Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) : A Case Study of Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego's Project Carrillo

This thesis examines the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) pilot implementation conducted at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego (SSC-SD), the first of four Department of the Navy (DON) pilot implementations. Specifically, comparisons are drawn between both successful and unsuccessful ERP implementations within private sector organizations and that of SSC-SD. Any commonalities in implementation challenges could be applied to future ERP implementations in both the DON and Department of Defense (DOD). The findings are based in part upon interviews and data collected. From the comparison, commonalities exist in ERP implementation challenges between private sector organizations and SSC-SD. Additionally the management techniques used to mitigate those challenges are similar. Finally, due to SSC-SD's financial management structure and appropriated funding constraints, unique obstacles were identified during the implementation. These unique obstacles will be encountered by other Working Capital Funded (WCF) organizations planning to implement ERP on the same scale as SSC-SD. This thesis supports that the implementation of ERP at SSC-SD was a success based on industry comparisons, the goals of Project Cabrillo's business case analysis (ECA), and its Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Act compliancy assessment, January 2002.Naval Postgraduate School Monterey CA is the author of 'Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) : A Case Study of Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego's Project Carrillo', published 2002 under ISBN 9781423507246 and ISBN 142350724X.