10.05.07
Week 10
Q.2 Using Sumner (2005), read the article on pages 149 – 150. Answer the following:
a. What aspects of BI have been employed in this case example?
b. What would you expect to be the challenges facing the development of a BI approach for such a large organisation?
c.Would Dow Corning be a suitable candidate for a shared services approach using an ASP? Justify and argue your answer
Week 8
Using Sumner (2005), answer questions 1 and 3 on pages 97 – 98.
Question 1
Many people argue that MRP is a precursor to ERP and that ERP systems were designed to integrate MRP systems with financial and accounting systems.
Given the interrelationship between MRP and ERP does it make sense for a non manufacturing company to adopt an ERP system?
Question 3
The production and planning and materials management modules within ERP have interfaces to other modules, including Human Resources, Sales and Distribution and Financial Accounting. Describe these interfaces: What information is shared with Production Planning and materials management module; Human Resources, Sales and Distribution, Financial Accounting.
Week 9
Q.3 What external factors (non-implementation project related) could affect how and when an ERP goes live? Explain and justify.
External factors as follows:
Organizational structure includes official, centralised degree and organisational complex which all will influent the result of the ERP implementation.
When ERP implementation, the support from the top management is a very important factor. The top management announces ERP implementation and morale inspiration to the employee that will effect when an ERP goes live.
The ERP implementation is very hard to achieve the benefit in short period of time. Therefore, there will be a lot of complaints, resistant, against and etc under the pressure. Those factors will effect how and when an ERP goes live.
An ERP is a management tool that needs heavy investment to be successful. Therefore organisnation don’t have enough money to invest, it will effect an ERP goes live.
Have a look at assignment 5. Search the web or go to some other source to find some hints and tips on giving presentations. Post to your blog what you think was the most helpful and why?Useful tips on preparing a presentation as follows:
Stories and Characters – With few exceptions, a presentation is an opportunity for you to tell a story to an audience (Brogan 2006).
Touch Their Eyes – Presentations are not opportunities for people to read in a group setting (Brogan 2006).
A Presentation Doesn’t Equal a PowerPoint Side Deck (Brogan 2006).
You are an Entertainer – Presenting, even to your coworkers and colleagues, is an entertainment experience (Brogan 2006).
I find this tips are useful because he mention about what to do if you are horribly shy. There tips also help me to get more prepare for my presentation.
Reference:
Brogan C. 2006, My Best Presentation Tricks, viewed 1 October 2007, http://www.lifehack.org/articles/lifehack/my-best-presentation-tricks.html
