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Engineering Management Field Project

Critical Success Factors In Implementing SAP ERP Software

By Anil Bhagwani

Fall Semester, 2009

An EMGT Field Project report submitted to the Engineering Management Program and the Faculty of the Graduate School of The University of Kansas in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master’s of Science

____________________________ Herb Tuttle Committee Chairperson ____________________________ Diana Fiddick Committee Member ____________________________ Michael M. Katzman Committee Member

Date accepted:____________________________

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to thank Herb Tuttle, my EMGT program advisor and the chairperson of the advisory committee for his guidance and support without which this work would have not been possible. I would like to thank my committee members Diana Fiddick and Michael Katzman for their valuable feedback and guidance. I would like to sincerely acknowledge the opportunity given by Rhett Tindall – CIO AMP/NBRC group to work and gain real time experience in IT field. I am thankful to Nisha Bhagchandani IT Manager – AMP/NBRC group for her valuable feedback throughout the project. Special thanks go to my employer’s Corning Frequency Control and Legacy Technologies for financially supporting my Engineering Management studies at University of Kansas.

EMGT Field Project – Anil Bhagwani

University of Kansas 

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ............................................................................................................. 2  EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................. 5  ACRONYMS ................................................................................................................................... 6 ...