Summary paper Callioni et al. (2005) Inventory driven costs (IDC) This case considers the firm HP‚ which is active in the PC industry. This example deals with an industry‚ which is highly dynamic‚ short product life cycles‚ high completion‚ low margins Mismatching of demand and supply could lead to excess inventory. The most traditional inventory cost item is: holding cost of inventory‚ which covers both capital cost of money and physical costs of having inventory (warehouse space‚ storage
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INTRODUCTION ERP is an abbreviation for Enterprise resource planning and means the techniques and concepts for the integrated management of business as a whole‚ from the viewpoint of the effective use of management resources‚ to improve the efficiency of an enterprise. ERP systems serve an important function by integrating separate business functions-materials management‚ product planning‚ sales‚ distribution‚ finance and accounting and others-into a single application. However‚ ERP systems have
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A practical model on controlling the ERP implementation risks Amin Hakim a‚Â Hamid Hakim b a b Ph.D. Candidate on Systems Management‚ University of Tehran‚ Iran IH University‚ Center of NSDS‚ Tehran‚ Iran a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 23 June 2009 Received in revised form 28 June 2009 Accepted 29 June 2009 Recommended by: D. Shasha Keywords: ERP Decision-making model Risk management ERP selection model abstract Although ERP systems were already introduced many years
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Ikon’s Attempt at ERP Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and ERP Ikon Office Solutions is the world’s largest independent office technology company‚ with revenues approaching $5 billion and operations in the U.S.‚ Canada‚ Mexico‚ the United King-dom‚ France‚ Germany‚ and Denmark. Ikon is pursing a growth strategy to move from what was more than 80 individually operating copier dealers to an integrated solutions company. Its goal is to provide total office technology solutions‚ ranging from copiers
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ERP Vendor Comparison • Epicor-CRM‚ SCM‚ Cloud/ on-site ERP • NetSuite-ERP cloud • Exact America: Exact JobBoss-ERP‚ CRM‚ HRM‚ SCM‚ BI‚ PAS • Microsoft: Dynamics AX‚ NAV‚ GP‚ SL- ERP systems Cloud or on-site • Expandable- ERP‚ CRM • Technology Group International- Enterprise 21ERP Exact JobBoss is an ERP product offered by Exact America mainly for manufacturing and distribution industries. JobBoss mainly caters to job shop industries such as machine shops‚ mold/tool die shops‚ fabrication
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The project’s main characteristics and challenges identified by Jean Roberge are: Identify functionalities for all of ABS Business Systems and integrate for real time data exchange. Simplify system maintenance‚ achieving better management of ABS’ IT potential. With more and more ensuing “global businesses” ABS wants the conversion to improve their information exchanges to set them up as strong “global” contenders. Roberge also noted that “harmonization”‚ and consolidation of the three companies
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EUROPEAN INSTITUTE FOR BRAND MANAGEMENT Model: Brand Equity Type of model: Author(s): Domain: Brand model (structure model) David Aaker Brand Equity Figure 1: Aaker’s Brand Equity Model In his Brand Equity Model‚ David A. Aaker identifies five brand equity components: (1) brand loyalty‚ (2) brand awareness‚ (3) perceived quality‚ (4) brand associations and (5) other proprietary assets. Aaker defines brand equity as the set of brand assets and liabilities linked to the brand - its
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chapter I FOUNDATIONS IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN BUSINESS The 2004 Athens Olympics Network: Faster‚ Stronger - and Redundant Lufthansa:Taking Mobile Computing to the Skies While Keeping the Mobile Workforce Connected Aviall Inc.: From Failure to Success with Information Technology Continental Airlines:This Callis Being Monitored chapter 2 COMPETING WITH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY GE‚Dell‚ Intel‚and Others:The Competitive Advantage of InformationTechnology The U.S.Department of Commerce:
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Effectiveness of an ERP Vendor’s Customer Support E-system By Sofia S. Zuberi Supervisor: Peter Steverin Master’s Thesis in Business Administration 27 June 2010 Abstract In today’s business climate many organizations are implementing ERP systems to connect all their processes into one system thereby hoping to benefit off the resulting efficiencies. ERP Vendors are trying to best cater to the needs of their customers‚ and this extends into the post-implementation period where customers
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SYSTEM FAILURE CASE STUDIES SEPTEMBER 2009 VOLUME 3 ISSUE 06 A Half-Inch to Failure At 6:05 pm‚ on Wednesday‚ August 1‚ 2007‚ the Interstate-35 West (I-35W) bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis collapsed. On the day of the collapse‚ four of the bridge’s eight lanes were closed for planned construction. Four weak connector plates fractured under the combined burden of rush hour traffic‚ concentrated construction equipment‚ and previous heavy renovations. The bridge fell 108
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