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Enterprise Systems For Management 1st Edition Luvai Motiwalla , Jeffrey Thompson - Solutions
Know the components of a project organization and the roles and responsibilities of each.
1. What are the steps in business process reengineering?
2. Why is BPR important in an ERP implemen tat ion ?
3. What does the organizational project management maturity model do for a company's ERP implementation?
4. What are the steps involved in OPM3?
5. What is the role of the project management office in an ERP implementation?
6. Why is change management critical to t he success of a project from the beginning?
7. What is usually the critical path of an ERP implementation?
8. What is the role of the cross-functional lead in an ERP implementation?
1. Discuss the need to have a strong rationale for moving from a legacy system to an integrated ERP system.
2. Describe the steps involved in business process re-engineering and how they are closely linked to ERP implementation.
3. Discuss how project accountability is created within the project and within the company.
1. Research two recent ERP implementations and compare and contrast the organizational structure with the level of implementation success (i.e., meeting vision and goals).
How could OPM3 have helped to identify the problems with implementing the demand planning system?
What were the three primary reasons Nike was success(ul with the ongoing ERP, implementation?
Why was a phased rollout the correct decision for Nike?
Learn about outsourcing, offshore outsourcing (offshoring), and its business and cultural implications, as well as the Software as a Service model (SaaS) .
Know the ethical and legal issues related to ERP systems and implementations and how to protect the company assets .
Understand the numerous components to system security and why security must be planned, tested, and ready by the time the ERP implementation is at Go-live .
Examine the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on ERP implementations.
1. What is outsourcing and why would a company choose to outsource?
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages to outsourcing?
3. What are the key challenges in offshore outsourcing?
4. List five best practices in outsourcing.
5. What is SaaS and why is it considered as another outsourcing option?
6. Discuss the components of PAPA.
7. What are the components of a good information technology security plan?
8. With ERP implementations why would an auditor get involved?
9. Why is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act important to investors?
10. What should a disaster recovery and business conti11uity plan include and who should be involved?
1. Outsourcing is becoming more and more popular in companies today. Discuss why a company would want to outsource and how should they outsource ERP implementation.
2. Compare and contrast traditional outsourcing with the Software as a Service. Under what conditions should a company choose SaaS over traditional outsourcing?
3. Discuss how PAPA principles of ethics can be applied to ERP implementation.
4. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) is important in a financial environment. Discuss how the operations of an ERP system is affected by SOx.
5. Discuss the major security concerns in ERP systems.
1. Research offshore outsourcing companies that specialize in ERP implementation and maintenance. Prepare a report for management ranking the outsourcing companies with their strengths and weaknesses, and provide recommendation on how management should proceed with signing the outsourcing contract.
2. Information technology security is essential to the general health of an ERP. Research a company that has discovered a breach in security; describe the breach and how it affected the business.
3. Find out how the major ERP vendors support SOX, HIPPA, EU regulations, and other compliance modules. Prepare a report for management of a large company with a matrix comparing the features supported by each vendor with your recommendation.
1. What are the costs involved in the TJX net·work breach?
2. As this investigation unfolds, research the additional costs or loss of revenue to TlX and the credit card companies involved.
3. What should TJX have done to prevent this breach from occurring? Could they have stopped it?
Learn about the supply chain network and management drivers
Understand the complexity and importance of the integration of supply chain
Learn about supply chain components, processes, and flows
Know the different level of supply chain integration
Examine the impact of the ERP on supply chain management?
1. What are the motivations for an organization to have a good supply chain management (SCM) system?
2. Define SCM in your own words.
3. List the four drivers of SCM and how they impact the system's responsiveness.
4. What are the major types of SCM software?
5. Briefly describe the SCM processes.
6. Why is SCM implementation critical for the success of e-business?
7. What are the major components of e-SCM?
8. What is e-procurement?
9. How should organizations design SCM systems? Stand-alone or collaborative?
10. What are the elements and benefits of SCM integration?
1. Discuss the relationship between a company's supply chain strategy and competitive strategy.
2. Discuss the role and flow of SCM software.
3. Which SCM process according to you is most critical? Explain why.
4. Discuss t he role of SCM in e-business and e-commerce.
5. D iscllss the differences between e-procurement and e-fulfillment.
6. Discuss the critical components in design of SCM systems.
7. How is EAI different from the integration of SCM and ERP systems? Explain.
1. Your boss is interested in purchasing SCM soft ware and has requested that you find out about the major SCM systems and the vendors. Write a two-page report with a short summary and a table of SCM systems, vendor names, major functionality or features of the software, key clients, licensing
1. Discuss the role of SCM in retail industry.Give examples from the two cases.
2. Is Zara's competitive strategy aligned with supply chain strategy? Explain.
3. Discuss the role of Zara's SCM system.Suggest how it can be improved.
4. Discuss briefly the supply chain problems faced by The Limited.
5. Is "integrated brand delivery" a correct SCM strategy for The Limited? Explain
Understand the customer relationship process
Know the evolution, current status, and categories of the customer relationship management(CRM) system
Understand the components and architecture of CRM systems
Examine the CRM life cycle and its relationship with other enterprise software
Examine the impact of CRM on an organization?
1. Why i s i t necessary for an organization to have a good customer relationship management (CRM) system?
2. Define the role of CRM in your own words.
3. What are the key differences between today's CRM and the early generation of CRMs?
4. How does CRM impact the company's bottom line or performance?
5. What are the major types of CRM?
6. Briefly describe the customer relationship processes.
7. What are the major components of CRM?
8. What is hosted CRM?
9. How should organizations design CRM systems?
10. List the major CRM vendors by their target market.
1. Discuss the relationship between a company's CRM strategy and business strategy.
2. Discuss the role of CRM software in improving the company's strategic advantage.
3. Which CRM process according to you is most critical? Explain why.
4. Discuss the role of CRM in e-business and e-commerce.
5. Discuss the critical components and architecture of CRM systems.
6. Discuss the differences between hosted and installed CRM systems.
7. How is CRM life cycle different from ERP life cycle? Compare and contrast.
1. Your boss is interested in p urchasing CRM software and has requested you to categorize the major CRM vendors by the CllStomer relationship processes they support.Write a two-page report with a short summary and a table about CRM systems, vendor names, major features of the software, and how
2. Locate a company that you know or work at and find out the details of the CRM?
1. What was wrong with Plexipave's CRM strategy?
2. What was wrong with the McGrawHill/Siebel hosted CRM application?
3. Do you think Plexipave should implement?another CRM system? Provide detailed recommendations?
Understand the information systems evolution and its historical role in organization leading to systems integration and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) .
Learn about ERP systems and their evolution, components, and architecture; understand the benefits and drawbacks of implementing ERP systems and how they can help an organization improve its efficiency and worker productivity .
Get an overview on the implementation process (e.g., the ERP life cycle, business process reengineering, project management, and change management). Understand the role of people, vendors, consultants, and the organization in making the ERP implementation process successful.
Comprehend the ethical, global, and security challenges while implementing an ERP system, and look at the ERP vendors and industry trends.
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