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Figure 2. Companies' factors impacting on ERP selection criteria

Table 10. Business process improvement

Factor DF Sum of

Squares

Mean
Square

F-Ratio P-value

Company size 2 0.06367563 0.03183782 0.08 0.925988

Information strategy

1 2.192879 2.192879 5.30 0.023335*

CIO 1 0.06323607 0.06323607 0.15 0.696643

Growth 4 5.2559 1.313975 3.18 0.016668*

S 103 42.61518 0.4137397

Total (Adjusted) 111 51

Total 112

* Term significant at alpha = 0.05

companies' factors impacting
on erp selection criteria

independency, and system interoperability.

business process improvement

With ANOVA multivariate analysis we inves-
tigated company size, representation of the IT
department on the board level (CIO), implemented
information strategy and turnover impact on ERP
selection criteria (Figure 1). Growth was divided in
to (1) reduction in turnover, (2) stable, (3) growth
of 0-5%, (4) growth of 5-10% and (5) higher
growth than 10%. In tables 5 - 11 we present the
ANOVA multivariate analysis results. The results
(tables) are presented only for selection criteria,
where the impact of one or more companies' fac-
tors was identified. These selection criteria are:
business process improvement, e-business enable-
ment, increased organizational flexibility, systems
reliability, advanced technology, operating system

The analysis of the impact of company size,
information strategy, representation of the IT
department on the board level (CIO), and growth
on importance of business process improvement
have shown that importance of business process
improvement depends on information strategy
(Table 10). Importance is higher in companies
with information strategy (4.34) than in companies
without one (4.05). Importance is lower in compa-
nies with stable turnover (3.77) than in companies
with growth of 5-10% (4.45), 10%+ (4.30).