management and operation issues are identified, analyzed and then put into the scope of its ERP project, which is then analyzed to make a detailed implementation plan with full involvement of modern Cloud Computing technology.