چکیده (انگلیسی):

This study identifies and evaluates certain critical pitfalls in the acquisition phase of ERP adoption in Small
and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and develops a model for evaluating the risk of failure. On the acquisition
stage a set of risks has been identified based on past research work and each of these risks have been
explained through a set of well-defined risk factors or pitfalls. An evaluation model based on the concept of
Fuzzy Petri Nets (FPN) is proposed in this study. FPN is used because it is simple and efficient and can
quantitatively evaluate the risks inherent in the acquisition stage of ERP adoption by SMEs.