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Middle and small sized enterprises in Korea are encountering ever faster change and bigger crisis than ever before in their IMF depression. In this difficult social era, we can think ERP(Enterprise Resource Planning) as a new strategy for overcoming the crisis. ERP system is an information technology implementation of Manufacturing, Logistics, Distribution, Human Resources, Accounting and whole business functions of an enterprise, and it`s an enterprise-wide global solution. This is not an approach from mere information technology view, but from the business strategical point of coordinating information technology and business. According to Gartner Group report, more than 40 % of all enterprises in the world will change their current information systems into ERP systems, and the group expects 50% growth for the next five years, and 20∼30 % average growth per year. At the time of continuous growth of ERP adoption in Korean enterprises, it is very important to select the most appropriate ERP packages for the enterprise. In addition to that, the absolute support of the top executives is crucial, and appropriate adoption of advanced and developed business processes by employing well-experienced consultant is also very important. In these situations described above, this paper will analyze the result and effect after ERP system construction, by analyzing K-Electronics as a model company, which adopted SAPR/3, the most widely used ERP software suited to client/server computing environment, and recognized as the exclusive possession of big enterprises.