In light of higher education institutions (HEIs) need to implement intelligent, innovative systems for their digital strategic transformation to stay competitive, the enterprise resource planning (ERP) system can tailor solutions to such technological problems through its integration characteristic. The present study sheds light on the emergence of enablers and inhibitors, explaining technological readiness insight for ERP adoption. The study aims to understand better ERP readiness among HEIs to ease the substantial change required for the adoption process. The findings show a profound perception of ERP systems among 112 Egyptian HEIs, demonstrating that HEIs are technologically ready for adoption. Results reveal that HEIs have positive ERP readiness, although HEIs’ managers are still uncertain and expect some ERP inhibitors. Therefore, ERP adoption is principally contingent on perceiving enablers and eliminating any inhibitors comprising ERP technological readiness. This study delivers practical verification to the higher education context by advancing ERP concepts and characteristics from the HEIs’ perspective. This study, finally, suggests that ERP adoption is beneficial for HEIs

鉴于高等教育机构（HEI）需要为其数字化战略转型实施智能，创新的系统以保持竞争力，因此企业资源计划（ERP）系统可以通过其集成特性为此类技术问题量身定制解决方案。本研究揭示了促成因素和抑制因素的出现，解释了采用ERP的技术就绪见解。这项研究旨在更好地了解HEI中的ERP准备情况，以缓解采用过程所需的实质性变化。调查结果表明，在112个埃及HEI中，ERP系统有着深刻的认识，表明HEI在技术上已为采用做好了准备。结果显示，尽管HEI的经理仍不确定并期望一些ERP抑制剂，但HEI的准备就绪程度很高。所以，ERP的采用主要取决于感知促成因素和消除任何阻碍ERP技术就绪的因素。这项研究通过从HEI的角度推进ERP概念和特性，为高等教育环境提供了实际的验证。最后，这项研究表明，采用ERP对HEI有利