The definitions of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) vary from country to country and industry to industry, each country or region has their own definition which depends on who defines it and where is utilized. SMEs play an essential role in most economies, particularly in developing countries. Many large enterprises depend on SMEs (Startups) for their supply chain; thus, SMEs need to adopt Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) systems more and more. Since ERP system adoption is a challenging project in SMEs, the main purpose of this article is to propose an ERP implementation roadmap for SMEs. This work proposes a road map for ERP implementation in SMEs. It consists of three major stages and eight phases. The paper concludes that even though ERP is important to SMEs, its implementation is challenging, and organizations must prepare adequately to get it right.

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The implementation of ERP projects is a specific case of information system projects that require modifying pre-produced software according to the condition specified for an organization to fulfill particular benefits. ERP systems adoption is a complicated, lengthy, risky, and costly process for all sizes of organizations that usually faces critical failures and challenges. Especially for SMEs with limited capabilities and resources, they lack the experience of requirement specification and ERP implementation. This failure could be costly and may cause corporate bankruptcy. This study proposes a Risk Diagnosing Methodology for implementing ERP projects in SMEs (RDMERP). The proposed methodology is systematic and a global road to proactively identify, assess, analyze, and treat the various risks associated with any ERP implementation through all the phases for protecting the SMEs’ assets and mission and meeting the ERP project objectives.

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