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The present paper is the thesis of the undergraduate student Bouronikos Marios within the requirements of obtaining his diploma from Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki. This paper is entitled: “A linguistic approach to ERP Systems”. The reason why this thesis is structured, is the studying of ERP Systems and the referring to the reasons that make them necessary in an enterprise. The meaning of ERP Systems as well as their main characteristics and their goals in an enterprise are being described. There’s a reference to the different criteria and methods that the enterprises use, in order to choose the best ERP System which covers their needs. Furthermore, we mention the adoption of ERP Systems by Greek enterprises and the result that these systems have in the Greek market. It’s also being described the collaboration of ERP Systems with other systems and applications, and the influence they have on enterprises and their business partners. For example, systems like CRM (Customer Relationship Management) and SCM (Supply Chain Management), applications like e-Business, the internet. Finally, we refer to the problems that the enterprises face because of the ERP Systems adoption, during their installation and/or after the end of it.