HEC035 Volume 10 Issue 1 February 2012 Successfully Navigating the Turbulent Skies of a Large-Scale ERP Implementation1 Case prepared by Professor Benoit A. AUBERT‚2 Simon BOURDEAU3 and Brett WALKER4 This case presents two phases of a large business transformation project involving the implementation of an ERP system with the aim of creating an integrated company. The case illustrates some of the challenges associated with integration. It also presents the obstacles facing companies
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Entry II: Day 1 Today’s events have left me thinking a bit. After we got back from exploring the island‚ Ralph assembled another meeting to spread our new discoveries. We realized everyone would not stop talking at once‚ so Ralph decided that whoever holds the conch has the right to talk and can only be interrupted by Ralph himself. Great idea at first‚ until that fat‚ useless oaf Piggy took it. He wouldn’t stop worrying and whining about getting rescued. Ralph said it himself‚ his dad’s a navy
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of enterprise information process‚ IT governance becomes more and more important in company. And as the largest investment project of the enterprise IT governance‚ ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system has been received wide recognition and promotion in the listed companies of our country. We have discussed the correlation between ERP system implementation and audit fees based on agency costs of company in this paper‚ in order to provide valuable contributions to the development of theoretical
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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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ERP Implémentation Méthodologies Paul Bruges A methodology is a roadmap to an implementation. The purpose of a methodology is to deliver an implementation on time‚ according to specifications and within budget. Most vendors‚ especially in the software industry‚ have developed their own methodologies. Consulting companies also developed their own methodologies in relation to a product. Vendors primarily use methodologies as a marketing tool in order to alleviate the fears of the upper management
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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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Dear Journal‚ I am stranded on a desert island with a group of rude and immature boys‚ and no responsible human being knows I am here. The atmosphere of the island is not very good for my asthma. It is hot and humid‚ so it’s hard to breathe‚ and I can’t even go swimming to cool off‚ because my Auntie says I can’t on account of my asthma. The first boy I met on this island was Ralph‚ who seems completely disinterested in everything I say. The only thing that caught his interest was when I told
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Medieval journal Pt 1 I was awoken in the middle of the night. Ahmed rushed us out of our cots into the armory where we donned our armor and took our weapons. I was stationed in Jerusalem defending our holy city from the Christian invaders. I stood on the walls next to my brothers in arms. Our torches extinguished to see the enemy clearer. I felt the familiar tug of a full quiver on my waist‚ my recurve bow held in my right hand. Night after night we performed these drills waiting on the walls til
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only to a particular enterprise‚ it is now shifting its domain to a much broader level. With the advent of cloud‚ every entrepreneur and CEO is focusing on shifting his ERP applications and services on the cloud. Cloud is a plethora of resources which reduce capital investments: on-site technological (servers and databases)‚ ERP deployment expenses that may incur. Data security and data recovery are also the factors that have proved the viability of cloud. Cloud helps eliminate support‚ maintenance
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inquire for a explanation from a townsman standing in my general vicinity. He told me that this woman had committed adultery and this was her punishment‚ according to the puritan laws. This peaked my curiosity… Log #23: It has been awhile since my last entry‚ but I have made a few conclusions about the quizzical subject Hester Prynne. As it turns out‚ after I left‚ Hester had committed adultery with another man and is now caring for his child. The mere thought of my own wife caring for another man’s child
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