The company must ensure that the benefits outweigh the costs and a serious commitment must be made to successfully implement the system. According to a Meta Group study, among 63 companies surveyed implementing an ERP system, the average cost was $15 million, with a high of $300 million and a low of $400,000. The study also showed that it took 8 months after integrating the system (31 months total) to see any benefits (Stevenson, p...