Name-: Akinwande Babajide Davids
Reg No-: BLR1208032018
Industry-: Retailing Industry: TESCO
ORGANISATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS: THE NEED FOR E.R.P AND S.C.M
Abstract
This report attempts to give an overview of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Supply Chain Management (SCM). As an organization grows so must its Information Systems. Growth should see an organization transcend from the use of Spreadsheets for its data collection, analysis and storage to probably Oracle and then to ERP. ERP integrates information from both the internal and external business processes without which the various processes will be islands on their own. The report looks at the efficacy of supply chain management in organizations and how ERP complements SCM. It dabbles into the retailing industry as a whole considering giants like TESCO and Wal-mart, how the proliferation of SCM solutions such as RFID and VMI have been of help to them and also gives an insight into the phenomenon of Bullwhip, how it affects the supply chain and where the solution to the scourge lies.
Introduction
The retailing industry has come a long way in India, from the era of barter trading to the local, unorganized retailing and to the organized retailing; it is evident that the industry is under a significant revolution. With the recent opening of India’s retailing industry to foreign direct investments, major world players like TESCO and Wal-mart are gathering momentum to step into the scene in India; the success of this corporations in U.S. and U.K. respectively can be linked to effectiveness and the efficiency with which their business have been run. Enterprise Resource Planning and Supply Chain Management have been key to their success.
Review
Enterprise Resource Planning as a Complement to Supply Chain Management.
Enterprise Resource Planning is an industry term for the broad set of activities that help