Computer Engineering and Intelligent Systems www.iiste.org ISSN 2222-1719 (Paper) ISSN 2222-2863 (Online) Vol.4, No.13, 2013 48 . Development of an Enterprise Resource Planning System for Information Coordination in Higher Institutions Oyerinde I. M 1* Olabiyisi S. O 1,2 1. Department of Physical Sciences, Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Nigeria 2. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Nigeria * E-mail of the corresponding author: iretiogo12@yahoo.com ABSTRACT This paper presents a development of an enterprise resource planning system for information coordination amongst staff members in higher institutions. Presently, the mode of information dissemination in most institutions is manual which makes information slow, time consuming and unsecured. This in turn causes late action being taken on information. Cascade style sheet (CSS), Adobe Dreamweaver Cascading Style 4 Editor, HTML and the Java Script were used for the web page design, and the Adobe framework for graphics. PHP was used for the web development to produce dynamic pages. The database was designed using MySQL and Navicat. The result of the evaluation returned the following values: 3.83, 4.05, and 3.41 for the SDR, SRI and SEU respectively on a Likert-type rating scale of 1 to 5. This system focused on dissemination of information by electronic means in Higher Institutions. 1. Introduction Higher institutions need more flexibility to adapt to the volatile, constantly changing needs and requirements inherent in today’s educational environment. But access to timely, complete, and accurate information has been made nearly impossible and a resource-intensive because of the complex, dispersed environments and cultures at most institutions of higher education. Information technology has become a necessary component in any organisation with increasing strategic significance. The modern Information Technology service needs to be both proactive and reactive and its emphasis changes from being merely an enabler of services to also being a driver of change. Also, the demand for various approaches to learning and teaching, improved access for staff and student computing and internationalization requires a technical and network infrastructures, which allow the University to be an attractive and competitive place to work and study. (Dieter, K., 2008) Enterprise Resource Planning is a strategic activity for planning and monitoring all of the resources of a manufacturing company, including that of manufacturing, marketing, finance, and engineering functions (Rao, S.S., 2000).The framework of an Enterprise Resource Planning System developed based on the project life cycle approach, in which the ERP implementation project goes through different phases before it goes live.