| Case Analysis – CISCO Systems | | | | | | 1. How have Cisco’s channels evolved in the last 10 - 15 years? Why have they evolved that way? What does the future look like? Cisco is the leader in the switches and router market. Cisco was described as a classic start-up fairy tale. Indirect sales and distribution through resellers was responsible for the small percentage of products delivered in the early 1990s. Cisco model was praised as a successful indirect sales and
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Minicase 1. ERP helps productivity at Northern Digital Inc. 1. For a small company like NDI‚ why is an ERP better than SCM applications? ERP’s major objective is to integrate all departments and functional information flows across a company onto a single computer system that can serve all of the enterprise’s needs while SCM software focuses on planning‚ optimization and decision-making processes in segments of the supply chain. ERP is also a cost saving application as it can be leased (in our
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E-business: Traditional ERP systems take care of internal value chain (i.e.‚ within a company) whereas e-businesses establish the value chain across the market and the industries. So‚ it is necessary for the organizations a more efficient ERP system under E-business. More and more organizations construct their systems’ architectures by integrating ERP systems with e-business. They use Web based interface (corporate portals) with outside entities plus add-on modules such as CRM‚ SCM‚ etc
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Overlooking the purpose of the ERP system. 2. Lack of commitment from top management. 3. Poor ERP system selection. 4. Poor project management. 5. Inaccurate data. 6. Ignoring user reluctance for new applications. 7. IT staff implementation issues. 8. Unrealistic expectations. The CEO must be the custodian of ERP debate over who should serve as guardian over an organisation’s ERP can be settled with one answer - the Chief Executive Officer. My ERP is not integrated and I
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Routing the Path to End-To-End Communication An Analysis of Cisco Systems and how the use of Information Technology gave them a Competitive Advantage Mira Vissell ISM 158 Business Analysis Paper March 4th‚ 2004 Table of Contents Objective Section I: Industry Summary: An Analysis of Network Equipment Industry A. Industry Profile B. Competitive Strategies within the Industry C. Porter Model Evaluation of Industry Forces D. Globalization of the Industry E. Importance of Information
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logistics industry benefited from using Enterprise Resource Planning system‚ SAP software‚ we found the following. • Improved communication The communication between partners of the company and within the company had improved • Increase in profits Increase in profit by reducing expenditure and increase in sales • Better security The business data is centralize‚ consolidating separate security systems into a one structure • More accurate information The data/information
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Rolls-Royce – implementing ERP system and overcome issues Yasuf‚ Y‚ Gunasekaran‚ A & Abthorpe‚ M 2004‚ ‘Enterprise information systems project implementation: A case study of ERP in Rolls-Royce‚ International Journal of Production Economics‚ vol. 87‚ no. 3‚ pp. 251-266. Rolls Royce came into private sector in 1987 and became a partner with Northern Engineering Industries in 1989‚ after this year Rolls Royce show the capabilities of industrial power. Currently the Company holds number one
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Cisco Systems [pic] Networking the Internet Revolution Brandi Martin brandi@ucsc.edu Table of Contents Paper Objective Section 1: The Network Equipment Industry A. Industry Profile B. Competitive Strategies within the Industry C. Porter Model Evaluation of Industry Forces D. Globalization of the Industry E. Importance of Information Technology to the Industry Section II: Company Perspective:
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Explain the conditions or circumstances that would lead a company to use the IWM features available within SAP ERP. What capabilities does IWM add to the features available within the Sales and Distribution‚ Materials Management‚ and Production Planning and Execution areas of SAP ERP? The conditions and circumstances that would lead a company to use the IWM features available within SAP ERP are due to increased cost pressure‚ higher customer expectations‚ shorter cycles of innovation and high differentiation
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1. What are the challenges faced by Cisco in introducing a major product like Viking? 1-1 Time to market pressure There is only one year for Cisco to launch the Viking product to market with low cost. Otherwise‚ the market share might loss. However‚ it is about 3 to 5 years for Cisco to launch a high-end product. To meet such tighten schedule‚ it’s imperative for Cisco team to perform a very collaborative operation and concurrent engineering in whole supply chain and NPI phase 1-2 Cost pressure
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