Implementación de ERP, ¿una solución verdadera en CIAT?

Abstract

The case is about how 10 years ago CIAT faced a series of changes, which were originated by reviews that took place every five years by a group of experts on the research center mandates. This review was applied as a special audit that generated a strategic diagnosis with suggested and mandatory topics that had to be obeyed and implemented by the center. CIAT is an international agricultural research institution that is part of a group of 15 research centers around the world. In the constant pursuit of scientific development to support growth and improvements at the farm level, as well as a change in conditions and global factors, a new strategy was adopted for project administration following the suggestions of the experts. At that time, CIAT adopted new strategies supported by the implementation of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) information system, which supported the needs of information management and efficient workflow within the organization, facing a number of administrative changes, cultural, and alignment with the goals of the center. Today, CIAT again faces a similar challenge, which tests the entire organization, this time with an added ingredient that is integrating its processes and information with other research centers that make up the CGIAR, using lessons learned from past experience.