International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) ISSN (Online): 2319-7064 Index Copernicus Value (2015): 78.96 | Impact Factor (2015): 6.391 Volume 6 Issue 2, February 2017 www.ijsr.net Licensed Under Creative Commons Attribution CC BY An Architectural Framework for the implementation of ERP using Cloud Computing in SMEs: A Literature Survey Dr. Sarvjit Singh Bhatia 1 , Dr. Anurag Rai 2 , Harsimran Kaur 3 1 Assistant Professor, PG Department of Computer Science, GSSDGS Khalsa College, Patiala-147001, Punjab, India 2 Dean College of Engineering, Roorkee-247667, Uttarakhand, India 3 Ph.D. Scholar, Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehradun-248007, Uttarakhand, India Abstract: Cloud computing has become one of the fastest growing segments of the IT industry in the present scenario. In the wake of this, cloud based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems have emerged as an alternative to traditional ERPs. These systems require low upfront investments and can rapidly be deployed, as they are provided over the cloud. In this study we seek to unravel cloud ERP adoption by identifying and classifying opportunities and concerns often associated with cloud ERPs with respect to company size. Our results show that SMEs, and in particular small companies, can best exploit cloud ERPs as many of the benefits are more relevant for them. ERP implementation and its critical issues, success factors and implementation problems have been investigated in the past but they are not filtered comprehensively in terms of the selection of the best CSPs. This paper presents a new feature based taxonomy which facilitates the process of cloud product selection by prioritization. It proposes a new mechanism for the selection of the cloud which sorts the cloud products according to the customer’s needs and requirements. Keywords: ERP; cloud computing; CSPs; SMEs; QoS 1. Introduction Cloud based ERP is one of the advanced paradigm in Information and Communications Technology (ICT). It is a blend of technology and business process. According to the Wikipedia definition, ERP includes a wide range of different activities that lead to improved performance of an organization and all data and processes of an organization are collected in a single system. Now a days, organizations have three ERP deployment strategies: on-premise, hosting and on-demand (SaaS). The different tools available under the cloud computing provides the lowest cost working environment and is suitable for the developing economy. The huge amount of research is going on to integrate the ERP with cloud. In the present scenario many organizations today are turning to the cloud based ERP systems in their business. There are many reasons of choosing the cloud based ERP. Some of these reasons are:  Becoming more complex, and challenging to manage the ERP.  Not to buy the servers, in-house software development and not to hire the skilled IT professionals.  Top management doesn't want to spend it on traditional ERP system.  Organizations have complex ERP system need something easier and more economical. Cloud based ERP systems are the hardware and software systems that support the core processes in the business process. Cloud services have been recently the ultimate solution for companies seeking to achieve both efficiency and cost cutting. The pool of Cloud Service Providers (CSP) largely available globally. Now, it becomes a challenge for the SMEs to select a suitable CSP that meet the requirements of the organizations. Building high Quality cloud applications becomes an immediately required research problem in cloud computing technology. Non-functional performance of cloud services is generally described by Quality-of-Service (QoS). To acquire QoS values, real- world usage of service are generally required. At this time, there is no framework that can allow users to estimate cloud services and rank them based on their QoS values. The aim of the present paper it to build a framework and a mechanism that measures the quality and ranks cloud services for the users. 2. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) is the information system about the management of the enterprise, which is developed on information technology and systematic management thinking, decision-making for businesses and employees to run the means to provide decision management platform, and it can integrate all resources of enterprise. It is an integrated computer based application used to manage internal and external resources, including tangible assets, financial resources, materials, and human resources. By ERP software, we can integrate the material, production, supply, marketing, financial and related logistics, information flow, manage flow, cash flow, value flow, and others, to achieve resource optimization & sharing. ERP is suitable for all the three levels of Management i.e. strategical, tactical and operational level. Now a days, ERP can be applied to any type of organization, operating in any kind of field. Cloud Computing Cloud Computing is a new computing paradigm. It is an online service by which hardware and software services are delivered to customers depending upon their requirements and pay as an operating expense without incurring high cost. Basically cloud computing is a set of services that provide Paper ID: ART2017513 DOI: 10.21275/ART2017513 11