Impact of the Interoperability of ERPs on Information Systems Disintegration

Abstract

As an ERP package could be viewed as an integration indicator, it could thus measure the information

system integration rate (ISIR). Therefore, the integration rate (IR) of an information system (IS),

which is composed of only one ERP package, should be higher than the IR of another IS, which is

composed of an ERP that is well (or not well) integrated with other subsystems. Some “information

technology strategies adopted by ERP vendors and/or by firms could affect, and/or they could be

influenced by, the level of ERP interoperability. Whether or not a reliable interoperability is possible

to be developed and/or proposed by ERP vendors; firms could interoperate, within the framework

of their IS, an ERP package with other subsystems, or they could implement this package as the

only component of their IS. When strategies change, the level of ERP interoperability could be

modified from reliable to unreliable and the ISIR could be affected. This paper tries to understand

how these changes could impact the level of ERP interoperability in a manner that could provoke

the IS disintegration.

Keywords: Cloud Computing Interoperability, ERP in the Cloud, ERP Interoperability with Other Subsystems, Information System Disintegration, Integration Rate, IT Strategies, Native ERP Interoperability, Interoperability, Disintegration, Integration Rate