The document describes a center for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) research that: 1) Partners with industry to research, design, implement, and assess enterprise information systems in areas like business intelligence, data visualization, and ERP best practices. 2) Is led by key faculty researching ERP and BI topics. 3) Collaborates with industry on joint projects to investigate problems, propose solutions, deploy them, and measure impacts, with support from research resources and student researchers.

1. Center for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Research in Business Intelligence (BI)
& Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
• BI and ERP Researchers team up with industry partners to
investigate, design, plan, implement, and assesses
enterprise information systems
• Key Faculty: Dr. Keng Siau, Dr. Bih-Ru Lea, Dr. Fiona Nah
Dr. Craig Claybaugh, Dr. Vincent Yu

2. Center for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
BI and ERP Research Areas
• Business Intelligence (Data Mining, Text Ming, Pattern
Recognition, and more)
• Data Visualization
• Performance Dashboards and Scorecards
• Enterprise Portal Design and Usability
• Best Practices for ERP Implementation & Upgrade
• Social Networking
• …

3. Center for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Industry Research Collaboration
 Renowned ERP faculty research
teams work with your company to
investigate business and IT
problems, proposed solution A join project
alternatives, deploy that actually
solutions, and measure impact of worked and
project implementation brings ROI
for your
 World-class research resources company
and facilities support create
solution prototypes ready for
implemented at your company

4. Center for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Industry Research Collaboration
 Project knowledge transfer and
training plan designed specifically for
your company and delivered by the
experienced ERP educators
 Project knowledge transfer and
Student researchers supervised by
ERP Faculty are ready to help
project implementation through
co-op, internship, or other means
virtually or at company site
around the world

5. Center for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
ERP Software Resource Partners
and more …

6. Center for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Project Types and Durations
 Class projects
 Shorter term (typically one semester)
 Can be arranged to be related projects for different classes
 Thesis and Research projects
 Longer term (typically two or more semesters)
 Can be single project for one student or related projects for
a group of students
 Continuous Education
 Special Projects
 Scope, participants, and durations defined by sponsoring
companies and faculty

7. Center for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Project Costs
 Service Learning
 Scholarship and Fellowship
 Research Grants
 Company Specific Arrangement

8. Center for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
For more information on how our ERP
Industry Collaboration Service might
help your company in today’s tough
economy…
Contact Dr. Bih-Ru Lea at
leabi@mst.edu or erp@mst.edu
573-341-6436