ERP Localization in a Foreign Subsidiary of the K Company Ji-Ye Mao Wei Wang Mianzhen Pan Foreign subsidiaries of multinational companies (MNCs) are often mandated to adopt the same ERP package used by their parent‚ but the results vary to large degrees. ERP implementation in foreign subsidiaries involves bigger challenges than at home. It is partly because of potential misfits between the software package‚ which reflects European and U.S. industry practices‚ and the local cultural
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Pete Solvik made a very good decision to upgrade the existing information system by implementing ERP when the company encountered a major shutdown for two days. One reason the project became successful was because of internal recruiting. The team consisted of the best business people. The company just did not rely on IT department‚ instead IT and business people worked together to meet the core objectives. The estimated costs and time to complete to the project matched closely with the initial
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ERP IMPLEMENTATION FAILURE AT HERSHEY FOODS CORPORATION Hershey is one of the oldest chocolate companies in the United States‚ and an American icon for its chocolate bar. The Hershey Company‚ known until April 2005 as the Hershey Foods Corporation and commonly called Hershey’s‚ is the largest chocolate manufacturer in North America. Its headquarters are in Hershey‚ Pennsylvania‚ which is also home to Hershey’s Chocolate World. Milton S.Hershey founded it in 1894 as the Hershey Chocolate Company
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Jennifer Hillman February 26‚ 2013 Whirlpool Corporation – Giving ERP a Spin 1. How was the organization prepared for the change? Whirlpool thought they were ready to go live with SAP until September 18‚ 1999. Whirlpool seemed to be making all the right moves‚ like dispatcher assignment‚ having centralized pricing‚ and vendor interfacing. Even the best laid plans don’t always work. Everything seemed to be going smoothly at first because there were only 1000 system users‚ once 4‚000
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Proceedings Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) 8-3-2009 ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS IN ERP SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATIONS Madhavi Latha Nandi Xavier Institute of Management‚ madhavinandi@yahoo.co.in Gopal Krishna Nayak Xavier Institute of Management‚ gopal@ximb.ac.in Recommended Citation Nandi‚ Madhavi Latha and Nayak‚ Gopal Krishna‚ "ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS IN ERP SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATIONS" (2009). PACIS 2009 Proceedings. Paper 109. http://aisel.aisnet.org/pacis2009/109
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Introduction Maruti Udyog Limited is a subsidiary of Suzuki Motor Corporation‚ the largest manufacturer of mini passenger vehicles in Japan in terms of sales volumes. Suzuki was also the eleventh largest vehicle manufacturer in the world and the fourth largest manufacturer in Japan in terms of worldwide sales volumes in 2000. Maruti was ranked twentieth in terms of worldwide sales volumes amongst vehicle manufacturers‚ and has been the largest passenger car manufacturer in India. In fiscal 2002
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pROF. aBHAY kUMAR MPSTME‚ NMIMS University | MUMBAI MPSTME‚ NMIMS University | MUMBAI Mixing two independent technologies: Integration of ERP Systems with RFID for Indian Manufacturers Mixing two independent technologies: Integration of ERP Systems with RFID for Indian Manufacturers Mixing two independent technologies: Integration of ERP Systems with RFID for Indian Manufacturers Research Paper Presented to MPSTME‚ NMIMS In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the
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the raw materials that are required in bulk in advance. In the pre-SAP period we used to buy 65 percent of our annual raw material requirement in the agricultural season to get the best of the yield‚ which would lead to our working capital getting locked up. Some percentage of this raw material used to spoil‚ and had to be discounted leading to a clear input cost loss. Similarly‚ for our vermicelli production‚ we used to source 12‚000 tonnes of ‘chiroti suji’ from 40 different suppliers as far away
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crash is unclear Goals and Objectives. Business endeavours are normally undertaken to follow the trend with generic goals and objectives. This generic formula may not necessarily fit to the thoughts triggering in back of mind of user. The selected ERP should clearly address organisation business needs. The “triple constraint” to clear goals and objectives are scope goal‚ time goal and cost goals (Somers‚ 2003). 4.8. Enterprise Wide Communication Communication is not just the the delivery of message
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The FoxMeyer Drugs ’ Bankruptcy: Was it a Failure of ERP? Judy E. Scott‚ The University of Texas at Austin‚ Judy.Scott@bus.utexas.edu Abstract This interpretive case study of FoxMeyer Drugs ’ ERP implementation is based on empirical frameworks and models of software project risks and project escalation. Implications of the study offer suggestions on how to avoid ERP failure. warehouses‚ the transition to the first automated warehouse was a disaster. Disgruntled workers damaged inventory‚ and orders
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