Hidalgo Navarro, AntonioAlbors Garrigós, JoséGómez, Luis2014-03-102014-03-102011-012160-5912https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/36362When a firm decides to implement ERP softwares, the resulting consequences can pervade all levels, includ- ing organization, process, control and available information. Therefore, the first decision to be made is which ERP solution must be adopted from a wide range of offers and vendors. To this end, this paper describes a methodology based on multi-criteria factors that directly affects the process to help managers make this de- cision. This methodology has been applied to a medium-size company in the Spanish metal transformation sector which is interested in updating its IT capabilities in order to obtain greater control of and better infor- mation about business, thus achieving a competitive advantage. The paper proposes a decision matrix which takes into account all critical factors in ERP selection.16Reconocimiento (by)ERPInformation TechnologiesMetal Transformation SectorBusiness ProcessesReengineering ProcessesINGENIERIA AGROFORESTALORGANIZACION DE EMPRESASArtículo10.4236/iim.2011.31001Abierto2160-5920