office in each major European market. Currently‚ the company operates stand-alone information systems in each of these plants‚ distribution centers‚ and sales offices. So‚ information sharing across these functions or organizations becomes an obstacle and results in inconsistent information being shared. Whirlpool Europe is considering implementing Project Atlantic‚ an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system‚ to allow the smooth flow of information across the entire organization‚ thus improving operating
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In the implementation of SAP ERP‚ it is evident that transforming to a new method of operation and change in culture of people are complex processes. That always needs proper planning and successful change management. Whenever the individuals in an organization forced to adjust to shifting conditions‚ pain is ever present. Maximum of the organizations overestimate how much they can force huge changes in the organization‚ and they underestimate how tough it is to drive individuals out of their comfort
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BUSINESS CASES FOR ERP IMPLEMENTATIONS NORA AL-TWAIRESH‚ ABDULLAH S. AL-MUDIMIGH Department of Computer Sciences‚ College of Computer & Information Sciences King Saud University‚ Riyadh Department of Information Systems‚ College of Computer and Information Sciences King Saud University‚ Riyadh E-mail: twairesh@ksu.edu.sa mudimigh@ksu.edu.sa ABSTRACT The rising expenses of information systems and their growing importance to organizations have made the justification of projects increasingly critical
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APPLICATION OF THE VRINE MODEL IN THE ANALYSIS OF CISCO SYSTEMS‚ INC. Introduction Cisco’s acquisition of more than 115 companies since 1993 could have meant a significant challenge for integrating networks and other IT elements. Instead‚ Cisco IT has developed a standard set of principles and processes to help accomplish these integrations rapidly‚ consistently‚ and with minor disruption. Cisco IT continuously improves its integration expertise by applying the standards to each new acquisition
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Device Interface IP Address Subnet Mask VLAN 1 255.255.255.0 VLAN 1 255.255.255.0 NIC 255.255.255.0 NIC 255.255.255.0 Objectives Configure hostnames and IP addresses on two Cisco Internetwork Operating System (IOS) switches using the command-line interface (CLI). Use Cisco IOS commands to specify or limit access to the device configurations. Use IOS commands to save the running configuration. Configure two host devices with IP addresses. Verify connectivity between
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ITSY/0059 CO PY IBS Center for Management Research ERP Implementation Failure at Hershey Foods Corporation D O N O T This case was written by P. Indu‚ under the direction of Vivek Gupta‚ IBS Center for Management Research. It was compiled from published sources‚ and is intended to be used as a basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a management situation. 2008‚ IBS Center for Management Research. All rights
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Development of an ERP System BSA/400 SR-rm-003 Development of an ERP System Riordan Manufacturing Inc. is a global plastics manufacturer that was founded in 1991 and employs 550 people. They have since expanded to three locations in the U.S. and one in China. Due to these expansions the company is now experiencing communication and processing issues. Each system needs to be connected to the others in order to improve the tracking and productivity as well as communication between systems. We have been
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Cisco Meraki products are leader in cloud-managed and cloud-based solutions in the last decade. They provide a high level of security with the two-factor authentication method as well as out-of-band architecture (with HIPAA/PCI compliant). Besides‚ Cisco Meraki devices are trustworthy in terms of the reliability (99.99% on SLA) and the implemented Available Redundant Architecture. The various security tools to prevent from unusual outsider activities and security assurance regarding backup and storage
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TS Group ERP Systems Decision Dale Hogeland Walden University July 17‚ 2011 Abstract This paper is an attempt to understand why TS Group chose JDE over SAP‚ SYSPRO‚ and Microsoft Dynamics. Within this paper all four ERP products (JDE‚ SAP‚ SYSPRO and Microsoft Dynamics) are evaluated for their strengths and weaknesses. From this evaluation a hypothesis is made as to why TS Group preferred the JDE ERP system. Considering any consultants available for these products‚ an argument is presented
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Case Study: Nestle ERP implementation Background Nestle is a multinational company based on Switzerland‚ was establish long ago in 1866 by Henri nestle which supplies different kinds of food products. Over the period nestle has grown as one of the big company. Nestle USA is a part of nestle company‚ having seven business divisions: beverage‚ confection and snacks‚ food service‚ foreign trade‚ nutrition‚ prepared food and sales. Some of Its popular products in USA were: Alpo‚ Nescafe‚ Tasters choice
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