Professional Issues Assignment Part 1

I accredit, that the level of professionalism I gained this month was beyond outstanding. I manage to learn more then just the basic in this Digital Video and Audio Production class. I know that if this class was a little longer then just a month and twice a week I would have been a pro in that class. I enter that class not knowing anything about cameras or even how to operate one.The magic of learning helped me get through the month. It was beyond my expectations, my submission for this class everything was on time and I attended every single lecture without missing any of them. I think that for this professionalism assignment I should get full credit meaning I deserve the full 10% getting a 100, because I did try my hardest and gave my 100%

My role as a teacher is to create stimulating classes giving the learners the opportunity to develop and achieve skills associated with ceramics practices. I start by firstly understanding the assesment criteria set out by the AS board,

Assessment of Problem: Clearly describe the problem in your work unit and your plan to solve the problem.

>Look also at the remaining issues in the unit from task 1, & 2 to add to your perspective.

ERP projects are most definitely expensive and risky, nevertheless despite these potential costs KEDA decided to embark on its ERP implementation project in hopes of obtaining a high return on investment. One of the factors that led to this decision was the fierce competition of global and local competitors. In an effort to retain its position within the industry and combat the threat of other businesses, KEDA needed to evolve. Specifically, through choosing a new ERP system, KETA hoped that this strategy would improve operations and become a productive advancement to the structure of the company. Since the Chinese government stopped their support and the MRP-II couldn’t manage the multiple system operations, they had to seek out a new alternative.

Assessment of Problem: Clearly describe the problem in your work unit and your plan to solve the problem.

Communication: Deborah continues to actively listen and asks relevant questions to ensure complete understanding of all assigned tasks or customer requests.

NIBCO is a pipe and valve manufacturing company headquartered in Indiana with ten plants and three distribution centers. NIBCO wanted their business processes to be strategically improved in order for their manufacturing facilities and distribution centers to meet their customer’s requirements (Brown, DeHayes, Hoffer, Martin, & Perkins, 2012). There were multiple systems being utilized within NIBCO and none of the systems had the ability to communicate with each other which created duplicative and wasteful resource efforts. NIBCO’s decision to implement an ERP system was to improve their information systems. Beutler (as cited in Brown et al., 2012) stated that the consulting group reported to NIBCO “to look at integration as a major

I will start with a summary of the main problems plaguing the company’s computer system:

The adoption of the ERP software package throughout the enterprise will have a positive effect on the company. Through the elimination of data conversions and manual data reentry, the company can significantly reduce the time it takes to complete the monthly General Ledger, Income Statement, and Balance Sheet reports. The adoption of a single system instead of three will save Riordan money by reducing the IT staffing needs as it

In general, ERP systems are designed to standardize information entry and create data storage for information sharing across the organization. There are numerous advantages of ERP but skeptics argued on the fact that these advantages can be also achieved by simplification and lean production methods. IT systems could be effective and reliable in the long run but at the same time there is an uncertainty about whether it will align with the concerned business process. For instance, the ERP system implemented at the Korey plant to replace MRP system failed. Though it met the requirements of individual unit and enabled employees with wide range of

ERPs are notoriously difficult and time consuming to install since they impact all areas of a business’s processes. Forty percent of all ERP installations are only completed partially and another twenty percent are complete failures resulting in a removal of the system (Yick, 2011). This leaves successful, complete, ERP implementations in the minority and NIBCO’s selection committee did not want to create additional opportunities to fail, especially with the data issues that were occurring with their legacy systems (Brown, DeHaynes, Hoffer, Martin, & Perkins, 2012).

Beth also noticed that with all of the reworks and scrap being taken from the line and listed as employee error, the company would not be able to improve upon the processes to because the exact cause of the error is not known. This could lead to higher cost and possible delays in getting the orders out on time. Proper processes for handling inspections were not known so the employees could follow proper

After reading the case, one continues to come up with new problems and issues along the way that are related to information technologies. The three main problems we encountered in this case are lack of IT knowledge, inappropriate planning, and ineffective and inefficient Resource Management. Each of these issues requires specific attention to fix the next problem and so forth. The solution to attack each individual problem or issue will be explained as follows.

4. How will a four-step method for business problem solving help you solve information system-relations problems?