A smart city is an urban development vision to integrate information through Enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions in a secure fashion to manage a city's assets-the city's assets include, but not limited to, local departments information systems, schools, libraries, transportation systems, hospitals, power plants, water supply networks, waste management, law enforcement, and other community services. The goal of building a smart city is to improve quality of life by using technology to

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... prove the efficiency of services and meet residents' needs. This paper discusses issues concerning the implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software specifically at Kaka Halwai Sweet Centre, Pune. The paper looks at various examples of implementation and identifies several common traits that are present amongst all successful attempts. For any ERP implementation, a business needs to conduct a thorough analysis of its own core operations. This process helps the company to prioritize areas for improvement as well as determining what the ERP should be used for. A risk assessment is then made surrounding the ERP. If the benefits of implementation outweigh the cost, the next step of the implementation cycles should be preceded. Realistic benchmarks and achievable goals need to be clearly defined and discussed with the management. The progress and budget of the ERP project should be closely monitored. Often failing implementation examples have shown us that project teams lose focus and go off in tangent. It is then management's responsibility to disregard the sunk costs and assess whether the project should be continue. Lastly, other factors such as post implementation issues and involvement of external parties are the major concern in ERP implementation as an initiative of smart city.