RESEARCH ON FACTORS AFFECTING THE APPLICATION OF ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM (ERP) IN TEXTILE AND GARMENT INDUSTRY IN VIETNAM

Tóm tắt

In the 4.0 revolution industry, developed countries have applied enterprise resources planning, which
aggregates all data from different processes and store it in a centralized database allowing the use of
information in a variety of ways for managers. However, in Vietnam, specifically textile companies, ERP is
much less applied. After researching and studying the characteristics of Vietnamese textile companies, the
author finds that the application of Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) is likely to be the appropriate method
to bring significant benefits to businesses, especially textile manufacturers. The objectives of the study are
determining factors and the level of impact of each factor on the application of ERP systems in textile
enterprises in Vietnam. Six factors that affect the application of ERP in Vietnam textile companies by
Regression Model have been found out, including support from senior management, effective project
management, change management, support from consulting companies, training, and users. All factors have
a positive impact on the successful application of ERP. The influence level of factors in order of decreasing
importance: support from senior management, effective project management, change management, support
from consulting firms, training, and user. From that, it can be concluded that the factor “Support from senior
management” has the greatest influence on the successful application of the ERP system in the textile
industry in Vietnam and the “User” factor has the least amount of influence. The most influential of the six
factors analyzed for the successful application of the ERP system to the textile industry in Vietnam. According
to Tabachnick and Fidell, for multivariate regression analysis, the minimum sample size (N) to be achieved is
calculated by the formula: N = 50 + 8*m (m is the number of independent factors). In this study, there are 6
independent factors, so the minimum number of samples will be: N = 50 + 8*6 = 98 (sample). After screening the total obtained surveys, removing invalid surveys (same answers from beginning to end, leaving
many questions blank), the sample size for the analysis is 108 samples. This paper has summarized some
personal characteristics from the results collected from 108 survey samples as follows: Regarding the ERP
software used by textile and garment enterprises in Vietnam, 3 ERP system providers account for the largest
market. The major market share is SAP (45.4%), Oracle (34.3%), Microsoft Dynamic (11.1%), and the rest are
other software (9.2%). Based on the research results, some solutions can be offered to enhance the successful
applicability of ERP in Vietnamese textile companies.