EVOLUTION OF ERP MARKET IN ROMANIA DURING THE CRISIS

The paper aims to analyze the evolution and use of integrated ERP systems on the Romanian market during the crisis. In the context of the more developed markets as in Romania like those in France, Germany and Austria but also in Poland, Czech Republic or Russia, which shows clear signs of a sustained demand for complex business solutions, ERP domestic market remains stagnant or slightly oscillates around the same values and no signs of recovery before 2014. Thus, according to PAC studies (market analysis company Pierre Audoin Consultants) in 2009, the local ERP market demand, decreased much stronger than on the entire market for software and IT services in Romania. In 2012, only 105 million euro were invested for new or the maintenance of ERP projects already implemented in previous years, proves that Romania has one of the worst appetites of Europe, reflecting the functioning of the economy and of the public sector but also of the default public administration. While in most countries in Europe, public administration accelerates adoption of ERP solutions with processes and functionalities already developed and important references, Romania still prefer to develop specific systems, sometimes around general ERP modules, without real references in the field.