Sap Summary
INTEGRATED CASE STUDY
ACC 4291
Group Case Summary:
“SAP for ATLAM”
Prepared By : Mohd Asyraf bin Mohd Adi Firdaus Tan 0812889 Masita bt Abu Bakar 0921714 Siti Mariam Zaharim 0829174
Section : 3
Instructor : Mdm. Norhayati Mohd Alwi
Date : 26th November 2012
1. Synopsis
Akademi Teknikal Laut Malaysia (ATLAM) has been established on 15 August 1981 as to train and prepare Malaysian for maritime industry which was located in Melaka and Terengganu. Based on the study conducted by the World Maritime University, they found out that ATLAM had a poor IT infrastructure compared to Japan and Europe. It is due to ATLAM was using a customized single-user system which was merely for accounting entries and cannot provide financial reports. As ATLAM had become a subsidiary of PETRA Group of Company since 1997, they took this as an opportunity for them to enhance their IT facilities by implementing a new accounting system so called SAP (Systems, Application and Products). Although it was very costly, it comprises various functions of an organization. As a result, the Finance and Accounts Manager of ATLAM, Zulkifli, has been asked to review the plan of implementation the SAP in ATLAM and decide whether they can upgrade their accounting system. 2. The Protagonist
The protagonist or the decision maker in this case is Zulkifli Osman, who is Finance and Accounts Manager of Akademi Teknikal Laut Malaysia (ATLAM) since 1995. 3. The Main Problem
ATLAM’s vision was to become a leader in maritime education and training. However, the accounting system used by ATLAM seems to be obsolete because the old single user system used by ATLAM before cannot produce the financial reports automatically and produce the decision efficiently. ATLAM was a wholly owned organization of MICT Berhad then had been asked to upgrade its accounting system with the PETRA group-wide SAP system. The decision to implement
ACC 4291
Group Case Summary:
“SAP for ATLAM”
Prepared By : Mohd Asyraf bin Mohd Adi Firdaus Tan 0812889 Masita bt Abu Bakar 0921714 Siti Mariam Zaharim 0829174
Section : 3
Instructor : Mdm. Norhayati Mohd Alwi
Date : 26th November 2012
1. Synopsis
Akademi Teknikal Laut Malaysia (ATLAM) has been established on 15 August 1981 as to train and prepare Malaysian for maritime industry which was located in Melaka and Terengganu. Based on the study conducted by the World Maritime University, they found out that ATLAM had a poor IT infrastructure compared to Japan and Europe. It is due to ATLAM was using a customized single-user system which was merely for accounting entries and cannot provide financial reports. As ATLAM had become a subsidiary of PETRA Group of Company since 1997, they took this as an opportunity for them to enhance their IT facilities by implementing a new accounting system so called SAP (Systems, Application and Products). Although it was very costly, it comprises various functions of an organization. As a result, the Finance and Accounts Manager of ATLAM, Zulkifli, has been asked to review the plan of implementation the SAP in ATLAM and decide whether they can upgrade their accounting system. 2. The Protagonist
The protagonist or the decision maker in this case is Zulkifli Osman, who is Finance and Accounts Manager of Akademi Teknikal Laut Malaysia (ATLAM) since 1995. 3. The Main Problem
ATLAM’s vision was to become a leader in maritime education and training. However, the accounting system used by ATLAM seems to be obsolete because the old single user system used by ATLAM before cannot produce the financial reports automatically and produce the decision efficiently. ATLAM was a wholly owned organization of MICT Berhad then had been asked to upgrade its accounting system with the PETRA group-wide SAP system. The decision to implement