STUDY I Hershey Foods Corporation: Failure and Success with Information Technology Point of View Managerial Point of View Objective To examine the reasons behind the SAP AG’S R/3 ERP implementation failure at Hershey’s Food Corporation Problem What could have done otherwise to avoid the SAP AG’S R/3 ERP implementation failure at Hershey’s Food Corporation? Areas of Consideration In late 1996‚ Hershey Foods Corporation the leading manufacturer of chocolates‚ confectionaries and beverages
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Justin Hazlett BUSN 6610 Harley Davidson Case February 12‚ 2012 Since Harley Davison Motor Company started in 1903‚ they have been successfully “taking the work out of bicycling” better than any other motorcycle manufacturing company. They have experienced great success recently with growing numbers in their percentage of motorcycles shipped‚ up 14 percent from 1997‚ and their target market size‚ up 13.8 percent from 1997. Their brand has also grown so strong over the years that customers
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Cisco Systems‚ Inc.: Implementing ERP - Himabindu Donga At the start of the case‚ Cisco’s information systems are failing‚ yet no one steps forward to lead the effort to replace them. Why is this? Why were no managers eager to take on this project? The managers at Cisco were apprehensive about the risk involved in converting the existing legacy systems with ERP systems. They were worried because they thought that the implementation of ERP systems would turn out to be a “mega project†consuming
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made to engage business management in selecting software for their individual areas‚ and/or agreeing to participate in the ERP implementation project. List and explain reasons why management would hesitate to become engaged in the IT process/project. Below are reasons Cisco hesitated to take on an ERP project: a) Fear of decentralization b) Fear of “mega-projects” that ERP implementation often becomes c) Disruption to the business d) Need for strong internal team and strong partners e) Balancing
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In the years following the formal introduction Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems in the early 1990s‚ there have been few ERP implementations that have been managed successfully‚ including those introduced by large corporations. Although much capital is usually put into ERP implementation‚ lack of key business practices has prevented extensive success. This paper reviews failed ERP implementations in three large organizations. It analyzes the reasons for the failures as well as the lessons
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Implementation Life cycle The ERP implementation life cycle consist of; Pre evaluation Screening Package evaluation Project planning phase Gap Analysis Reengineering Configuration Implementation team Training Testing Going Live End-User Training Post Implementation Pre-evaluation Screenings In order to develop a new ERP package the available packages should be evaluated before coming to the solution But this pre evaluation should be done with a chosen number of packages since
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Evaluating ERP Software The 6 Key Decision Drivers Compliments of Abstract This white paper discusses the 6 Key Decision Drivers that you should consider as you evaluate ERP software products. These 6 criteria are: • Functionality • Technology • Software Vendor • Implementation Vendor • Support & Maintenance • Total Cost of Ownership If you ask the right questions of software vendors you will collect the right information to make an informed decision when selecting an ERP solution. The software
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CampusCare Education‚ a leading Cloud ERP for Education is an example of delivering perfect automation through seamlessly integrated modules that cover every activity that takes place in the school. School ERP software also contains several modules for specific functions which in turn comprises various other features. For example‚ admission module of the software would have features such as issuing online applications‚ short listing candidates according to marks and other credentials‚ scheduling
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PLANNING SYSTEMS Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems integrate the planning‚ management‚ and use of all of an organization’s resources. The major objectives of ERP systems are to tightly integrate the functional areas of the organization and to enable information to flow seamlessly across the functional areas. Tight integration means that changes in one functional area are immediately reflected in all other pertinent functional areas. ERP systems provide the information necessary to control
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Risks to your ERP-SAP implementation 1. Inadequate “as is” documentation Symptoms: You are the implementation Project Manager for a consulting firm and you have a client that just selected an ERP system. You (the project manager) and your team start gathering requirements from end users through focus groups‚ workshops‚ sessions with SMEs‚ etc. After gathering information from end users you erroneously conclude that you have all the necessary information and requirements to successfully implement
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