...Assignment 1 (Case Studies MDCM A & B) | | | | 2/17/2014 | | Question 1: You are a member of the MDCM executive team. Use the information give in case MDCM (A) to help solve the management crisis. You should define the overall corporate strategy, the business goals and the high-level IT objectives. Answer 1: Corporate Strategy: A strategy is a high level plan to achieve one or more goals and MDCM’s corporate strategy is as follows: * To reduce operating costs through better coordination of the manufacturing process and the introduction of efficiencies to the manner in which the organization operates * To achieve profitable growth through the acquisition of subsidiaries. * To deliver quality parts and assemblies on time through the alignment of the organizational structure to the strategy. Business Goals: Business goals are broad statements of intent and MDCM’s business goals are as follows: Business Goal ID | Business Goal Description | BG01 | Reduce operating costs. | BG02 | Increase operational efficiency. | BG03 | Improve the flow of information within the organization and the supply chain. | BG04 | To have one brand for the company across the globe. | BG05 | To improve manufacturing efficiency and quality. | IT Objectives: According to the business dictionary an objectives is a specific result that a person or system aims to achieve within a time frame and with available resources, MDCM’s IT objectives are as follows: IT Objective ID | IT Objective...
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...will be used in comparing the projects, some of the proposed infrastructure projects for MDSCM include standard computing hardware and software, website and data warehousing. The website is the project with the highest likelihood to succeed and also will add value to the business. Introduction: The following is a summary of the information technology projects appropriate for the MDCM Company, IT infrastructure required include networking, standard computing hardware and software, data warehousing, messaging system and a website. A score card is also established in order evaluate each project and these scores are represented in a Portfolio Application Model Matrix. IT infrastructure: Networking: This project involves the use of internet and networking resources available to enable the sharing of information across the subsidiaries and also within the subsidiaries, networking will improve quality of products given that it will enable sharing of information with the various departments and subsidiaries and therefore add value to products. Computing hardware and software: According to the case study the company different hardware platform systems including AIX, UNIX, Windows NT, windows 2000, adoption of a standardized operating system will help reduce both support costs and maintenance costs. This will enable the company gain competitive advantage. Further investment in computer hardware and software will also be required whereby different computing hardware will be used depending...
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...[pic] Resolution of the World Health Organization After meeting in Geneva in May 2003 for the Fifty-Sixth World Health Assembly, the WHO outlined its Global Initiative for the Elimination of Avoidable Blindness, or VISION 2020 plan. The WHO urges national governments to: • Set up, not later than 2005, a national VISION 2020 plan, in partnership with the WHO and in collaboration with NGOs and the private sector. • Establish a national coordinating committee for VISION 2020 or a national blindness prevention committee, which may include consumer or patient groups, to develop and implement the plan. • Commence implementation of such plans by 2007 at the latest. • Include effective information systems with standardized indicators and periodic monitoring and evaluation, with the aim of showing a reduction in the magnitude of avoidable blindness by 2010. • Mobilize resources for eliminating avoidable blindness. In turn, the WHO agrees to: • Maintain and strengthen the WHO’s collaboration with governments and all partners of the initiative. • Ensure coordination of the implementation of the VISION 2020 plan, by setting up a monitoring committee grouping all those involved, including national government representatives. • Provide support for strengthening national capability, especially through development of human resources, to coordinate, assess, and prevent avoidable blindness...
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