Abstract
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to frame next‐generation enterprise systems (ES).Design/methodology/approachThe model is based on a retrospective analysis of the evolution of enterprise systems, enterprise resource planning (ERP) research and emerging business requirements.FindingsThe paper proposes a conceptual framework for extended enterprise resource planning (ERP II). The aim of this model is to compile present ES concepts into a comprehensive outline of ERP II, thus composing a generic map and taxonomy for corporate‐wide enterprise systems.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper concludes that the ERP research needs to broaden its perspective in order to accommodate itself to the new issues of next‐generation enterprise systems.Practical implicationsThe model is seen as a first step towards a tool to analyse and design complex enterprise systems architecture.Originality/valueThis paper is the first attempt to formalize and capture the ERP II concept and the next‐generation enterprise systems.
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