...of the SAP program are you not able to implement? * This question is to determine the successes and limitations that they are currently experiencing to get a better picture of the current status of the implementation and whether they have met with any portion of success or if they have been unable to make use of the software at all. * What were the flexibility and integration limitations exactly for your in-house software suite? * This question can be used to determine what particular shortcomings their original software held and examine what could have been done to alter the system to make it work. * What do you feel worked well with your prior software and how does that relate to the functions of SAP? * We need to make a determination if Sap is able to provide the service that they are looking for or if another product better fits their needs for comparison. * What work has been done to this point to implement the SAP suite? * This will give insight to any part of the system that is functional, the stumbling blocks that are currently faced, and successes they have experienced. It will also provide clues to whether the software is functional but meeting resistance from users who preferred the in-house system, which has a likelihood of occurrence in most businesses. * What are your expectations from a software suite for functional use? * This is a good way to determine if their expectations are realistic for the software they plan...
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... 270 higher education credits Examiner: Tingting Zhang, tingting.zhang@miun.se Tutor: Aron Larsson, aron.larsson@miun.se Tutor: Mats Olsson, mats.olsson@sogeti.se Scope: 20102 words inclusive of appendices Date: 2010-03-17 M.Sc. Thesis in Computer Engineering AV, 30 higher education credits Tools for Business Intelligence A comparison between Cognos 8 BI, Microsoft BI and SAP BW/NetWeaver Katarina Lundqvist Abstract 2010-03-17 Tools for Business Intelligence A comparison between Cognos 8 BI, Microsoft BI and SAP BW/NetWeaver Katarina Lundqvist Abstract The aim of the thesis was to conduct a general study of Business Intelligence and BI systems followed by a comparison of Cognos 8 BI, Microsoft BI and SAP BW/NetWeaver. The goal was to distinguish similarities and differences between the tools regarding technique, cost, usability and educational need and to provide a mapping for different customer situations. The method consisted of a theoretical study followed by a practical part including development, testing and interviews. The comparison showed that SAP and Microsoft both use the client/server model while Cognos is an integrated web-based system built on SOA. SQL Server can only be installed on Windows while BW and Cognos also support UNIX, Linux and IBM. SSRS report formats are HTML, PDF, CSV, XML, TIFF, Word and Excel. In BW, query results can be viewed as HTML, CSV and Excel. Cognos report formats are HTML, PDF, CSV, XML and Excel...
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...University Master of Science in Information Technology Software Engineering (MSIT-SE) MSIT Project (17-677) Approval Form Student Name: Jane Doe Date: 9/19/2002 Project Title: Re-Engineer the B2B Interface for a major Customer Project Proposal: Please attach a proposal that contains all of the components listed below. 1. Executive Summary of effort 2. A brief description of the industry, company, and specific facility at which the project will be conducted 3. Description of the problem 4. Project purpose and goals 5. Project approach and methodologies 6. Project deliverables 7. Timeline for deliverables 8. Identify Technical Advisor by name, contact information, position and responsibility 9. Identify Supervisor by name, contact information, position and responsibility Approvals Mr. Smith Application Development Supervisor Name Department Signature Date Mr. Jones Application Development Technical Advisor Name Department Signature Date Carnegie Mellon Approvals Mel Rosso-Llopart Faculty Advisor (Mentor) Signature Date Mel Rosso-Llopart MSIT-SE Director Signature Date MSIT Project Proposal – Example 2 1. Executive Summary of Effort SAP (which stands for Systems Applications and Products in Data Processing) is the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) package that is used by all of the Wireline facilities in North America. The SAP Business Connector is the integration tool component of the SAP system that allows the ERP application to pass transactions...
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...need to retire and new business process and data software needs to be pursued. They chose SAP ERP Human Capital Management software to improve their HR processes. The legacy software was not integrated to the company’s payroll so everything had to be rekeyed concerning employee’s time information. Reports were also time consuming, which required IT to compile information from spread sheets across the entire company. Payroll tied up the software for a day and benefits were just as difficult. Employee enrollment was on index cards at each location. Information was everywhere, with no way to track audit trails or processes. They had to change the whole management program through training and ongoing communication. They also had to get a dedicated team that would support the business needs, to make decisions and were also named as point of contact after going live. The reason SAP was selected because it was unified software that would integrate all of the business processes. Which this enhanced business intelligence functionality. SAP was a great commitment to the retail industry. SAP was developed due to the fact it required no additional customization. Finally it had the easiest enhanced business functionality. They also felt that the reduced level of support by IT to create and run reports. It would increase self-sufficiency of the HR department concerning monthly reports. It also had the less minimized software concerning customization and modification that would...
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...simply manufacturing decorative coatings, the company is increasing customer satisfaction and boosting sales by engaging with customers, dealers, and other partners to provide complete home painting solutions. to achieve the necessary 360-degree view of all stakeholders, asian Paints chose the SaP® Customer relationship management (SaP Crm) application to integrate customer-facing processes. SAP Business Transformation Study Superior Customer Value Content 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 Asian Paints Key Challenges Why SAP Was Selected Implementation Process and Best Practices Strong Governance and Project Management Business Process Transformation and Value Realized Future Road Map Lessons Learned AsiAn PAints GaininG a 360-DeGree View of the CuStomer QuiCk faCtS Industry Consumer products Revenue uS$1.1 billion Employees 5,000 (worldwide) Headquarters mumbai, india Web Site www.asianpaints.com SAP® Solutions and Services SaP® Customer relationship management application (functionality for marketing, interaction center, sales, service, and partner channel management), SaP ramp-up program Implementation Partners mahindra it Consulting Pvt. Ltd., a unit of mahindra & mahindra Group; SaP Consulting Key Challenges • Gain visibility of relevant customer data • increase opportunities for cross-selling and up-selling • reduce time needed to configure customer relationship management (Crm) functionality • Simplify user interfaces and workflows • integrate call center processes • Provide...
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...simply manufacturing decorative coatings, the company is increasing customer satisfaction and boosting sales by engaging with customers, dealers, and other partners to provide complete home painting solutions. to achieve the necessary 360-degree view of all stakeholders, asian Paints chose the SaP® Customer relationship management (SaP Crm) application to integrate customer-facing processes. SAP Business Transformation Study Superior Customer Value Content 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 11 Asian Paints Key Challenges Why SAP Was Selected Implementation Process and Best Practices Strong Governance and Project Management Business Process Transformation and Value Realized Future Road Map Lessons Learned AsiAn PAints GaininG a 360-DeGree View of the CuStomer QuiCk faCtS Industry Consumer products Revenue uS$1.1 billion Employees 5,000 (worldwide) Headquarters mumbai, india Web Site www.asianpaints.com SAP® Solutions and Services SaP® Customer relationship management application (functionality for marketing, interaction center, sales, service, and partner channel management), SaP ramp-up program Implementation Partners mahindra it Consulting Pvt. Ltd., a unit of mahindra & mahindra Group; SaP Consulting Key Challenges • Gain visibility of relevant customer data • increase opportunities for cross-selling and up-selling • reduce time needed to configure customer relationship management (Crm) functionality • Simplify user interfaces and workflows • integrate call center processes • Provide...
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...Comp3120 Assignment 1 SAP Implementation Review Yuan Tan, u4571547 V1.0 Final Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 1 Introduction 2 2 Business Context 2 2.1 Client Background 2 2.2 Operational Context 2 2.3 The Need for Change 3 2.4 Description of SAP 3 3 Business Investment Decision 3 3.1 The Case for SAP 3 3.2 Evaluation 4 4 Implementation 4 4.1 Approach & Rationale 4 4.2 Key Business Events 4 4.3 Key Implementation Events Affecting Performance 5 4.4 Status at Time of Go-Live Decision 5 4.5 Evaluation 5 5 The Go-Live Decision 6 5.1 Key Criteria 6 5.2 Recommendation 6 6 Expected Outcomes and Potential Takeover Impacts 6 6.1 Expected Outcomes 6 6.2 Potential Impacts of a Takeover 6 7 Lessons Learned 6 1 Introduction In 1997-1998, manufacturing company AMP of Canada implemented the Enterprise Resource Planning suite SAP to replace a critical business system, the heavily customised and Y2K non-compliant JBA( Harold Kerzner Project Management Case Studies, 3rd Edition, Wiley). By September 1998 AMP of Canada faced a critical decision-point: whether to go live with a basic SAP implementation which still faced problems in testing and training( Harold Kerzner, Instructor’s Manual Accompanying Project Management Case Studies, 3rd Edition, Wiley). This report reviews the case studies outlining AMP of Canada’s situation with a view to: Appraising the decision to invest in SAP; Evaluating the suitability of the implementation approach taken; Assessing...
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...approach a modern and state of the art software (ERP) that integrates the entire organization departments into a single system therby making the running of the organization simpler. This report gives a preamble of how the SAP-ERP solution was successfully implemented at NIBCO by analyzing all the approaches used, the teething problems and how they managed to overcome the hurdles to be able to get a lasting and workable solution. Having sought for advice from Boston Consulting Group, NIBCO finally came up with a game plan of how it would execute the implementation of this software. ERP System There exist no single definition of an ERP systems, however according to Wong et al. 2005, ERP can be can be said to be a software package which makes integration of all the data flowing through the different verticals of the company to facilitate speedy and well coordinated processing of accounting information, steady supplies and efficient manufacturing and processing jobs (Wong et al. 2005). IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY Introduction One of the ERP models is the SAP businesses software, which apart from being an ERP can also perform applications like managing customer relationship, product life cycle management and supply management among many other functions. This paper focuses on raising discussions and ideas of the SAP model while considering a case of NIBCO prior and after the implementation of the SAP software. Discussion Reasons to implement SAP It was realized that the previous...
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...Managing Business Activities To Achieve Results RIMS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY Project Guide: Prof.MRS PRIYA CHOWDHURY PRESENTED BY: KEYUR. P. DESAI BBA SECOND YEAR: HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA STUDENT ID NO: 10312 Unit Title: Managing Business Activities to Achieve Results | Unit Code: 15 | Date Issued:20th Oct 2011 | Assignment Brief - General Student Name: Keyur Desai | Student ID10312 | Date Received | Lecturer Name: Ms Priya Chowdhury | Internal Verifier Name: | Rules and regulations: Plagiarism is presenting somebody else’s work as your own. It includes: copying information directly from the Web or books without referencing the material; submitting joint coursework as an individual effort; copying another student’s coursework; stealing coursework from another student and submitting it as your own work. Suspected plagiarism will be investigated and if found to have occurred will be dealt with according to the procedures set down by the College. Please see your student handbook for further details of what is / isn’t plagiarism. | Coursework Regulations 1 You are required to submit your coursework on-line through online e-learning system http://stponline.org.uk. Detailed information about this is available in the student handbook submission. 2 Details of submission procedures and penalty fees can be obtained from Academic Administration or the general student handbook. 3 Late coursework will be accepted by...
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...Assignment B Zoe Suet Yee Wan, Jason Lau, Yaoyu Su OutThere Pty Ltd Z3416862 Zoe Suet Yee Wan Z3416733 Jason Lau Z3353653 Yaoyu Su Tutorial: Friday 9-11am Tutor: Jason Simpson Date Submitted: 12/10/2012 Word Count (excluding appendix and overview) : 3113 Word Count for Overview: 301 1 Assignment B Zoe Suet Yee Wan, Jason Lau, Yaoyu Su Executive Summary This following report focuses on providing recommendations and appropriate suggestions to OutThere Pty Ltd regarding the success for FillUp and QuickStop brands. Although FillUp has been growing steadily for the past five years, constant evaluation of efficiency and productivity is necessary for its continual success. On the other hand, standalone QuickStop shops has not been as successful as compared to FillUp as most newly established stores are located in remote areas which may be a contributing factor as to why new tools and strategies are essential to sustain profitability in the long run. Regarding the Chief Information Officer’s priorities to improve purchasing power and distribution efficiency, store layout and product mix, detect fraudulent activities and offer personalised promotion, different types of Business Intelligence Tools will be recommended specifically with the aim to achieve these priorities. 2 Assignment B Zoe Suet Yee Wan, Jason Lau, Yaoyu Su Table of Contents Executive Summary ...........................................................................................
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...Agenda: A. Introduction B. ERP 1. What is ERP ? 2. ERP Modules & Components 3. Available ERP Tools 4. How to Choose an ERP Software ? 5. Future of ERP 6. Comparisons and Surveys 7. Demos & case studies ERP Mind Mapping Managers & Stakeholders Reporting Applications Sales Force & Customer Service Reps Back-Office Admins & Workers Financial Applications Sales & Delivery Applications Centralized Database Manufacturing Applications Service Applications Inventory & Supply Applications Human Resources Management Apps Customers Employees Suppliers Architecture of ERP ERP Modules Finance Human Resources Inventory Management Project Management & Planning Quality Management Sales Management Purchase Management E-Commerce CustomerRelationship Management Document Management SupplierRelationship Management Risk Management Production Planning & Controlling Knowledge Management Business Intelligence ERP Challenges High Cost Implementation Time ERP Package Selection Consulting Fees Customizations ERP Challenges Business Process Reengineering Custom Reports Security Change In Organization Requirements Integration with Other Data Sources Integration with Other Applications Integration with Legacy Systems Total Cost Implementation Time Project Facotrs Benefits Risks Goal & Vision Fit Strategic Fitness Local Environmental Requirements System Factors Reliability & Quality User Friendliness...
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...of Employee’s Leave Process Using the SAP System (A Case Study of Oceanic Bank Int’l Plc., Nigeria) Term paper Fall 2014 Business School, Seinäjoki Masters of Business Administration Advanced Marketing Management SEINÄJOKI UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES * Term Paper abstract Faculty: Seinäjoki Business School Degree programme: Master of Business Administration Specialisation: Advanced Marketing Management Author: Ademola Olutosin Onashile Title of Thesis: Innovation of Employee’s Leave Process Using the SAP System Supervisor: Mäkeläinen, Ville-Pekka Year: 2014 Number of pages: 25 Number of appendices: 0 _________________________________________________________________ This paper is written furtherance to series of class and group works done under the course: Advanced Marketing Management which is an MBA course and the view point is innovation of a certain process or service or product of an organization and show casing its marketing management perspective. Therefore, the author is dwelling on the innovation of the leave process of a particular Nigerian bank namely Oceanic Bank Int’l plc. Hence, the paper tends to sequentially take the case from introduction, focusing on the Everett M.Rogers’ diffusion of innovation as its theoretical framework. It gives numerous definitions of Human Resource Management (HRM) and the needs for HR in organzations. It also explains in a nutshell the SAP technology and its benefits. Lastly...
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...JACG Consulting Group JACG Consulting Group SAP ERP Implementation SAP ERP Implementation By Jonathan Deroza, Audry Vazquez, Crystal Wheeler and George Sergi By Jonathan Deroza, Audry Vazquez, Crystal Wheeler and George Sergi Abstract We are working on the implementation of an ERP system from SAP for our coop with a total of 51 member owners. We are under a compelling opinion that the SAP R/3 software package gives us the best opportunity to achieve our objectives by reducing reporting and invoicing errors, reducing labor and transition costs and increasing productivity throughout JACG and its membership companies. 1. Overview JACG is a consulting firm modeled a coop that provides innovation business solutions in the food industry for their member-owners and customers. Today JACG has 51 active members with sales totaling fourteen billion dollars. JACG leverages the total volume, knowledge and loyalty of their membership to establish a competitive advantage by reducing costs and offering business building competencies. The value proposition that JACG brings to the membership is defined in many area including procurement, sourcing, quality assurance and best in class consulting services for its member-owners. The AS400 system JACG has in place today is very antiquated. The system is more than 20 years old and has been customized to the juncture where the updates to the software suite provided by the manufacturer are no longer useful; it is not flexible...
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...paper. System Design Reflecting the trend for IT organizations to partner with the business and act as both an enabler and driver of value-generating core and enabling technologies (Luftmann & Kempaiah, 2008), SAP business executives have created an integrated solution set that enables closed-loop strategy-to-execution. Integrated customer offerings will require a significant realignment of key internal stakeholders as well as changes to their roles and responsibilities. This final project provides a description of the management system, the implementation plan and the performance and progress review system. New Design Businesses such as SAP and its partners that operate in hypercompetitive environments characterized by extreme turmoil, complexity and discontinuity must call for strategies that place a premium on learning, innovation and cooperation. Strategies in hypercompetitive environments must encompass adaptive capacity (Staber & Sydow, 2002). …. Business Opportunity. SAP is the world’s largest enterprise resource planning (ERP) software vendor (From Walldorf to…, n.d.). … Proposed MSIO Solution. The contextual changes continue to evolve and require flexibility in the organization’s GTM response that is not currently available in current SAP system designs. Kaplan and Norton (2008a; 2008b) suggested that leaders employ a toolbox approach by which they employ different components of multiple theories for strategic and operational planning and execution...
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