Introduction: Nike was founded under the name Blue Ribbon Sports in 1964. In 1972 the first pair of sports shoes was sold and experienced enormous growth and achieved a 50% market share within the sports shoe market in the US only eight years later. After sluggish focus and growth in the 1980ies‚ Nike experienced strong growth in the 1990ies and cemented the position as global recognizable brand. The increased international focus created strains on the supply chain‚ which was consider inadequate
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1. What are the failure factors for the first NIKE-i2 ERP-SCM implementation? All ERP implementations have risks associated that can lead to failure situations. The complexity of ERP systems together with demanding business environment‚ represent big challenges for companies when implementing an ERP. In the case of Nike‚ the situation is even more challenging because of the worldwide ERP deployment‚ and the large and complex scope of the project. Inevitably‚ and like all ERP implementations‚ Nike-i2’s
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Nike is the world ’s leading supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment‚ with revenue in excess of US$24.1 billion in its fiscal year 2012 (ending May 31‚ 2012) (Nike Inc). The brand alone is valued at $10.7 billion making it the most valuable brand among sports businesses (Nike Inc). Starting in 1999‚ Nike decided to implement the first part of its supply chain strategy; the demand and supply chain planning application software from i2 technologies. Nikes
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Success and Failures of ERP Implementation ABSTRACT This paper will discuss will discuss how to be successful and avoid failure when implementing an ERP system. I will define ERP‚ present the significant benefits of implementation‚ and identify the missteps (which may lead to failure)/steps to success in implementing an ERP system. THE ERP SYSTEM DEFINED Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is an enterprise-wide information system that integrates and controls all the business processes in
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| IS-560 Enterprise SystemsDePaul UniversityRobert W. Starinsky‚ InstructorWinter Quarter‚ 2004 | ERP Implementation Report of Findings and Recommendations CISCO Systems‚ Inc. Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 Background and Scope 2 ERP Implementation scenario 2 Situation Analysis 3 Conclusion and Recommendations 4 Background and Scope Cisco System‚ Inc is a Computer Technologies company that was founded in 1984. The company’s primary product is the “router.” The router is
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Sagar Jain//TEIT-B//28 Enterprise Resource Planning What is ERP? Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems integrate internal and external management information across an entire organization. ERP systems automate this activity with an integrated software application. Their purpose is to facilitate the flow of information between all business functions inside the boundaries of the organization and manage the connections to outside stakeholders.” Primarily a system for manufacturers (although
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2278-5671 ERP: AN EFFECTIVE RESOURCE UTILIZATION TOOL FOR ORGANIZATION Prof. Amar R. Mudiraj * ABOUT THE AUTHOR * PROF. AMAR R. MUDIRAJ; ASSISTANT PROFESSOR‚ MARATHWADA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY‚ AURANGABAD (MH) ABSTRACT In today’s era of fast growing organization‚ every organization is facing the problem of resource utilization‚ is one of the most difficult and challenging job for the organization. An organization needs an automatic tool for the resource utilization activities. ERP is one
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STUDY ON CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ERP IN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY 2|P a ge Contents Acknowledgement ................................................................................................................................ 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 4 Modules at a glance ..............................................................
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Risk that associated with ERP implementation and measures that can be taken to fix these risks. A. Risk that are identified with the implementation of ERP 1. Lack of alignment between organization strategies. 2. Lack of Control 3. Complexity of the Project B. Commitment of top level management. 1. IT literature has clearly demonstrated that for IT projects success management support is critical. 2. By ERP any organization goes through a major change this
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Resource Planning Implementation in an Institution of Higher Learning: A Case Study of Drummond University Randall B. Hayes‚ Central Michigan University‚ USA Kathleen M. Utecht‚ Sam Houston State University‚ USA EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software systems are implemented in major corporations because of their unique design which enables the integration of information across the functional areas of a business. Implementations of ERP software
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