Case 3: Sinosteel strengthens business management with ERP 1. What is the business of Sinosteel, what are its major challenges, and how would an ERP system address the challenges they face? „h It has core business in resources development, trade & logistics, engineering project and science & technology, equipment manufacturing and specialized service, providing comprehensive auxiliary service for steel industry, especially steel mills. „h Maintenance of economic and technological cooperation
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is the business of Sinosteel, what are its major challenges, and how would an ERP system address the challenges they face? Sinosteel is a company that is in charge of producing and processing metallurgical mineral resources, trading and logistics raw materials and products, and it is also related engineering technical service and equipment manufacture. The company is decentralized (it has many subsidiaries), while its business is expanding all around the world. It has core business in resources
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Sinosteel Question 2. (1) Why did Sinosteel pursue the development of an ERP system? “The go-live of the ERP system is a major milestone in our efforts to deploy a modern management system. It is also a testament to the joint efforts and achievements of Sinosteel”, said Mr. Huang Tianwen, President of Sinosteel Corporation. With the ERP system, Sinosteel is able to deliver timely updates of accounting records and gain insights into underlying business transactions. The company can achieve synchronous
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Essentials of Management Information Systems Essentials KENNETH C. LAUDON AND JANE P. LAUDON CHAPTER 8 CASE 1 ACHIEVING OPERATIONAL EXCELLENCE AND CUSTOMER INTIMACY: ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS Sinosteel Strengthens Business Management with ERP Applications VIDEO CASE Systems Systems TAGS SUMMARY URL CASE Coordination of decentralized business units; centralization of business rules; data security; management decision making; real-time “enterprise wide” resource planning
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1 Case Study : Sinosteel Strengthens Business Management with ERP Applications SUMMARY: China’s state owned strategic resources enterprise Sinosteel Corporation uses Oracle Enterprise Resource Management (ERP) to strengthen its business management and global reach. Case: Sinosteel Corporation (abbreviated as Sinosteel) is a central enterprise under the administration of the State-Owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. There are 76 subsidiaries under the administration
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Question 1: Sinosteel is a company that is in charge of producing and processing metallurgical mineral resources, trading and logistics raw materials and products, and it is also related engineering technical service and equipment manufacture. The company is decentralized (it has many subsidiaries), while its business is expanding all around the world. The main challenges for Sinosteel: - Improving and consolidating its management, overwhelming their lack of centralization. - Being more efficient
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Sinosteel Strengthens Business Management with ERP Applications 1. What is the business of Sinosteel, what are its major challenges, and how would an ERP system address the challenges they face? 2. Why did Sinosteel pursue the development of an ERP system? What were the objectives? What challenges (risks) does ERP address for Sinosteel? [The CEO is difficult to understand on some of the objectives, but later in the video an IT manager is more clear and reflects the CEO’s position almost
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Workday: Mobile Solutions for iPad Video Case 2: Evolution Homecare Manages Patients with Microsoft CRM (2011) Video Case 3: Sinosteel Strengthens Business Management with ERP Applications (2008) Instructional Video 1: Zara’s: Wearing Today’s Fashions with Supply Chain Management 6.1 Copyright © 2014 Pearson Education publishing as Prentice Hall Management Information Systems, Global Edition Chapter 9: Achieving Operational Excellence and Customer Intimacy: Enterprise Applications
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