Aquisição de software de gestão empresarial apoiada pelo método Analytic Hierarchy Process:um estudo de caso em uma grande distribuidora de peças agrícolas

Abstract

The advancement of Information and Communication Technology has required high and increasing investments in information systems and technological infrastructure. In this context, management systems are strategic for companies, because they bring with them practices, resources and functionalities capable of creating or even destroying competitive differential in companies. Thus, selecting a system appropriate to the needs and expectations of organizations is a costly, time-consuming and difficult task, since a broad set of criteria that exceed functionalities, such as support for strategic development; the costs; growth; the expansion of the business and the qualification of the supplier regarding the evolution of the product, technology, consultants and technical support, should be considered in the acquisition of the systems. This work presents a structured approach to software acquisition supported by the Analytic Hierarchy Process, whose objective is to support the acquisition of Enterprise Resource Planning systems, considering the various criteria present in these projects. Its application is demonstrated from a case study and the results achieved indicated a classification among the candidate suppliers, indicating that the presented approach has the potential to be applied in several types of organizations