Enterprise Resource Planning systems are key to optimizing organizational performance: however, choosing which system to implement, when to perform the implementation, and how to minimize costs while maximizing system acceptance are all important issues to businesses considering an ERP implementation. As the business world focuses more upon e-business and incorporates the Internet into daily business transactions, ERP systems have to be able to keep up with the ebusiness world, but this requires modifications. Business leaders seeking to understand or implement ERP systems and researchers and academics seeking access to the most recent technological advances, need to have access to the most current research and practice concerning Enterprise Resource Planning systems. The chapters in this book provide up-to-date case studies and theoretical discussion of ERP systems and are a must-read for anyone considering an ERP implementation or desiring to improve upon an already existing ERP system. The authors, all renowned for their expertise in the field of ERP systems represent a diverse cultural and organizational background and share their insights in the following chapters.