...Riodan Manufacturing Compared to the expansion and growth of business companies have witnessed throughout history, modern companies face many challenges and have some of the most advanced tools to be utilized. The invention of the modern day computer systems has revolutionized the way companies do business and allow for unprecedented growth. Unfortunately, the failure to embrace and understand this technology will lead to the down fall of even the largest corporate empire. Riodan Manufacturing is one of these companies. Riodan is an international company with locations in Georgia, Michigan, and Hangzhou, China. Having locations spread across the globe poses a challenge for the companies Information Technology Department. Having a good understanding of the company’s size and needs, the IT department helps ensure the company’s overall success. Riordan Manufacturing employs over 550 people, and has annual earnings of $46 million dollars. (Apollo Group, Inc., 2013) Riodan needs to find a way to align its IT Strategy and Business Strategies to ensure its future growth and profitability. The purpose of this paper is to identify the weakness in Riodan’s current information systems and make suggestions what improvements need to be made, leading to improved profits. The Financial and Accounting department will require several upgrades to both hardware and software to ensure the transition is not only seamless, but also easily upgradable in the future as well. After examining all of...
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...Delphi: The bellybutton of the ancient world Look beyond simply the famed oracular priestess breathing in hallucinogenic gases and you find a place whose past speaks directly to the 21st century. That is the argument of Cambridge University's Dr Michael Scott who is researching how and why Delphi, a small Greek town and religious sanctuary perched on a difficult to reach mountainside, was for 1,000 years the proclaimed the 'bellybutton', the very centre of the ancient world. Famed for its oracle at the Temple of Apollo, he is also examining the evidence of Delphi's many other gods, athletic and musical games and the monuments to unity - as well as civil war - that crowded its religious sanctuaries. Dr. Scott uses the latest architectural plans of the temple of Apollo which reveal for the first time archaeological traces of what may have been the oracular priestess's consultation room inside the temple. He also argues that the town, which drew kings and emperors as well as cities and commoners from all corners of the Mediterranean world and beyond, still speaks as powerfully to us today as it did in the past. He said: "Imagine a place with the wealth of the Swiss banks, the religious power of the Vatican, the advertising potential of the World Cup and the historical importance of all the world's museums combined; that was Delphi. We would all like to know what the future has in store for us. In that, perhaps the most important thing Delphi teaches us is to look inward, to...
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...Diogenes of Sinope was known for being different from the rest of society. Diogenes was popularly known as a Kyon, which in Greek means “dog.” The word cynic derives from Kyon and was later associated with the philosophy of cynicism which is “The end of life is virtue, not pleasure, and it can only be obtained by independence of all earthly possessions and pleasures” (Philosophy.lander.edu) as well as living a “living a life full of virtue in agreement with nature”(Philosophybasics.com). Diogenes lives in a barrel, and he happily demonstrates that there is more to life than just power and riches. The fact that he lives in such a simple manner, shows that he doesn’t need materials to be happy. In Tendryakov’s Revelations next to a Philosopher’s Barrel, Diogenes of Sinope is an outcast in society. Although he was an outcast, he was very popular because of how differently he lived his life and behaved around others. “There was only one person in the city who did not even stir to cast a glance at Alexander, the Macedonian king. He himself was famous both in Corinth and without it—Diogenes of Sinope, the strange sage. (Translator's Private Collection).” Diogenes was not like the rest of the Greeks, he kept to himself and didn’t really care too much for people of power. In this quote, he was the only one to not care for Alexander the Great or anyone else for that matter. The idea of not having any ethical duties in society is hard to imagine. Diogenes was detached from everyday human...
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...Sony Barcelona Plant (A) This paper is written to analysis the case of “Sony Barcelona Plant (A)”. This case is mainly to discuss how was going on in new strategy plan in Europe plants. In this report, there have some of main topics will be discussed which are including that what factors causes STAR project difficult to complete smoothly, how to define a new strategy, what are Information system problems, what are the different opinions in changing the Information system and why to select Oracle ERP Suite. Then, some recommendations will be provided at the end as well. What factors causes STAR project difficult to complete smoothly? 1. According to different real situation or environment, there were different needs among the different plants which made it difficult to create the synthesis hoped for; 2.Not significant advances had been made and the real implementation of any application was not being planned; 3.The NTT consultants’ lack of experience; 4.A lack of commitment because the entire project team was centralized in one location; 5.Production information system was built base on the theoretical idea. How to define a new strategy? 1.Create more flexibility and economies of scale in the production process and in the procurement of common elements; 2.Reduce production time cycles; 3.Improving materials and resource planning and shortening the “time-to-market” and “time-to-delivery” cycles; 4.Reduce inventory costs and improve material planning; 5.Increase collaboration...
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...1. Before Maruti Suzuki adopted the Oracle suite their databases were because they were rapidly growing larger and the technology that hosted their data wasn’t keeping up with their growth. Their previous systems weren’t very flexible and were very inefficient. The systems required extensive training and offered low turn around times. 2. The advantages of the company moving to a single vendor is that all of their systems and databases will be compatible with each other which promotes flexibility and makes it easier for the company to expand. Possible risks of using a single vendor could include data loss if the system as a whole were to crash, also if the vendor goes out of business the system could go down. 3. The important business factors management used when evaluating Oracles offerings were, the need for the systems to be simple and easily scalable, the company needed the databases to run multiple processes on a single network, Oracles databases also had to be compatible with legacy systems. 4. Its important that a companies vendors can integrate with legacy systems because the company doesn’t want to pay more money to replace systems already in use, with the use of middleware the company can update old systems instead of crating new ones. 5. Some of the benefits management reported from using oracles suit of products included, data being available online almost immediately, as well as allowing multiple views of data and consolidating accounts which...
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...core Treasury (budget execution) functions with minimal customization. Additional PFM functions can be supported through custom developed software and be integrated with these software packages to provide the full PFMS functionality. In 2006, the MoF kindly agreed to share this annex with other public sector organizations and related specialists for their internal use while designing or studying the PFM systems. This document is intended to present the functional modules of several available ASW solutions which were implemented in similar projects in Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region of the World Bank. A summary of PFMS functions vs modules of selected ASW is presented below: • • • FreeBalance eFinancials Oracle E-Business Suite SAP R/3 (FreeBalance Software, Canada) (Oracle Corporation, USA) (SAP AG, Germany) FreeBalance eFinancials www.freebalance.com Budget Preparation Budget Appropriations Management of Payments Management of Revenues Accounting (General Ledger) Cash/Fund Management Commitment/Purchasing Asset/Inventory Management Financial Reports HR Management and Payroll Interfaces and Workflow Mgmt Technology...
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...people found him as a evil-doer and corrupter of the youth and that Socrates did not receive the same gods which whom the state received but instead he would introduce other new deities. The Athenian society felt as if everyone should believe in the same gods and anyone who did not or whomever taught that there could be something greater or even something different was considered an outcast and that they had to get rid of them in this case Socrates was this outcast. When Socrates has to present in court and to respond about his charges he is calm and plain spoken. Socrates explains to the courts that he has no experience with the court laws and he will speak the way he knows how. Socrates goes on to explain that his teachings come from the Oracle Delphi which he claims that he is the wisest man of all men. Socrates speaks of his ignorance and explains that he has to be wiser than other men only that he knows nothing. I believe that the premise would be when he explains his ignorance and that when he went to politians, poets and craftsmen and they too knew nothing. Socrates claims that society needs him and I believe that the premise would be when...
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...dell enterprise technology center series Implementation Study: Dell IT Scales Supply Chain Management with Oracle RAC 10g By Dave Jaffe, Ph.D. Todd Muirhead Tiong Tey Raveendra Avutu T When the expensive proprietary servers running the Dell supply chain management systems had reached their limits, the Dell IT group migrated to cost-effective, standards-based Dell ™ PowerEdge™ servers running Oracle® Real Application Clusters 10g. This architecture helped enhance database performance while providing scalability for future growth. tiple locations around the world. Using the same processes worldwide manufacturing operations, including the for disaster recovery, backup, and monitoring across all Dell operations enables Dell IT to take advantage of a cost- delivery of computers, accessories, parts, and supplies. These effective and readily supported deployment model. This systems must be designed for reliability and cost-effective scal- Database implemented this type of system for Dell operations at mul- systems handle key business functions that support efficient Dell inventory management model and fast, direct Related Categories: he Dell supply chain management (SCM) database article describes how Dell IT migrated its critical SCM appli- ability: a failure can cost thousands of dollars per minute in cations from proprietary UNIX-based servers to industry- factory downtime, and the SCM systems must be able to ...
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... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Reviewers Name | Position | | | | | | | | | | | | | Contents Document Control ii Enable Project Expenditure Types for Expense Report Entry 1 AP: Define Expense Report Templates 2 AP: Define Financials Options 3 AP: Set Expense Check Reimbursement Address 3 AP: Define Expenses Clearing Account 3 AP: Define Payables Options 4 AP: Establish Multiple Currencies Setup 4 AP: Defining Expense Report Options 4 Assign Signing Limits 6 Define iExpense Policies 7 Set Up Required Expense Fields 7 Enable Expense Allocations 8 Define Receipt Notification Rule Set 9 Assign Receipt Notification Rule Set 10 Define Mileage Rate Schedule 11 Complete Mileage Expense Type Definition in Payables 12 SA: Define Profile Options 13 System Administration Integration 18 Customize the Internet Expenses Workflow 19 Define a new OIEADMIN Role 19 Define Workflow Notification Performers 20 Change the Find Approver Method 21 Personalize Expense Report Submission Instructions 22 Integrating with Oracle Projects Summary 23 7. Enable the Display of Project and Task. Use the Region Items window to enable the display of project and task information. You need to perform this step in order to view projects and tasks in View Expense Report History. 24 Set Up Offline Expense Spreadsheet Template 25 Configure the Expense Report Sheet 25 Testing a New Custom Microsoft Excel Template 28 Save the spreadsheet...
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...Implementing Transactional Security in Single OU through form personalization Version 1.0 Overview: This document explains the procedure & step-by-step approach for implementing transactional security in single operating unit based on a segment in Chart of Accounts or any given criteria. White Paper: Implementing transactional security in single operating unit of Oracle Applications Version 11.5.10 Introduction: Transactional security has traditionally been one of the driving factors for businesses to opt of multiple operating units in Oracle Application Implementations. However, a large number of business establishments are now increasingly looking for transactional security even in the single operating unit. Transactional security in an operating unit can be of two types: ➢ To restrict access to transactional entry, say AP invoices etc, based on a specific chart of account or any given criteria ➢ To prevent users from viewing transactions, say AP invoices etc, with a specific chart of account or any given criteria even if the opt for a blind query by pressing Ctrl + F11 General Ledger security rules come handy in implementing the first part of the transactional security i.e. to prevent users from entering transactions with specific COA segments. However, GL security rules can be used only if the criterion is based on the COA segments. Also GL security rules have no effect on query mode. So viewing cannot be prevented with the help...
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...Q 1: The big 5 personality factors are Emotional stability, Agreeableness, Extraversion, Conscientiousness and Openness. Let’s Analyze the Larry Ellison in details on each of these. Emotional Stability reflects the calmness, poise and stability in their interpersonal dealings. Larry does not score very high on Emotional stability. He does not hide his irritation at others. He is not resilient as he does not accommodate others of different view. Though, he is surely a confident person. He does have high degree of confidence in himself. He believes he can be success without others help though it may not be entirely true. No one person regardless of how smart he or she is can be success all alone. There should be lot of contribution from other people at all levels. He does not seem to realize or recognize this. He may have a lot of arrogance. He definitely is an effective leader. Starting a small company and turning into one of best companies on the planet takes great personality. He has knack for success and he has demonstrated it. All that reflects He is quite Emotionally Stable person. No man is perfect. He has some weakness as well. Agreeableness is the capability of getting along others. This is Larry’s biggest weakness. Really intelligent and capable people are often hard to get along with others as they have their own independent ideas and opinions about everything. They feel they are right always. Others may think of him rude. On Extraversion...
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...Below is the information I got so far, and I'll update this post as I get more information. I've also reached out to some friends in Jollibee hoping to get some inside information. Please note that none of these are from official statements. If anyone wants to provide me with more accurate information on this, or better yet, official statements from the parties concerned, please send me a message and I will gladly incorporate it into the article. My objective here is to provide lessons to the IT and business community so that we can hopefully avoid the all-too-often costly mistakes of IT projects in the future. The Issues 1. Rip and Replace Jollibee had originally been using an Oracle product for managing its supply chain - including deliveries of supplies to stores. Because of a dispute with Oracle, Jollibee decided to move its entire supply chain over to Oracle’s rival in this space, SAP. Now, supply chain software aren’t just out-of-the-box products that you can just install and run. These need to be customized heavily in order to fit a company’s business processes, which...
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...dell enterprise technology center series Implementation Study: Dell IT Scales Supply Chain Management with Oracle RAC 10g By Dave Jaffe, Ph.D. ToDD MuirheaD Tiong Tey raveenDra avuTu When the expensive proprietary servers running the Dell supply chain management systems had reached their limits, the Dell IT group migrated to cost-effective, standards-based Dell ™ PowerEdge™ servers running Oracle® Real Application Clusters 10g. This architecture helped enhance database performance while providing scalability for future growth. T Related Categories: Database Dell Enterprise Technology Center Implementation study Oracle Scalable enterprise Visit www.dell.com/powersolutions for the complete category index. he Dell supply chain management (SCM) database systems handle key business functions that support worldwide manufacturing operations, including the implemented this type of system for Dell operations at multiple locations around the world. Using the same processes for disaster recovery, backup, and monitoring across all Dell operations enables Dell IT to take advantage of a costeffective and readily supported deployment model. This article describes how Dell IT migrated its critical SCM applications from proprietary UNIX-based servers to industrystandard Dell hardware. efficient Dell inventory management model and fast, direct delivery of computers, accessories, parts, and supplies. These systems must be designed for reliability and cost-effective scalability:...
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...1) Research SAP – discuss in YOUR words: what is SAP, what are some of its functionality, do research to determine its strengths and weaknesses. This should be 2 paragraphs – at least 20 sentences! In June 1972 5 IBM programmers created a company called Systems Analysis and Program Development after having worked on a program called SAPE for IBM. The programmers were originally pulled off the SAPE project but wanted to continue their work. Selling stock from their time at IBM the original founders of SAP were able to continue work on the SAPE program and eventually create many solutions for business. SAP is now one of the world’s largest software development companies focusing in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. SAP has locations in over 130 countries and is the world’s leading ERP developer. SAP focuses on 6 primary industries: discrete, process, consumer, service, financial, and public services. SAP also offers integrated solutions for large enterprise companies as well as small and medium size businesses. Currently the SAP ERP Business Suite offers 5 ERP solutions for businesses intended to cover the scope of all solutions a business may need to be successful. Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) – this software allows companies to make orders from suppliers handling things such as inventory, scheduling, and cost analysis. Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) – This software allows manufacturers to maintain accurate product information that enables...
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...Five Reasons Why Companies Move from JDEdwards to Microsoft Dynamics® AX Production Solutions, May 2009 Introduction A company’s ERP system is the repository for and custodian of a mass of information that is critical to the effective and efficient operation of the business. ERP processing functions support all major activities from planning to order management, inventory and production or service scheduling and management, through fulfillment, billing and collection activities. Accounting and finance, executive information systems and regulatory compliance and reporting all rely on the integrity of the installed system. When a company decides to look for a replacement system, it is not a trivial decision. Not only will there be up-front costs for acquiring and implementing the new system, there is also a significant risk and cost in maintaining the business through the transition and getting at least as complete and reliable results from the new system, to keep the business functioning smoothly. To make this commitment and investment, the company has to have some really good reasons for making the change. In some cases, there may be significant limitations in the incumbent system that motivates the company to look for something better. In making their selection, they may tend to focus on systems that perform significantly better in the areas where the incumbent is deficient, which might include functionality or usability issues. They may also have reservations about the...
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