OM0011- ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING

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ASSIGNMENT

DRIVE	SPRING 2016
PROGRAM	MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA)
SEMESTER	III
SUBJECT CODE & NAME	OM0011- ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING
BK ID	B1964
CREDITS	4
MARKS	60

Note: Answer all questions. Kindly note that answers for 10 marks questions should be approximately of 400 words. Each question is followed by evaluation scheme.

Question.1. Write Short notes on the following

a. Internal Business Functions and External Business Functions

Answer:Internal functions of business help to lay its preliminary foundation (base). These mainly include primary activities like:

·         Acquiring the necessary finance (funds) to initiate and run a business,

·         Purchasing raw materials required to manufacture goods,

·         Hiring labour force for work-related support,

·         Handling and managing

b. Characteristics of information

Answer:Good information is that which is used and which creates value. Experience and research shows that good information has numerous qualities.

Good information is relevant for its purpose,

c. Decision Support System (DSS)

Answer:A decision support system (DSS) is a computer-based information system that supports business or organizational decision-making activities. DSSs serve the management, operations, and planning levels of an organization (usually mid and higher management) and help people make decisions about problems that may be rapidly changing and not easily specified in advance—i.e. Unstructured and Semi-Structured decision problems. Decision support systems can be either fully computerized, human-powered or a combination of both.

Question.2. Explain the concept of Business Process Reengineering (BPR). What are the steps involved in an effective BPR process?

Answer:Process engineering is an innovative process for which a disciplined approach to the effort is essential. It involves a six-step plan.

These steps are:

Step 1: State a case for action.

Step 2: Identify the process for reengineering.

Step 3: Evaluate enablers for

Question.3. Explain various Functions of quality management module.

Answer:Quality Management in eresource ERP is 100% configurable module. This module allows a wide variety of characteristics and parameters to be specified in the stand inspection operation and maintain an extensive history to improve product quality and identify recurring problems.

Eresource ERP Quality Management allows the

Question.4. Write Short notes on-

a. Role of ERP in Purchasing

Answer:Purchase is one of the major part of any Manufacturing Industry. Purchase deals with all the items or products required which is not available in stores department, It collects list of items which are required , by the Industry, provides all departments with their necessary item requirements, keeps a ready count of the quantity of different items and deals with the suppliers in an endeavour to procure new stock.

b. Warehouse management

Answer:A warehouse management system (WMS) is a software application, designed to support warehouse or distribution center management and staff. They facilitate management in their daily planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling the utilization of available resources, to move and store materials into, within, and out of a warehouse, while supporting staff in the performance of material movement and storage in and around a warehouse.

c. Features of ERP inventory management system

Answer: Inventory management software is a computer-based system for tracking inventory levels, orders, sales and deliveries. It can also be used in the manufacturing industry to create a work order, bill of materials and other production-related documents. Companies use inventory management software to avoid product overstock and outages. It is a tool for organizing inventory data that before was generally stored in hard-copy form or in spreadsheets.

Inventory management software is made up of several key components, all working together to create a cohesive inventory for many organizations' systems. These features include:

Question.5. Explain the products and technology of SSA (System Software Associates).

Answer: SSA Global Technologies (previous NASDAQ symbol: SSAG) was a company developing Enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. On May 15, 2006, SSA Global announced that it would be acquired by Infor Global Solutions. The acquisition was completed on July 28, 2006.

Enterprise Resource planning has become a powerful tools in the hands of management for effective use of resources and improve efficiency of an enterprise. In today’s rapidly changes in business environment every organizations has to face new market,

Question.6. Write short notes on

a. Gap Analysis

Answer:In management literature, gap analysis involves the comparison of actual performance with potential or desired performance. If an organization does not make the best use of current resources, or forgoes investment in capital or technology, it may produce or perform below its potential. This concept is similar to an economy's being below the production possibilities frontier.

Gap analysis identifies gaps between the optimized allocation and integration of the inputs (resources), and the current allocation-level. This

b. Reduction of lead time

Answer:A lead time is the latency between the initiation and execution of a process. For example, the lead time between the placement of an order and delivery of a new car from a manufacturer may be anywhere from 2 weeks to 6 months. In industry, lead time reduction is an important part of lean manufacturing.

c. BAAN company

Answer:Baan was a vendor of enterprise resource planning (ERP) software that is now owned by Infor Global Solutions. Baan or Baan ERP was also the name of the ERP product created by this company.

The Baan Corporation was created by Jan Baan in 1978 in Barneveld, Netherlands, to provide financial and administrative consulting services. With the development of his first software package, Jan Baan and his brother Paul Baan entered what was to become the ERP industry. The Baan company focused on the creation

d. End users

Answer:In product development, an end user (sometimes end-user)[a] is a person who ultimately uses or is intended to ultimately use a product. The end user stands in contrast to users who support or maintain the product, such as sysops, system administrators, database administrators, or technicians. End users typically do not possess the technical understanding or skill of the product designers, a fact that it is easy for designers to fo

e. ERP trends

Answer:The friendlier feel and broader, more up-to-date functions of the current crop of ERP applications exist alongside longstanding questions about what a monolithic system can really be expected to do. Customization is often still a necessity, and integration is a usually tedious and expensive proposition that, ironically,

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