This essay stems from the 4 week placement completed at Time Tax Ltd, a small chartered accountancy firm based in Birmingham. I worked in the tax department and had a variety of different roles, but mainly dealt with company tax returns to see whether or not companies were paying the correct amounts to HMRC. During my placement, an IT company representative came in and offered the management accountant an ERP system which he believed would be ideal for the company’s operations. The management team were already contemplating a system change and having studied a module on Information Systems (IS), I felt it was necessary to advise my manager to consider other computing systems before making a final-decision. The knowledge gained at university had given me an insight into the different types of systems that companies could adopt, and helped me to understand the problems that management accountants could face when choosing either an enterprise-resource-planning or a best-of-breed standalone system. This allowed me to give my own thoughtful opinions and allowed me to talk in depth with the individuals who would be making the important decision whether or not to change their current operating system. Whilst at Time Tax Ltd, it was apparent that the old legacy system that they currently adopted had compatibility issues and data-sharing between the different departments was at times difficult. Moreover, I was informed that high maintenance and intricate
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I see the ERP system implementation project as a development opportunity for me to become familiar with the practical and technical aspects of the software. Having a ‘Kolb’ learning style of Converging (doing and thinking – AC/AE), this would assist me with future problem solving and support aspects of the software.
Pros. An ERP system is a necessary investment for Riordan because it integrates all departments and their respective functions across the organization into a single IT system (UMaine, 2009). There are three main benefits of ERP systems that directly address problems with Riordan’s operations. One benefit is a logical solution to a mess of incompatible applications currently in use by the organization. ERP also allows global access and sharing of organizational data as well. Additionally, implementing an ERP system will help the organization bypass the difficulties and expenses of replacing legacy systems (UMaine, 2009). An analysis of Riordan’s current issues with its Finance
A year ago, Tony Jessup, a chartered accountant was employed to spruce up the accounting records and overall management process of the company. After a prolonged analysis and study of the various business interests of
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The tax preparation industry services millions of customers each tax season. Among the industry participants there are tax preparation franchises and independent tax preparation firms. The values illustrated by a tax professional; depends upon the individual or firm that is providing the service. However, most customer complaints are against tax preparation franchises like HR Block and Jackson Hewitt. Therefore, these complaints indicate that there is a lack of principle and values within this industry as a whole.
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is an enterprise system that serves as the technological backbone of many businesses today. Through a framework of integrated software modules, ERP provides employees and managers with real-time data across business units. For businesses that have successfully implemented ERP, the benefits can be amazing. Significant improvements in quality, efficiency, decision support, along with decreased costs and enterprise agility, are all tremendous benefits to any business. Those benefits don’t come without a price. The implementation of an ERP system is an enormous undertaking that can be extremely expensive. Maybe this is the reason IT managers are reluctant to move
[2] To be able to identify and evaluate major advantages and disadvantages of ERP systems [3 Marks] - Advantages of ERP - Reducing raw material and inventory costs. Production costs and time can also be reduced. ERP can impact the organisation by forcing changes that will benefit the organisation. It could also be implemented as a stage for different other applications and also be able to evaluate the performance that ERP has on the company. [5,6,11] (Deutsch, C.H. 1998); (Main, J. 1990); (Schlack, M. 1992)
In this paper, I will identify whether the technological dilemmas dealt by companies dealing with ERP systems are valid today. Some of the non-technical challenges discussed “Putting the Enterprise into the Enterprise system” mentioned in the article were the lack of planning when it came to putting the right processes to fit the ERP system, implementing ERP system to have department data communicate with each other, and having a system that was uniform throughout but met the needs for regions of those large corporations.
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
Briefly describe how the manner in which information is collected and stored will impact on its quality and overall usefulness to an organisation
The objective of the aforementioned piece was to carry out a process of analysis, valuation and discovery of potential risks linked with the post-implementation of ERP. The writers conducted this observational and factual quest using a perceptible path. They facilitated and implemented an inferential research design that stood on a review of cross-inspection queries for 118 major bodies to introspect the prospective liabilities of ERP post-implementation. Nonetheless, some impediments should be taken into account. This
Highlighting how top managerial understanding of the business-related benefits that a software brings is essential in gaining the necessary funding for the implementation of the software [1, 2, 3]. Additionally this context looks at the level of expertise available within the organisation for the implementation of the new technology [1, 2, 3].
This essay will briefly explain the most recent policies proposed by the EU and the OECD .All these policies have one thing in common: increase transparency of the financial records and exchange of information between tax authorities. Thus putting all the MS on an equal