Case Assignments Case 1: An ERP Story 1. What are the project’s main characteristics and challenges identified by Jean Roberge? 2. In your opinion‚ does the project have other characteristics or challenges that Jean Roberge did not identify but should also be taken into account? Case 2: Mrs. Field Cookies 1. Describe and evaluate the role of information technology at Mrs. Fields Cookies in terms of the following: a. IT architecture b. IT and Organization
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Management Information System Case Study 1: Modernization of NTUC Income Case Summary NTUC Income‚ one of Singapore’s largest insurers‚ has over 1.8 million policy holders with total assets of S$21.3 billion. Up until a few years ago‚ Income’s insurance process was very tedious and paper-based. In all‚ paper policies comprising 45 million documents were stored in over 16‚000 cartons at three warehouses. Whenever a document is needed to be retrieved‚ it would take about two days to locate and
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MANAGEMENT PROGRAM Iligan City REAL WORLD CASE 1: Toyota Europe‚ Campbell Soup Company‚ Sony Pictures‚ and W.W. Grainger. Making the Case for Enterprise Architects Toyota Europe‚ Campbell Soup Company‚ Sony Pictures‚ and W.W. Grainger. Making the Case for Enterprise Architects Submitted to: Professor Adrian Galido‚ PhD Submitted by: Sandee Angeli M. Villarta September 4‚ 2013 Toyota Europe‚ Campbell Soup Company‚ Sony Pictures‚ and W.W. Grainger. Making the Case for Enterprise
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Bibliography: CASE 1 AVNET – DEVELOPING SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT GLOBAL STRATEGY http://www.ats.avnet.com/en-us/Pages/default.aspx http://www.studymode.com/subjects/avnet-developing-systems-to-support-global-strategies-page1.html CASE 2 OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING – GOOD BAD OR DOES NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE http://www.colby-sawyer.edu/assets/pdf/Offshore-Outsourcing.pdf http://www.google.co.in/#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q CASE 3 COLGATE - PALMOLIVE KEEPS THE WORLD SMILING http://www
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TUTORIAL 5 (WEEK 6) Case Study 3 – Enterprise Applications Move to the Cloud Useful Information for CASE STUDY QUESTIONS: Over the past couple of years‚ there’s been a lot of noise from business management software manufacturers about cloud computing and the impact of the cloud on their products and services. Especially from those that produce CRM and ERP applications. From a business user’s point of view‚ whether you choose to implement your software as an on-premise solution or choose a
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Question 1: how does information technology support FedEx’s business processes? When we think of processes we think of several steps that would allow us to accomplish some sort of task. As such a business process‚ according to Appian‚ is a collection of linked tasks or activities which find their end in delivery of a service or product to a client. Most organizations use business processes to help them achieve their goals. These processes must have well defined inputs‚ which give additional value
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Geng Wang Case ABCs of Spend Analysis Why are data analysis skills and thinking so important to spend analysis? Can’t software applications be used to generate the information needed automatically? Data analysis skill is important to decision making. We cannot understand why the company isn’t doing well but keeps very high productivity without data – perhaps the total cost for operating the robots are too high‚ perhaps the number of workers is too big‚ perhaps the demand for the products
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1|Page Dell ’s Direct Business Model Dell ’s Direct Business Model Presented by Riti Behal – FT 14459 Gagan Dawar – FT 14221 Vaibhav Agarwal – FT 14276 Great Lakes Institute of Management‚ Chennai Riti Behal‚ Gagan Dawar‚ Vaibhav Agarwal 2|Page Dell ’s Direct Business Model Describe the “Direct Business Model” The direct model has become the backbone of our company and the greatest tool in its growth. – Michael Dell. Dell ’s direct business model bypasses the dealer in the supply chain
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Case Study on Information Technology Management: Frito-Lay’s Long-Term IT Plan Because the rate of technological change is so rapid‚ most people see IT through the narrow lens of short-term‚ silver-bullet solutions. IT vendors want you to believe that their important new technologies will blow away what has come before. You can’t blame a salesperson for trying to sell‚ or CIOs for having a queasy buy-or-lose feeling‚ but this attitude is precisely the opposite of the one companies should be
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1. Describe the multiple locations from which customers can submit orders and the information technology components customers would need (on their end) to accomplish this activity. Location IT Example/Explanation Company Website – therefore anywhere once you have the appropriate IT Hardware – Input Output Storage Processing Keyboard‚ Scanner‚ Mouse‚ PC‚ Laptop‚ Tablet Screen‚ printer Internal memory (RAM/ROM) Software Operating systems‚ web servers and browsers Network - WAN
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