MSc in Information Systems

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Students enrolled in the MSc in Information Systems programme are required to submit a thesis as a compulsory component of their degree requirements. This collection contains merit-based theses submitted by postgraduate students specialising in Information Systems. Abstracts are available for public viewing, while the full texts can be accessed on-site within the library.
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    Resolving the Challenges Faced While Adapting to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) in Sales Organizations
    (SLIIT, 2025-12) Welagedara, H. M. A. N.
    This study investigates the factors impacting ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) adaptation at DIMO (Diesel and Motor Engineering Company), a Sri Lankan corporation that just switched from a legacy system to a new ERP platform. As a result of switching to new ERP, Employees are struggling a lot to adjust to the new ERP. This makes the transition difficult. Observing these problems, the study identified four essential characteristics that influence ERP adaptation as user training, support desk efficiency, top management support, and user participation. This criterion was identified through a review of existing research and the related studies. This research was performed according to the Sri Lanka context. A quantitative method was used to examine the impact of user training, support desk efficiency, top management support, and user participation towards ERP adaptation. So the data collected via a standardized questionnaire which was issued to a sample of DIMO personnel. This questionnaire was used to identify the impact of all identified factors towards ERP adaptation via a quantitative manner. The study's goal is to identify the association between user training, support desk efficiency, top management support, and user participation towards ERP adaptation in Sri Lankan context. This is focused to gain insight into how each element influences the system change. Finally, to aid the ERP adaptation process, a Microsoft Power Automate support structure was developed to give additional assistance. This study delivers the impact of identified factors towards ERP adaptation at DIMO. Additionally, this research will be helpful other comparable firms in Sri Lanka who are confronting ERP transition.
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    Explore the Scope to Implement Intelligent Enterprise Resource Planning (I-ERP) System in Business Processes
    (2021-09) Senarathna, D.M.I.P.
    Businesses are known to invest a significant capacity of their funds towards the implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) as well as Business Intelligence (BI) systems in order to gain a sustainable competitive edge, to be in par with the advantages that the latest technological advancements are able to provide and to ensure the smooth running of their work processes. In today’s challenging economic environment contained by the context of complicated BI and ERP, these techniques have become key strategical tools, which promptly influences the success of any software project implementation. Not much attention has been given to the integration of “Business Intelligence and Enterprise Resource Planning” which was convert form the traditional ERP system to an Intelligent-ERP system. A few experiments had been conducted in some organizations but most of the projects did not see a conclusion towards a successful integration or completion of the project due to various challenges faced during the implementation process. This research attempts to evaluate and assess the implementation of an Intelligent Enterprise Resource Planning (I-ERP) System in business processes in the company Norlanka Manufacturing Colombo Limited in Sri Lanka; in order to increase efficiency of business processes and use human knowledge effectively for decision making activities and to overcome business related issues such as repetitive and tedious work processes, increased costs and unproductivity. The main methodology that was utilized in this thesis was a primary method that utilized surveys to obtain information from 145 employees working in Norlanka. Using the SPSS tool, the data was analyzed using a number of statistical methods such as correlation, frequencies, descriptive and inferential analysis and the findings revealed that there was a significant link between the independent variables, business values, user engagement, user adoption, operational costs, operational efficiency with the dependent variable implementation of I-ERP in Norlanka. Furthermore, recommendations included, ensuring a change management team is in place, making sure top-level management and other key stakeholders were actively involved and the aspect of customization was considered according to the organization’s aim, objectives and scope.