Master of Business Administration - MBA Semester 3 OM0011 – Enterprise Resource Planning Assignment - Set 1 Q1. What is Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)? What are the advantages of ERP? “Enterprise Resource Planning: An accounting oriented information system for identifying and planning the enterprise-wide resources to make‚ ship and account for customer orders.” Again in Internet encyclopedia‚ it has defined as: “An enterprise planning system is an integrated computer based application
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Debacle 4 Was it Avoidable? 5 The Lessons Learned 6 Implementing SAP Apparel and Footwear Solution (AFS) 8 The Benefits 9 Exhibits 13 Keywords: Nike‚ Supply Chain Management‚ SCM‚ Software Implementation‚ Failure Enterprise Resource Planning‚ Single Instance Strategy‚ Enterprise Application Implementation‚ Nike’s Supply Chain Project‚ i2 TradeMatrix Plan Solution‚ Demand Planning‚ Business Contingency Planning. "We became a poster child for failed implementations."1 - Roland Wolfram‚ Vice-president
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Examination Paper Enterprise Resource Planning Section A: Objective Type (30 marks) • • • This section consists of Multiple Choice questions & Short Answer type questions. Answer all the questions. Part One questions carry 1 mark each & Part Two questions carry 5 marks each. MM.100 Part One: Multiple Choices: 1. Enterprise Resource Planning is a. Computer System b. Manufacturing organization c. Method of effective planning of all the resources in an organization d. None of the above 2. Enterprise Resource
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The study on social enterprises and social entrepreneurship INTRODUCTION An indifferent attitude of government and negligence towards the welfare of the society‚ their poorer strategies towards the socially disadvantage peoples‚ this led to the emergence of social enterprise and social entrepreneurship. In past it was the work of NGO’s to set it right‚ but lack of funds kept them away from bringing changes to the society. This made social enterprises to emerge and bring drastic changes
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Goals and Objectives Piloting of SAP • Given the above goals and objectives‚ the Company seemed to need ERP software. A few years ago‚ Ikon began a pilot project in Northern California district to assess the possibility of using SAP’s enterprise software application companywide. • CIO David Gadra‚ who joined Ikon about a month ago after the pilot system was turned on‚ however‚ decided not to roll it out. Cost of dropping SAP Ikon will take a 25 million write-off on the
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Enterprise IT at Cisco (2004) Question: How well did Solviks’ model work? Did it have the desired effect of turning managers into IT enthusiasts? Answer: At Cisco‚ Pete Solvik was considered a “visionary” and a “cult-like figure” to many managers because of his innovative ideas on how to use IT to change the company. (Aungle video). During Solviks’ rein‚ Cisco was growing at an exponential rate and it was John Chambers’ attitude that as long as they were growing‚ the business units could
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ERP for the Home Building Industry A white paper Godfried Augenbroe College of Architecture‚ Georgia Institute of Technology Summer 2006 This is the first of two white papers that review the current use and future potential of ERP systems in the home building industry. The companion white paper‚ titled “ERP for supply chain management in the home building sector” focuses on the supply and value chain in residential construction. ERP for the Home Building Industry © Georgia Institute
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in the product liability video‚ one can suggest an alternative strategy for Quick Takes. Management at Quick Takes should have considered Harb’s seven ERM steps in the decision of using a new editing program from NonLinear Pro. Harb describes Enterprise Risk Management as People‚ systems‚ and processes working together across the organization to think systematically think about and manage a wide range of risks that could impede achieving organizational objectives/opportunity (Harb‚ 2008‚ 4-7).
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Describe at least two benefits of using enterprise systems. More and more organizations are seeking to integrate the core functions of their business with technological advances. Enterprise systems facilitate this integration process through a single software architecture that links all aspects of business to function as one unit. Enterprise systems also commonly known as ES are comprehensive‚ large scale application-software packages‚ which use powers of present day information
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1. How do ERP systems supporting Supply Chain Management and Customer Relationship Management provide a foundation for eBusiness? Supply chain management (SCM) deals with the interchange of data between the supplier and the manufacturer. Customer relationship management (CRM) deals with the interchange of data between the manufacturer and the customer. ERP systems provide the “shared data” which is needed to support these exchanges of data. 2. Many people argue that MRP is a precursor
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