...resource planning (ERP) is a business management software—usually a suite of integrated applications—that a company can use to collect, store, manage and interpret data from many business activities, including:- Product planning, cost and development Manufacturing or service delivery Marketing and sales Inventory management Shipping and payment ERP provides an integrated view of core business processes, often in real-time, using common databases maintained by a database management system. ERP systems track business resources—cash, raw materials, production capacity—and the status of business commitments: orders, purchase orders, and payroll. The applications that make up the system share data across the various departments (manufacturing, purchasing, sales, accounting, etc.) that provide the data.[1] ERP facilitates information flow between all business functions, and manages connections to outside stakeholders.[2] Enterprise system software is a multi-billion dollar industry that produces components that support a variety of business functions. IT investments have become the largest category of capital expenditure in United States-based businesses over the past decade. Though early ERP systems focused on large enterprises, smaller enterprises increasingly use ERP systems.[3] The ERP system is considered a vital organizational tool because it integrates varied organizational systems and facilitates error-free transactions and production. However, ERP system development...
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...Retail Enterprise Resource Planning Enterprise Resource Planning systems or the ERP systems refer to the software packages that integrate all the data and the related processes of an organization into a unified Information System (IS). An ERP system uses a central database that holds all the data relating to the various system modules. In order to achieve a seamless integration, an ERP system uses multiple hardware and software components. ERP packages are heavily used by larger retail chains. Designed to facilitate the administration and optimization of internal business processes across an enterprise, ERP packages have become the competitive tool for most large retail organizations. An ERP software uses a single database that allows the different departments to communicate with each other through information sharing. ERP systems comprise function-specific components that are designed to interact with the other modules such as the Order Entry, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Purchasing, Distribution etc. ERP systems comprise of different modules such as order entry, purchase, sales, finances, inventory management, DRP (Distribution Resource Planning) and human resources. The components are designed to work effortlessly with the rest of the system and provide a consistent user interface throughout the system. ERP software packages have an enterprise wide reach that offers cross-functional capabilities to the organization. The different functional departments involved...
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...ERP for Retail Sector Presented By: Astha Priyamvada What is ERP? Enterprise Resource Planning systems or the ERP systems refer to the software packages that integrate all the data and the related processes of an organization into a unified Information System (IS). An ERP system uses a central database that holds all the data relating to the various system modules. In order to achieve a seamless integration, an ERP system uses multiple hardware and software components. ERP packages are heavily used by larger retail chains. Designed to facilitate the administration and optimization of internal business processes across an enterprise, ERP packages have become the competitive tool for most large retail organizations. An ERP software uses a single database that allows the different departments to communicate with each other through information sharing. ERP systems comprise of different modules such as order entry, purchase, sales, finances, inventory management, DRP (Distribution Resource Planning), human resources and budgeting software. The components are designed to work effortlessly with the rest of the system and provide a consistent user interface throughout the system. ERP software packages have an enterprise wide reach that offers cross-functional capabilities to the organization. The different functional departments involved in the operations or inventory processes are integrated into a single system. An ERP package takes care of the various business...
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...Case Study: Nike ERP Implementation Nike shoe division grew and spread rapidly around the globe from its inception in 1972 through 1998. Yet in 1999, Nike realized that in order to keep up with the growing demands of their products, and specifically their Air Jordan line of basketball shoes, they would have to make changes in the way they forecasted and projected demands and distributed their products. Eventually it was decided that these changes would take place in the form of the implementation of a new supply chain and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software system. This paper will examine the supply chain problems Nike was trying to fix with the new system, the problems that arose from the implementation of the new system, and how Nike resolved these problems. Nike was founded in 1957 on the vision of two men, Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight; a vision to redefine the industry of athletic footwear. Bill Bowerman was a track and field coach at the University of Oregon in search of a competitive edge for his athletes, a competitive edge which could be achieved by spearheading changes to the running shoes of the time. At the time, Adidas and Puma were the dominant brands of running shoes. Phil Knight, a Portland runner with a degree in finance from Stanford University, proposed to compete with the German (Adidas and Puma) brands of running shoes by manufacturing them in Japan, which at the time was experiencing a post WWII boon in its economy, and their stage of manufacturing...
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...1 The Definition and Concept of Communication 5 1.1.1 Concept of Environmental Communication 6 1.2 The Definition and Concept of Leadership 8 1.2.1 Concept of Environmental Leadership 9 1.3 Link between Environmental Communication and Leadeship 10 2. Statement of Research the Problem 10 2.1 Objectives of the Paper 11 2.2 Guiding Hypotheses 11 3. Conceptual Framework of the Paper 11 4. Materials and Methods 13 4.1 The Study Location 13 4.2 Data Collection Analysis 13 5. Results and Discussion 15 5.1 The State of Ghana's Environment 16 5.1.1 Perception of Environmental Problems in Ghana 16 5.2 Environmental Policy and Implementing Instituitions in Ghana 17 5.2.1 Economic Recovery Programme (ERP) 18 5.2.2 National Environmental Action Plan (NEAP) 18 5.2.3 Ghana Environmental REsources Management systems (GERMS) 19 5.2.4 Forest and Wildlife Policy 20 5.2.5 Environment Sanitation Policy (ESP) 20 5.2.6 Strategic Environment Assessment (SEA) 20 5.3 Environmental Implementing Instituitions in Ghana 21 5.3.1 Roles of Key Stakeholders 22 5.3.1.1 The Role of Government of Ghana 22 5.3.1.2 Awareness of Environmental Projects and Programmes 22 5.3.2 The Role of Environmentalists and Civil Society Organization 24 5.3.3 The Role of Local Authorities 24 5.4 Environmental Communication and Awareness 24 5.5 Environmental Programme listen to on Radio...
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...Integrating Enterprise Resource Planning and Big Data to take Volkswagen to Gain More Profit and Become the Top Employer in Car Manufacturing Industry MIS 564-Enterprise Data Management and Administration Dr. Sunil Samatha Group”B” Ian Curry –Team Lead Ian Co Abdesslem El-Bech Shaquana Gates Sanguanchue Tanyawat February 22, 2015 Table of Contents Table of Content……………………………………………………………………….. 2 Executive Summary…………………………………………………………………… 3 Company Overview……………………………………………………………………. 4 Financial Data………………………………………………………………………… 6 Financial Data Table, Figure 1……………………………………………………. 6 Problem Definition…………………………………………………………………….. 7 Literature Review……………………………………………………………………… 9 Recommendations…..…………………………………………………………………. 10 Solution………………………………………………………………………………… 12 The three-tier client/server architecture of SAP, Figure 2………………………… 12 Cost…………………………………………………………………………………….. 13 Schedule-Project Planning……………………………………………………………. 13 Project Planning...
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...DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Name : ______________________________________ ------------------------------------------------- Course : ______________________________________ ------------------------------------------------- Semester : ______________________________________ ------------------------------------------------- University : ______________________________________ ------------------------------------------------- Roll No. : ______________________________________ ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- An Introduction to Database Management Systems A database is a collection of related files that are usually integrated, linked or cross-referenced to one another. The advantage of a database is that data and records contained in different files can be easily organized and retrieved using specialized database management software called a database management system (DBMS) or database manager. DBMS Fundamentals A database management system is a set of software programs that allows users to create, edit and update data in database files, and store and retrieve data from those database files. Data in a database can be added, deleted, changed, sorted or searched all using a DBMS. If you were an employee in a large organization, the information about you would likely be stored in different...
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...1 SAVINGS FOR PROFITS © BY SUBODH KUMAR SINGH In today’s world when Corporate are struggling for profits and with fierce competition in the market, cost reductions, productivity enhancement and lean organizations have become today’s mantra s for survival.Folllowing are the key area where you can implement cost reduction methods with significant results. 1. Raw material procurement: 2. Logistics- Inbound and Outbound: 3. Warehouse and Stores: 4. Manufacturing Process (Production) : 5.Energy, fuel & Water 2 6.Information Management 7. Finance 8. Human Resources 8. Sales & marketing 3 FEW BASIC IDEAS PROCUREMENT IT CAN BE DIVIDED INTO TWO MAJOR GROUP A. PRODUCT B. SERVICES Raw material purchases constitute around 60-65% of the cost of product; hence any savings on this front would be significant for profit of the organization. 4 1. BULK BUYING: A. The company which has units spread across the geography can negotiate better price when the volumes are high, instead of buying for individual units its recommended to have central buying policy. B. You can negotiate better price if you can put your entire annual consumptions to a vendor and ask him for annual rate contracts. Bulk buying should be supported by bulk handling and storage system. 2. OPPORTUNITY BUYING: Most of commodities and raw material has seasonal Cycle of prices they peak and fall in intervals hence you have to look for the lowest price...
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...Introduction Infosys was founde in 1981 by a number of entrepreneurs. Mr. Narayana Murthy is the CEO and the chairman of the company. Infosys is a software development company that provides information technology (IT) consulting services to local and the international clients. Infosys could not do any kind of imports and exports as the Indian Government laws were very stringent prior to 1991. Hence the company had to develop software services as a solution to these stringent laws. But the company focused international market for its software products as domestic market held no real opportunity. Till 1999 the entire business shares was purchased by Mr. Narayana Murthy from the remaining shareholders. It also faced tough times but managed to come out of it and used capital markets for raising the funds making it one of the First marked-price IPOs, Which helped the company boost its growth rate. Competitive Advantage of Infosys: 1. The main competitive advantages of Infosys was that they were able to keep the ownership ship separated from the management of the company that means the owner did not had the entire control over the management but it had a proper systematic way of managing the company 2. The second one is the transparency in their financial system. The company stated its financial statements clearly and were readily available to anyone who wanted to have a look at it. AS SHOWN IN EXHBIT 9 As we all know that disclosing certain information that could prove helpful to...
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...1. D. The top priority of any software designer is to design a program that is useful to the end user. 2. C. Spreadsheets are too complicated for young children. As a result, it is typically more appropriate to start them out with a simpler file format such as a database. 3. A. Students should be familiar with common phishing ploys as well as the process of authenticating websites. 4. C. A peripheral is a device outside of the computer that either brings information into the system or allows the system to create an output. 5. B. Students can learn new computer programs much faster when they are allowed to participate and make progress through trial and error. 6. D. In the early years of school, children should only use software that reinforces the concepts that they have acquired through traditional instruction. 7. A. A virus hidden in a seemingly harmless program is known as a Trojan horse. Students should learn how to scan programs with anti-virus software to minimize the risk of Trojan horses. 8. B. Students need to work together in order to obtain all of the social and cognitive benefits that technology offers. 9. B. Social networking sites, blogs, and wikis are all considered to be part of Web 2.0. 10. D. Websites that are created and updated by users on their own browsers are typically called wikis. The best known wiki is Wikipedia, the user-generated encyclopedia. However, it is important to remember that the information on wikis is not always trustworthy. 11...
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...AN ORGANISATIONAL STUDY AT EASTERN CONDIMENTS PVT LTD: cochin ( Submitted to the kerala University, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Master of Business Administration) Submitted by; MAYA TV INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY (Affiliated to Kerala University) Submitted to: Mrs.Deepa (Assistant faculty and mentor for organisational study) OCTOBER 2011 DECLARATION I hereby declare that the dissertation entitled ‘Organization Study at EASTERN CONDIMENTS PVT LTD, KERALA’ submitted to INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the degree of M.B.A (Master of Business Administration), is a record of original work done by me under the supervision and guidance of Ms.ANN,HR officer , and the project work has not formed the basis for the award for any degree or other similar title to candidate of any university. Place: PUNNAPRA Date:27/10/2011 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I am deeply indebted to EASTERN CONDIMENTS PVT LTD, for giving me this opportunity to complete my project work in their esteemed organization. I express my gratitude to MR JOHN HR MANAGER for granting me permission to complete my project work at EASTERN CONDIMENTS PVT LTD I am extremely grateful to Ms.ANN,PROJECT GUIDE, for all her guidance, assistance and support. CHAPTER 1 ...
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...“Listening to customers must become everyone’s business. With most competitors moving ever faster, the race will go to those who listen and respond more intently”. -Tom Peters, Thriving on Chaos Chapter 1: Conceptual Framework for CRM What is Customer Relationship management? Before we begin to examine the conceptual foundations of CRM, it will be useful to define what is CRM. A narrow perspective of customer relationship management is creating a team relationship among sales, marketing, and customer support activities within an organization. Another narrow, yet relevant, viewpoint is to consider CRM only as customer retention in which a variety of after marketing tactics is used for customer bonding or staying in touch after the sale is made. Shani and Chalasani define relationship marketing as “an integrated effort to identify, maintain, and build up a network with individual consumers and to continuously strengthen the network for mutual benefit of both sides, through interactive, individualized and value-added contacts over a period of time”. The core theme of all CRM and relationship marketing perspectives is its focus on co-operative and collaborative relationships between the firm and its customers, and/or other marketing actors. CRM is based on the premise that, by having a better understanding of the customers’ needs and desires we can keep them longer and sell more to them. Growth Strategies International...
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...Journal of Knowledge Management Knowledge management in organizations: examining the interaction between technologies, techniques, and people Ganesh D. Bhatt Article information: To cite this document: Ganesh D. Bhatt, (2001),"Knowledge management in organizations: examining the interaction between technologies, techniques, and people", Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 5 Iss 1 pp. 68 - 75 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13673270110384419 Downloaded on: 28 September 2014, At: 06:01 (PT) References: this document contains references to 20 other documents. To copy this document: permissions@emeraldinsight.com The fulltext of this document has been downloaded 11983 times since 2006* Downloaded by University of Bahrain At 06:01 28 September 2014 (PT) Users who downloaded this article also downloaded: Karl M. Wiig, (1997),"Knowledge Management: An Introduction and Perspective", Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 1 Iss 1 pp. 6-14 Rory L. Chase, (2007),"The expanding world of knowledge management", Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 11 Iss 3 pp. Roelof P. uit Beijerse, (1999),"Questions in knowledge management: defining and conceptualising a phenomenon", Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 3 Iss 2 pp. 94-110 Access to this document was granted through an Emerald subscription provided by 382676 [] For Authors If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors...
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...International Journal of Research (IJR) Vol-1, Issue-8, September 2014 ISSN 2348-6848 Reality Check –Understanding and Adopting ICT Tools Rose Anthony & Kadvekar Shravan (Affiliation: Rose Anthony is Dean Academic, Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune India while Shravan Kadvekar is Consulting Professor at the university as well as Head Products at Harbinger Knowledge Products India.) Contact: shravan75@yahoo.com, anthonyrose8@yahoo.co.in, adopting ICT. Based on literature available Abstract in the forms of – research projects, MHRD Use of Information and Communication and UNESCO’s reports on ICT adoption, Technologies (ICT) in academia is well- Technology known for its importance and effectiveness. Change Management theory in technology At the same time, it is also one of aspects of adoption – researcher identified broad any education system, which needs a categories of challenges as hurdles faced by consistent reality check for its adoption by the educators. A set of technical education educators. A research has been undertaken institutions by the authors in developing ICT Adoption feedback from respondents on their take on Model for Indian Higher Education Sector. challenges in ICT adoption. Outcome of the The real pilot study was a list of major challenges challenges faced by the academia in ICT faced by educators in ICT adoption. The adoption, paper research aims measures ...
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...Banking on the Cloud Contents Banking on the Cloud What exactly is Cloud Computing? Finding cost savings in the Cloud What opportunities does the Cloud create for banks beyond cost savings? Having confidence in Cloud Computing A journey not a destination 3 5 8 9 12 14 Banking on the Cloud Cloud computing is one of the hottest technology and business topics today, and the market for cloud services is expected to skyrocket in the next few years. At its most basic, cloud computing can enable banks to reuse IT resources more efficiently—whether they are purchased up-front or rented without any long-term commitment. According to research firm Gartner, this market for cloud services will increase from $36 billion today to $160 billion by 2015. Gartner also says 20 percent of companies will be using cloud computing for significant parts of their technology environment by 20121. However, cloud computing is much more than simply renting servers and storage on-demand to reduce infrastructure costs—as many believe. Furthermore, it’s not simply a technology issue. In fact, the cloud offers a host of opportunities for banks to build a more flexible, nimble and customer-centric business model that can drive profitable growth and, as a result, should be something that non-IT decision makers at banks understand and appreciate. So what does the future of cloud computing look like for banks—both in the near and long term? The pundits tend to overestimate the impact of a technology and...
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