Memo To: Todd Foley From: Joel Greggain Re: Investment Recommendation for Centagenetix Date: April 23‚ 2001 Todd‚ After looking over the material regarding Centagenetix‚ I have a recommendation as to whether or not MPM should invest in Centagenetix. I realize that we have spent a great deal of time and resources on this project already‚ and that Harvard Medical School is anticipating that this deal will go forward. I also realize that backing out of the deal now could reflect badly upon MPM
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Tammy MacLean November 16‚ 2011 Cisco Systems (2001): Building and Sustaining a Customer-Centric Culture Introduction/General Problem Statement: Doug Allred was Vice President of Customer Advocacy organization of the Cisco’s corporation. This organization was erected to consolidated all functions that directly touched the customer but sales to provide high-quality customer service. Since August 2001‚ the IT market turned down and brought severe challenges to Cisco as the company had to lay off 18%
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enterprise-wide projects are often avoided by managers for fear of failure. No one wanted to go to the Board of Directors to request the funding without sound business justification. Until the system outage occurred‚ it would have been more challenging to develop a compelling business case to replace all systems and spend $15 million doing so. Essentially‚ managers are afraid to take the risk to lead a multi-million dollar project because if they fail‚ they can lose their jobs. But‚ if they succeed
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Case # 9-301-056 Cisco Systems: Web-enablement When John Chambers assumed the CEO position‚ he outlined some very specific objectives for Cisco’s future success. His plans included creating a one-stop shop for business networks by creating a comprehensive product line‚ to make acquisitions an efficient business process‚ to create industry-wide software standards for networking‚ and to choose the right strategic partners. All of these efforts would change the way companies and industries
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Introduction Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems evolve from the “ancient” stand-alone Legacy systems to replace or reform them. American Production and Inventory Control Society (2001) defines ERP as an “accounting system” for “effective planning and controlling of all the resources needed to take‚ make‚ ship and account for customer orders in a manufacturing‚ distribution or service company”. ERP system creates values for the enterprises because successful implementation enhances the
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Evolution of ERP Systems Content Word Count: 1558 1. Introduction This research paper aims to discuss the evolution of ERP systems‚ the major stages in the evolution process‚ as well as the structure and features of an ERP system. It will also briefly look at the major vendors in the ERP market and how technology has changed the way companies implement their ERP systems. 2. Legacy Systems Legacy systems are generally thought of as older‚ highly modified computer systems or applications
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Logistics INDIVIDUAL CASE REPORT Cisco Systems Inc.: The Viking Challenge Submitted to: Mr. Dave Swanston Submitted by: Vishal Gupta ID: 125821880 20th March 2013 Executive Summary Cisco Systems Inc. is a $100 B technology company which provides internet networking solution to telecommunication and broadband service provider corporations. Cisco is leader in developing the networking equipment for the industry. Cisco wants to develop a new generation
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ERP‚ which is an abbreviation for Enterprise Resource Planning‚ is principally an integration of business management practices and modern technology. Information Technology (IT) integrates with the core business processes of a corporate house to streamline and accomplish specific business objectives. Consequently‚ ERP is an amalgamation of three most important components; Business Management Practices‚ Information Technology and Specific Business Objectives. In simpler words‚ an ERP is a massivesoftware
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1. Study the networked supply chain concept as implemented by Cisco. What are its strengths and weaknesses? Cisco Systems‚ Inc. is an IT company that specializes in the selling of networking and communication products and services. It is a B2B company where they sell its products primarily to large enterprises and telecommunications service providers‚ but it also markets products designed for small businesses and consumers such as routers‚ modems‚ and home network management software. The products
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