Mohammad AL-KACHROUM, Riyad Mnla MOHAMMAD, Sandra AL-AZWAR

THE ROLE OF ENTERPRISE RESOURCES PLANNING (ERP) IN REDUCING ENTERPRISE COST AND IMPROVING THE QUALITY "AN APPLIED STUDY ON THE SYRIAN FOOD COMPANIES"

Depending on the descriptive and analytical approach to address the issue, through the review and analysis of scientific references and periodicals related to it. We try by this study to know the effect between acquaintance of Enterprise Resources Planning ( ERP ) and the enterprise cost and quality, through delivering the questionnaire , unloading, analysis and interpretation of results. by the end of study we found the items of sample have good acquaintance in ERP concept , also theire realization of ERP reflects on cost & quality in good level . in addition to There is a direct impact for cquaintance in ERP concept on quality & cost axis .To achieve the research goal we designed questionnaire according to the research variables, and was distributed to the (111) food companies in Syria. Using the method of multiple regression of a package of statistical programs (SPSS.18.0).

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ERP(Enterprise Resources Planning) –Improving- Cost-TQM

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