please try to answer in points and with real life examples Question 4 Analyze the following case and answer thequestions:Organic Valley Harvests Enterprise EfficiencyOrganic Valley Family of Farms is the largest U.S.cooperative of organic farmers and one of the nation's leadingorganic brands. It is a marketing and distribution cooperativeand virtual manufacturer. It owns only one butter plant and asmall "cut and wrap" cheese operation, and contracts withmore than 85 fluid dairy, cheese and other plants across thecountry for the majority of its manufacturing. Today, itrepresents more than 1,300 family farms in 34 U.S. states andCanada. Focused on keeping small and mid-sized farmersfarming, Organic Valley produces more than 200 organicfoods sold in supermarkets, natural foods stores and foodcooperatives, and as ingredients for other organic foodmanufacturers nationwide.With an annual growth rate of more than 25 percent, OrganicValley needed to consolidate disparate systems into oneenterprise solution to improve operating efficiencies andmaintain the quality of its perishable food products."We were doing our planning using spreadsheets and anenterprise system designed for discrete manufacturing tohandle our financials, order management and inventory,"explains George Neill, director of IT, Organic Valley. "As ouroperations expanded, it became obvious that we needed tomake a major leap in our business systems."Organic Valley chose to leverage Infor's ERP Adage as itscore enterprise resource planning solution, along with InforSCM Advanced Planner (AP) and Infor SCM AdvancedScheduler (AS)."We enlisted the support of a consultant during our selectionprocess to help identify which functions and features were themost important," Neill explains. "We had very specificrequirements, like shelf-life management and expiration datemanagement," he says.Yet, the senior management team was a little apprehensiveabout taking on a complex Enterprise Resource Planning(ERP) implementation at the same time the company wasbuilding and moving into new headquarters."I had watched many ERP implementations before, and withour project manager as the only person with hands-onimplementation experience, we understood the potentialchallenges," Neill says.One of Organic Valley's maior business drivers was to (ERP) implementation at the same time the company wasbuilding and moving into new headquarters."I had watched many ERP implementations before, and withour project manager as the only person with hands-onimplementation experience, we understood the potentialchallenges," Neill says.One of Organic Valley's major business drivers was toimprove overall utilization of its resources by improving andautomating operational planning processes. The companygained an advantage with the new solutions because theplanning and scheduling tools are supported by the samevendor and require no code customization, which minimizesrisks during upgrades.In addition, the company uses the SCM planning solutions tomodel supply planning needs. "The Advanced Planner toolreally is the golden ring for us in pulling together supply anddemand plans to optimize the manufacturing and distributionof all our dairy, meat and produce products nationwide,"according to Neill.All in all, the Infor solution has enabled Organic Valley to bemore agile on the technical side, providing support for rapidbusiness growth. The cooperative is even projecting savingsof $2 million per year through improved supply chainplanning and other operational efficiencies.In the future, Organic Valley plans to move to the next versionof Infor ERP Adage and is evaluating other solutions andtechnologies to support its business.In effect, Organic Valley has slowed the rate of workforcegrowth while sustaining overall revenue growth, seeing anincrease in sales per employee of 37 percent sinceimplementation."We enlisted the support of a consultant during our selectionprocess to help identify which functions and features weremost important." --George Neill, Director of IT, OrganicValley Family of FarmsQuestion A Why did Organic Valley need an enterprisesystem?Question B Enterprise systems are expensive. What factorhelped justify the investment?Question C According to you what were the various toolsused in ERP system?

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please try to answer in points and with real life examples Question 4 Analyze the following case and answer thequestions:Organic Valley Harvests Enterprise EfficiencyOrganic Valley Family of Farms is the largest U.S.cooperative of organic farmers and one of the nation's leadingorganic brands. It is a marketing and distribution cooperativeand virtual manufacturer. It owns only one butter plant and asmall &#34;cut and wrap&#34; cheese operation, and contracts withmore than 85 fluid dairy, cheese and other plants across thecountry for the majority of its manufacturing. Today, itrepresents more than 1,300 family farms in 34 U.S. states andCanada. Focused on keeping small and mid-sized farmersfarming, Organic Valley produces more than 200 organicfoods sold in supermarkets, natural foods stores and foodcooperatives, and as ingredients for other organic foodmanufacturers nationwide.With an annual growth rate of more than 25 percent, OrganicValley needed to consolidate disparate systems into oneenterprise solution to improve operating efficiencies andmaintain the quality of its perishable food products.&#34;We were doing our planning using spreadsheets and anenterprise system designed for discrete manufacturing tohandle our financials, order management and inventory,&#34;explains George Neill, director of IT, Organic Valley. &#34;As ouroperations expanded, it became obvious that we needed tomake a major leap in our business systems.&#34;Organic Valley chose to leverage Infor's ERP Adage as itscore enterprise resource planning solution, along with InforSCM Advanced Planner (AP) and Infor SCM AdvancedScheduler (AS).&#34;We enlisted the support of a consultant during our selectionprocess to help identify which functions and features were themost important,&#34; Neill explains. &#34;We had very specificrequirements, like shelf-life management and expiration datemanagement,&#34; he says.Yet, the senior management team was a little apprehensiveabout taking on a complex Enterprise Resource Planning(ERP) implementation at the same time the company wasbuilding and moving into new headquarters.&#34;I had watched many ERP implementations before, and withour project manager as the only person with hands-onimplementation experience, we understood the potentialchallenges,&#34; Neill says.One of Organic Valley's maior business drivers was to (ERP) implementation at the same time the company wasbuilding and moving into new headquarters.&#34;I had watched many ERP implementations before, and withour project manager as the only person with hands-onimplementation experience, we understood the potentialchallenges,&#34; Neill says.One of Organic Valley's major business drivers was toimprove overall utilization of its resources by improving andautomating operational planning processes. The companygained an advantage with the new solutions because theplanning and scheduling tools are supported by the samevendor and require no code customization, which minimizesrisks during upgrades.In addition, the company uses the SCM planning solutions tomodel supply planning needs. &#34;The Advanced Planner toolreally is the golden ring for us in pulling together supply anddemand plans to optimize the manufacturing and distributionof all our dairy, meat and produce products nationwide,&#34;according to Neill.All in all, the Infor solution has enabled Organic Valley to bemore agile on the technical side, providing support for rapidbusiness growth. The cooperative is even projecting savingsof $2 million per year through improved supply chainplanning and other operational efficiencies.In the future, Organic Valley plans to move to the next versionof Infor ERP Adage and is evaluating other solutions andtechnologies to support its business.In effect, Organic Valley has slowed the rate of workforcegrowth while sustaining overall revenue growth, seeing anincrease in sales per employee of 37 percent sinceimplementation.&#34;We enlisted the support of a consultant during our selectionprocess to help identify which functions and features weremost important.&#34; --George Neill, Director of IT, OrganicValley Family of FarmsQuestion A Why did Organic Valley need an enterprisesystem?Question B Enterprise systems are expensive. What factorhelped justify the investment?Question C According to you what were the various toolsused in ERP system?

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Organic Valley wanted to merge its fragmented processes into one corporate approach to address the…