Finding the best implementation strategy of integrated enterprise systems is mandatory in order to maximize the benefits from integrated IS solutions in retail industries

The implementation of SAP systems in retail organizations is an enormously complex undertaking and costly affair. There were a lot of success and failure stories implementation SAP in retail industries. At least more than 30 retail companies all over the world were success in implementing SAP partnership with IBM during last 5 years (IBM, 2010). Several world class retail that were also successed in implementing SAP. Carrefour Belgium have turned profitable helped by an aggressive pricing strategy, management supply chain and manage the franchise with implementing SAP. Coop Schweiz Swiss was success in implement SAP in areas of accounting, material management and sales. Migros Genossenschafts-bund A food retailer in Swiss helped by implement SAP in areas of managing supply chain and purchase management (SAP AG, 2006). Similarly Wallmart Global Retailer succed in implementing SAP to support growth , navigate evolving business and regulatory landscape (SAP AG,2010). Harrods one of the world’s largest department store succed in implement SAP to standardize core business process, implement automated and integrated solution, and optimize IS resources to reduce cost