ERP System Selection by Using Combination SWARA and Gray ARAS Method

Today, organizations require an integrated system for Enterprise resource in order to achieve higher quality and velocity in the provision of goods and services. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is one of the best tools to achieve this goal, which Selecting the appropriate system due to effective criteria is necessary for successful implementation of ERP project in the organization. Hence in this research, Attempt to determine effective criteria for selection of ERP, selecting the most suitable system is also addressed. At first, effective criteria were examined and a list of identified criteria given to the experts of the firm by studying conducted research in the field of ERP system selection. Then, accepted criteria were selected after examining the study criteria and based on the expert’s idea. Then, by SWARA method final weights of this accepted criteria obtained. Which, Software functionality, project management implementation and software quality capabilities criteria introduced as most important criteria. Then the most suitable ERP systems in the study selected based on gray ARAS. Which, the second alternative (Financial Information System), identified as the most important ERP System alternatives for the case study.