Name: Patrick Duane Valle
Course/Year : BSCS III
Assignment 12
From a news article or internet information, find an example of an organization that is installing an ERP package. If possible get a copy of the over-all project plans and analyze the various activities and compare them with a standard SDLC
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is an integrated business planning which also handles long range development plan. Nowadays, ERP is being use as a business strategy to manage the business and to have an effective plan. The typical flow of ERP is first you have the input then it will be in the work flow which handles money, people, facilities and materials. After this process, it will result to be your goal. The hierarchy of the ERP is business strategy, business model, business process, organization, MIS, and database.
Ideal ERP System
Manufacturing
This handles manufacturing process and resources work flow and others. It organizes the main flow of the system.
Financials
This is for the management of payments and other transaction that involve with the cash.
Human Resource
Human resource will manage the benefits of the employee and employers. This will also handles the primary function of the entire employee like attendance, labor and rules.
Supply chain management
This will be in charge with the inventory management and other material and product needed. It will also handle transportation and distribution together with the procurement planning.
Customer Relationship Management
The main function of this is for the marketing strategy of the system. This will manage the service towards the customer.
Example of enterprise that implement ERP
Cargill
“The team and the system has earned the respect and confidence of the users. The Lynx system is providing capabilities to the business beyond what one thought was possible.”
Cargill provide a centralize ERP application that specifies for the Agricultural business and they improve the functionality and efficiency of the system at the same time, they maintain the cost. Base on the their source, the key benefits can reduce the annual IT operating cost of 13 to 42 dollars and you will have a centralize project. You will also benefit about the solid and scalable platform for the additional function that you want. The system will also handles risk management and this company is one of the top international food provider which only prove that the system is working and useful.
Barnes and nobles
Barnes and Nobles is a book store that made it to the top with the use of ERP. One of their strategies is to give 40 percent discount to the specific book to acquire customers. They also use the television to indorse their product which is a big success because until now, people in America still remember the advertisement if they saw it during that time. They also offer CD’s and DVD’s which helps to their popularity and they also make partner with different corporation. They also buy companies to expand their network like sparknote.com which is a leading web aid Webster.
Mercedes Benz
Mercedes Benz is a well know industry in the whole world because of its product. One key reason for the success of the Mercedes Benz is using Baan’s enterprise resource planning software. It’s an automated data collection and because of the Baan’s ERP, it enables the system to have just-in-time and just-in-sequence parts delivery.
Sun Microsystem
Sun microsystem is a corporation that sells computer and computer parts. They also sell hardware and software component. This is the first unix work station and they also develop platform like java platform, MySQL and NFS. One of their strategy is to make an open source software and they will use it to indorse their product. By implementing the ERP, they minimize the cost in their facility, improve the accessibility, achieve flexibility like changing its component from present to future which means that its capabilities involves the future specification.
SDLC vs planning with ERD
Base on what I have learned in the previous assignment about System Development Life Cycle (SDLC), it is only effective for the simple operation and it is not effective if you will use this method for the complex and wide structures. As what I have observed about the ERD planning strategy of the company listed above, ERD help it by preparing the system to the future. It is flexible enough to adopt specific changes in the system. It is more strategically base planning for the long range planning and it is very effective compare to SDLC. In my opinion, SDLC is for rapid and short range development only and for that, it is not applicable and adoptable for changes in the near future. The structure of SDLC is constant compare to ERD. In managing the system, ERD help a lot because it is adoptable for the need of the user.
Conclusion
Not all company will success by the help of ERD but it will make a big difference. Not all the time ERD is applicable and it also has its own advantage and disadvantage like in a practical manner when using ERD which the system involves is temporary or not a candidate for the long range development. Sometimes, SDLC will do the work and vice versa.
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