COMM 226 Enterprise Resource Planning ERP and SAP

COMM 226 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and SAP Chitu Okoli Associate Professor in Business Technology Management John Molson School of Business, Concordia University, Montréal 1

Challenges that ERP tries to resolve • • Delayed data sharing Disconnected processes Insufficient information for managers Information silos within departments of an organization • Information silos within organizations--supply chain challenges 2

Enterprise Application Integration (EAI): A partial solution • Helps databases talk to each other, but: – Still multiple databases – Separate processes Copyrig ht © 2015 6 -3

Enterprise Application Integration (EAI): A partial solution • EAI helps to resolve: – Delayed data sharing: all databases can share data easily – Insufficient information for managers: greater visibility of data – Information silos within departments of an organization: all databases can talk to each other easily • But EAI does not resolve: – Disconnected processes • some of the greatest benefits could potentially lie here – Information silos within organizations —supply chain challenges: • other potential benefits available Copyrig ht © 2015 6 -4

What Are the Benefits of an ERP System? • Addresses all of the major challenges: – – – Copyrig ht © 2015 Delayed data sharing Disconnected processes Insufficient information for managers Information silos within departments of an organization Information silos within organizations—supply chain challenges 6 -5

What Are the Challenges of Implementing an ERP System? • Decision-Making Challenges Copyrig ht © 2015 6 -6

What Are the Challenges of Implementing an ERP System? • People Challenges Copyrig ht © 2015 6 -7

What Are the Challenges of Implementing an ERP System? • ERP Upgrades Copyrig ht © 2015 6 -8

What Are the Fundamentals of a Procurement Process? • Linking the Fundamentals of the Procurement Process with Inbound Logistics in the Value Chain Copyrig ht © 2015 7 - 9

CBI procurement process before and after SAP Copyrig ht © 2015 7 - 10

Benefits of switching to SAP for the CBI procurement process Copyrig ht © 2015 7 - 11

What New IS IT Will Affect the Procurement Process by 2024? Copyrig ht © 2015 7 - 12

Radio Frequency ID (RFID) http: //youtu. be/g. EQJx. NDSKAE 13

Security and privacy issues with RFID • RFID tags are still readable even after leaving the supply chain • RFID tags are difficult to remove • RFID tags can be read without your knowledge • RFID tags with unique serial numbers could be used to identify individuals – E. g. the serial number can be linked to an individual credit card number 14 Sources: Technovelgy. com: Problems With RFID Image: RFID Journal

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The replicator http: //youtu. be/e. Eez 9 l. Nh 8 Uw 16

3 -D printing (the real thing) https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=8 aghzp. O_UZE 17

The dark side of 3 -D printing • • • 3 D printers are energy hogs Unhealthy air emissions Reliance on plastics Intellectual property and licensing deals Gun control loopholes Responsibility of manufacturers Bioprinting ethics and regulation Possibility of 3 D printed drugs National security risks Safety of items that come into contact with food • Source: http: //www. techrepublic. com/article/the-dark-side-of-3 dprinting-10 -things-to-watch/ 18

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Sources • Most of the slides are adapted from COMM 226 Business Technology Management by David M. Kroenke, Andrew Gemino, Peter Tingling, and Earl H. Mc. Kinney, Jr. 2 nd Custom Edition for Concordia University (2014) published by Pearson Canada. ISBN 13: 978 -1 -269 -96956 -7 • Other sources are noted on the slides themselves 20