FIT3138 Assignment 1- ERP Critical Success Factors and Functionality Solution

Assignment One: Exploring ERP Critical Success Factors and Functionality


Assignment Aim and Objectives:
This assignment is made up of two parts and aims to encourage students to explore and discuss :
• The Critical Success Factors (CSF’s) in implementing an ERP system
• The different functionalities of the real-time enterprise systems.
The following objectives are sought:
• To discuss the factors that are critical to the success of an ERP implementation.
• To gain hands-on experience on a production planning initiative using SAP ERP and to appreciate how the enterprise systems could be used to enhance efficiency in supply chain management.
Unit Learning Outcome: 1, 2, 3 and 4



Part 1: Critical Success Factors in ERP Implementation
The difficulty of integrating information across a distributed company has brought down many
ERP projects, such as drugstore chain FoxMeyer’s SAP ERP system in the late ’90s and Tri- Valley Growers’ 1997 choice of Oracle’s ill-fated ERP package for the consumer packagedgoods industry. Neither company ever got its systems working properly and that contributed to both eventually shutting their doors.


Even though Nike had highly advanced information systems in its forecasting, manufacturing, sales, and procurement departments, the lack of visibility across the entire process, coupled with manual integration across the departmental systems, cost Nike more than $100 million that quarter. In addition, their share price went down 20% the day after they publicly announced the mistake.

Source:
Magal, Simha. Essentials of Business Processes and Information Systems. Wiley.


http://www.cio.com/article/2439601/supply-chain-management/nike-rebounds--how--and-why-- nike-recovered-from-its-supply-chain-disaster.html

Nike’s supply chain debacle and their subsequent victory has provided us with valuable lessons that we can learn. Based on Nike’s experience as reported in the articles, as well as your own independent research, write an essay of about 1000 (+/- 10%) words, properly referenced, identifying and discussing five factors critical to the success of an ERP implementation.



Part 2: ERP process integration and functionality
In this part of the assignment, you are required to perform a manufacturing process cycle using the Global Bike Inc. (G.B.I.) data set, which has exclusively been created for SAP UA global curricula. In this case study, you will create consumption values for a finished product to plan and process a complete manufacturing cycle.
In order to process a complete manufacturing process, you will take on different roles within the GBI company, e.g., production supervisor, shop floor worker and plant manager. Overall, you will be working in the Materials Management (MM) and the Production Planning and Execution (PP) departments.
As you conduct the hands-on exercises, you are required to record the document numbers and provide screenshots on the data sheet provided. After completing the practical exercises, reflect on the different functionalities afforded by the SAP_PP module and discuss how the enterprise systems could be used to enhance efficiency in supply chain management. Your reflective essay should be about 300 words.
Delivery structure and assessment criteria:

1. Download the “PP_Using GBI_Data_Sheet.doc” and rename it as AAAA-9999999 Part
1.docx, where ‘AAAA’ is your last name and ‘9999999’ is your Student ID.
2. Work through the Production Planning and Execution case study, taking screenshots where indicated.
3. Submit your file AAAA-9999999 Part 1.docx (or .pdf), which should include a record of all the document numbers being generated and your reflective essay.
4. The marking criteria appended on the last page of this document will give you an indication of how your work will be assessed.

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Submission instructions:
1. Your submission should include the following files:
• AAAA-9999999 Part 1.docx (or .pdf)
• AAAA-9999999 Part 2.docx (or .pdf)




FIT3138 Real-Time Enterprise Systems
Assignment 1 Marking Criteria
Criteria: Total:
Part 1 10

Critical Success Factors in ERP implementation

A well written and well researched essay which clearly identifies and discusses five factors critical to the success of an ERP implementation.



Part 2 10
a) Hands-on PP process culminating to an accurate record of all the document numbers being generated and include requested screenshots (refer to datasheet provided)
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b)

A reflective essay on the different functionalities afforded by the SAP_PP module and discuss how the enterprise systems could be used to enhance efficiency in supply chain management.
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