The systems of enterprise resource planning (ERP) in ready-made clothing firm (the sample of E-MOR- TM)

This study has been made for the determination of the importance of E-MOR, an ERP system, for ready-made clothing firms, finding the difficulties encountered pre-establishment, establishment and post-establishment stages, determination of factors for applying the system, and observing the contributions of system to the firm performance.The universe of the study constitutes the Apparel Companies using the Corporate Resource Planning (ERP) software in Turkey. And the sample group is comprised of all Apparel Companies using e-MOR.This study utilized the questionnaire method as its data gathering tool. The questionnaire is made up of two sections and 22 questions aimed at determining the demographical features of companies and questions about the e-MOR system. A reliability analysis was carried out for the questionnaire form, which was then applied to the companies, asking for responses of each question in the questionnaire from authorized unit officials in the company. Descriptive statistical applications were carried out on data obtained from the questionnaires using the SPSS software with the purpose of achieving the results.According to the results of the study, it is observed that product stock level decreased by %100 in the firms using E-Mor TM. The problems such as high cost, difficulties for troubleshooting, the risk of making mistake for the users, the decrease on business are the disadvantages of E-Mor TM software.The benefits of E-Mor TM for firms have been investigated and it is observed that the software accelerates the information flow rate, develops the quality of data, increases the interaction of the firms, develops the management of order, eases the production planning and accelerates the production.ERP software is usually used by the large scale firms. Most of the firms in our country are medium and small scale firms. When the competition environment and the productivity of medium and small scale firms are considered, this software should be encouraged for using in medium and small scale firms.