Maytag Global Company - Implementing Erp

Our company needs to be installing a latest and advanced ERP system which makes us fully utilizing the business resources in the most efficient manner. Currently, the existing information system does not provide the full, accurate and reliable information from one department to another, neither it’s a cross-platform for information sharing(Columbus, 2014). A less-efficient information system is contributing into increasing cost of production for the business and overall reducing the business efficiency. The inventory turnover is increasing over the time period and so the productivity of staff unable to work at their optimum level. The current information system does not cover the whole business process and rather employees are engaged in manual data recording and preparing the documents to back the data.

In today’s business environment, companies use integrated information systems to gain competitive advantages. The primary objective of senior management is to generate a 10% profit to reinvest into the enterprise and expand their divisions. Several of Bandon’s competitors have implemented ERP with integrated CRM solutions. In order for Bandon Group, Inc. to compete with businesses such as Xerox, it is necessary to integrate the business applications. According to Monk, Ellen, & Wagner, “increasing information system efficiency often results in the effective management of business processes, which is essential to maximizing profit and sustainable growth” (2009). Bandon Group has common critical problems and issues within the organization today; there are also opportunities and challenges that need to be addressed. The technology department is small and strained. With the range of various technical solutions that have been implemented across the divisions it has become very difficult to provide data migrations, network support, technical support and training (Sumner, 2005). An ERP system can dramatically reduce costs and improve operational efficiency as it removes feudal decision-making and facilitates data integration and transparency between business units

This paper serves to explore the potential benefits of implementing an ERP system, namely the Systems, Applications & Products in Data Processing (SAP) software, into a business’s distribution process. It seeks to educate the reader on what an ERP/SAP system is, benefits of implementing it as well as best practices to enable successful implementation of the system.

Information technologies are becoming an inseparable part of today’s business world.ERP systems is one such example as they have become an important instrument without which the majority of enterprises could no longer function(Pabedinskait,2010).Successfully implemented ERP systems generate organisational synergy, which provides a motivation for the improvement of particularly efficient processes necessary for the success of an organisation. ERP implementation systems have become more popular within the last 15 years. They are now a common way of implementing organisational changes today. Organisations that successfully employ ERP systems, such as software and industry processes have enormous benefits such as greater efficiency. Companies that have succeeded in their respective ERP implementation include Cisco, Tektronix and Harley Davidson Motor Company.

It can be said that the vulnerability of the economy across the globe has made most consumers and customers very unwilling to pay more even for high-quality products and services. This general feeling coupled with competition among various organizations has compelled them (organizations) to develop strategies that would enable them reduce costs so as to offer consumers competitive prices, while improving efficiency, performance, and quality. As a way of enhancing organizational performance, most contemporary organizations are relying on technology, such as the enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. Basically, the ERP is intended to streamline and integrate the operations of various departments or units within an organization into a

ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP) is a management software especially designed for organizations and companies to collect, store, manage and interpret data from different business departments such as product planning, cost, manufacturing, service, delivery, marketing, sales, inventory management, shipping and payment and the list goes on, it also provides integrated and upgraded versions of its core business processes. It mostly tracks down raw material, cash flows, production and manufacturing capacity. ERP facilitates information flow between all business departments and manages connection to outside stakeholders. ERP in a broader term includes many advantages as well as risks it also consists of a lot of processes which

Enterprise resource planning ( ERP) system is a new software management technology that strives to integrate the many business functions of an organisation through the unified software, thus enhancing/ improving productivity and overall performance of the business. It is the main product provided successfully by SAP globally to many different business industries. This is because on average most ERP systems have many different types of modules to accommodate individual sectors of a business, such as; human resources management module, accounting & financial modules, manufacturing modules, distribution modules and many more ( Chang et al. 2008 ). For an example in the R/3 ERP system provided by SAP, a few ERP functions can be derived, such as; to facilitate the processing of raw data into decision making information, security & storage of the raw data and information of businesses, enables forecasting of the business plan, assisting the business supply chain processes and many more ( Jones 1996). In terms of the accounting perspective the ERP system can be argued to have been a positive impact from the first function of processing of raw

Cloud–based ERP benefits customers by providing application scalability and reduces hardware cost. Cloud computing technology makes customers build an internal cloud to reduce ongoing hardware costa while maintaining greater control over the integration and require local access to their data server.

Cisco System, Inc is a Computer Technologies company that was founded in 1984. The company’s primary product is the “router.” The router is hardware and software that control Intranet and Internet traffic. With the growth of the Internet, Cisco products became in high demand. In 1997 Cisco was ranked among the top five companies in return on revenues and on assets. Cisco has been

The main purpose of this paper is to give further bits of knowledge into the selection of enterprise resource planning systems and the effects on hierarchical execution. ERP is the most recent innovative incarnation in the formative history of arranging and control based frameworks, which were initially intended to adapt to the troublesome errand of viably dealing with the data assets of firms. By using the ERP software data can be incorporated flawlessly in an organization.

As it assists the company to boost its productivity and also help to meet the business needs with an appropriate level of automation, ERP will introduce the process in which department and the individual will get connected to collaborative process which will help to be a greater real time visibility.

First, it is important to understand what an Enterprise Resource System (ERP) is and how it affects an organization. An ERP will integrate the organizational data across all functions; one only needs to enter data once, which is used by all through a single database. (Wailgum, 2007) This is significant because it will align the business processes by integrating the functional areas of finance, sales, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, and shipping and all users of the system. (Web4ERP, 2012) The success or failure of an ERP implementation is the alignment and direction of senior business executives with the IT implementation team, and business users whose job it is to interface with the new system. IT cannot and should not be making all the key design and configuration choices, the business must take the lead and own every aspect of the implementation. As it was shown in the “Why ERP” book, little effort was made to include all the people using the system. They went with the implementation decisions of the IT person who had implemented it in Mr. McDougal’s brother’s company with little regard for understanding how the business operated or what

This paper seeks to conduct a case study on the quantitative and qualitative benefits of ERP for Company X. This paper will go ahead and evaluate the cost of introducing and ERP system. The paper will then compare the productivity of Company X with and without an ERP system.

The modern solution to the issues presented above is the planning and implementation of an ERP (enterprise resource planning) system. The goal of ERP implementation must be understood, and a realistic set of expectations must be determined. An ERP implementation may be implemented in phases to reduce the impact to customers, suppliers and staff. The ERP system will allow the organization to share data across the entire enterprise, allowing each individual business unit to become more organized, efficient and responsive to change. Adoption of new processes often meet resistance, as does any change, within an organization. The support and strategy of Senior Management, including substantial financial outlay, must be clear and enduring. Outside consulting firms may be necessary to provide the proper expertise and guidance

Another benefit companies receive from using an ERP is standardized processes and consistent data. This is important in the energy sector and the oil and gas industry because it allows the business to move rapidly to new markets as well as adjust workloads among offices. (Anderson et al., 119) an ERP system will provide managers with pertinent and timely information on when assets need to be replaced among others which will improve the quality of their decisions. (Anderson et al. 119)