System analysis for ERP implementation

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In cooperation with KE Duong, we, as an ERP consultants, wrote this business case to suggest what kinds of ERP system should be used to Top Gear Bikes (TGB).

What is this about?

In cooperation with KE Duong, we, as an ERP consultants, wrote this business case to suggest what kinds of ERP system should be used to Top Gear Bikes (TGB).

TGB is a company who manufactures and distributes racing bikes. While the business models and legacy systems still function properly for more than 30 years, the current strategy is to expand the manufacturing line offshore; therefore, a new technology reforms are needed, one of which is to implement an ERP system in supporting the newly defined business objectives.

To ensure the success of this ERP project, this document — prepared for TGB Board of Directors — is written to:

Present the recommendations of ERP system with our research findings;

Assess the business value of the proposed solution;

Analyse a project by using NPV to calculate ROI of a IT system;

Provide the justification based on the current situation; and

Describe the implementation and financial of the proposed solution

What did I achieve through this analysis?

Through the process of developing a business case to assist TGB in their enterprise systems initiative, this project helps me develop my analytical and research skills.

In so doing, I hope to achieve the following objectives to develop skills in:

Producing a succinct and convincing business case;

Researching various ERP software vendors and to provide a recommendation;

Performing a cost-benefit analysis as well as critically assessing the potential risks involved and other implementation issues; and

Exploring the current trend in cloud computing and in-memory computing in real-time enterprise systems.

Business objectives

Four core outcomes that Top Gear Bikes (TGB) plan to achieve through the implementation:

Better customer management. The system will enable and enhance the online customer order transparency, such as information about the relevant customers and products. The company aims to use transparency to coordinate all the company’s dealers and provide better support to them.

Optimise inventory management. The system can manage Vendor inventory stocks online. With this new functionality, the company aims to achieve an optimal control of their demand and inventory management.

Enhance manufacturing management. The system will be able to work globally in countries that the operations will expand into, such as Vietnam, India, and China. This expandability will enable the company to seamlessly track the profitability and manufacturing costs of all product ranges in different branches/countries.

Enhance business decision making. The system can provide the company’s remote Business Area Sales Managers a real-time interaction with their ERP system. The company aims to assist its managers in performing better predictive analytics. The improved analytics will support strategic planning (e.g., increase market share, profit maximisation, etc) and decision-making processes more effectively.

Therefore, this implementation could be beneficial for suppliers, customers, and manufacturer by increasing cost effectiveness and visibility of order as well as enhancing inventory management and business decision making.

The document structure is divided into 10 parts with some key takeaway:

Optimising inventory management is one of the four business objectives (Section 2).

The problems of aged process and system and opportunities for TGB’s current situation (Section 3).

6 factors are critical to the project which should be used as constraints.

SAP S/4 HANA is recommended as the ERP solution (Section 5).

We think that SAP S/4 HANA could support the business needs as project requirements (Section 6).

Financially, this project will give 1.49 % of ROI (Section 7). The project should at least last for 149 days (Section 8),

Poor Communication Management is the top risk as it is mostly like happened with the greatest impact (Section 9).

The document also includes a section for Exhibits (Section 10) that will support the analysis and evaluation.

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