Selection methodology oF Campus Management System

1. Campus Management System A Campus Management System is an integrated application system that supports all study related processes. This includes the operational tasks regarding the entire student life cycle and providing adequate information for the management of HEIs Regarding the definition of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems, CMS are comparable ERP Systems are integrated software systems, as well, aiming to support core business processes and integrate data in organizations Much research exists on ERP Systems. However, as the failure rate of ERP implementation is still high, a current study provides a holistic analysis of success and risk factors of such implementation projects SELECTION METHODOLOGY: Since the beginning of standardized application systems in the 1970‟s, the business environment in many industries was transformed substantially and an ever growing number of enterprises has implemented ERP systems to improve their (operational) efficiency as well as (strategic) effectiveness Among the outcomes of (successful) ERP projects are reductions in costs, more accurate demand forecasts, accelerated production cycles and enhanced customer service. In the best case, enterprises can save millions of Euros over the long run application concept and may be defined as “a generic term for a broad set of activities supported by multi-module application software that helps organizations to manage their resources” Campus Management system have two main architectural features: (1) a unified enterprise view of the business processes and (2) an enterprise database storing all business transactions However, the functionalities offered by the standard solutions are not completely suitable for the processes, structures and data that exist within the individual organization. Despite many software vendors have developed tailored offerings for industries, such

2. as automotive, retail and others, there often remains a gap between the functionality offered by the standard software and the organization‟s requirements Thus, the implementation and customization of the integrated system may require substantial investments in terms of time and budget. In addition, the transformation may „disturb‟ the organization‟s culture and require repeated efforts such as people involvement and training In their decision for a certain software product, companies are confronted with a complexity of 300 to 650 ERP software vendors worldwide and determining the best fitting solution should be made based on a sound and systematic methodology. This includes the requirements which represent the specifics of a business regarding its strategy, organization structure, processes, application landscape and culture. In fact, prior research has shown that the . As described by large companies derive their selection decision from a defined business and IT strategy, whereas small to medium companies often only determine the particular features that are required to run their business. For structuring the selection process itself several models are available in the literature An Campus Management System selection should be based on a qualitative and quantitative approach demonstrates their ERP system and is used to select the system fitting best. DEA involves criteria such as complexity of implementation, estimated costs of implementation, functional match and vendor profile. The ERP system with the highest efficiency is the best alternative. Thus, DEA identifies the ERP system offering the best combination of input and output variables. Here, the selection of ERP systems follows five steps: collect all information about vendors, provide evaluation information on each attribute for each ERP system, enter all information to the support vector machine (SVM) which comprises a classification model for the feature selection, (4) interview

3. vendors, examine their demonstrations and evaluate the information of each attribute, Combine the evaluations of both information sources to make final selection. The criteria will be defined by the project team in close collaboration with the users. Among the criteria are vendor references, support and after-sales service capacity of vendors, product quality, cost of implementation and system for small and medium enterprises. Illa et al. (2000) propose five phases: preliminary study search for candidates, obtaining information about the candidates, analysis and demonstration of candidates and visits to the providers and final decision.