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1::::ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP) WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HR PRACTICE

2:::: ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING system and its implementation

Case study on ERP implementation

City Technology Ltd is a world-leading manufacturer of gas sensors,specialising in the development of innovative, customised solutions inpartnerships with customers. The company has risen from comparativelyhumble beginnings in 1977 to become a global supplier of over a millionsensors each year to major gas detection instrument manufacturers in 37countries. City Technology has an envied reputation for quality products,cutting-edge designs and technical excellence, having received numerousawards including two for Queen's Award for technological achievement andtwo Queen's Awards, for export achievement.Their head office is in a purpose built site in Portsmouth, England. This sitehouses a streamlined Production unit, Administration office and an extensiveResearch and Development facility. Having gained a well-earned reputationfor supplying high quality, high end products, City Technology has had toremain competitive through continuous research and development and acontinual strategy for reducing "the time to market" of their products.

In 1998, City Technology recognised the need for an integrated back office system tosupport their phenomenal expansion and to support their future growth. After carefulconsideration of the market leading software available, they selected Control.erp. Theywanted a software suite that would improve their stock visibility, streamline sales,purchasing and manufacturing and reduce production of paper based reports and re-keying of data. Integration, flexibility and tailorability were key functionalities required.Control Group could provide the complete integrated package with their flagshipsoftware Control.erp. I T Manager Sheila Maplesden said, " Since going live our generaladministration has strengthened. Sales and Accounts department have access to thesame information, eliminating departmental barrier. We now have excellent control over free issue stock, which was totally missing on our previous system. We have alsobenefited from improved tracking of Sales Orders and Purchase Orders and achieved

significant savings in time and stationery costs due to direct generation of sales dataand reports from Control.erp instead of having to re-key data."

Since going live, City Technology has seen a dramatic improvement in the daily runningand financial management of the company enabling them to focus on their corebusiness and keep ahead of competition.

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Analyzing Oracle ERP's success in sun Microsystems

This case study discussion will gives an idea of ERP success stories. These issues are not tot be taken as such for ERP's Success. Many of them apart from these arise out of practical difficulties. Hence the critical success factor for ERP systems and critical success factors for ERP implementation are never ending list. This analysis only gives a

rough idea though a comprehensive one.

About Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems is a pioneer in providing IT services to companies and has been instrumental in capitalizing their expertise and converting them into advantages in a particular organization by making an accurate analysis of therequirements and functions of the organization. They merge technology with the business process and havedemonstrated excellent results in diverse companies. Their clientele list is quiet impressive and includes everyone thetop notch players in any business requiring IT services.

I mpact of oracle ERP in Sun Microsystems Oracle ERP application Suite was installed in Sun Microsystems. The hardware and software programs chosen bythe company happen to be Sun's high performance Ultra SPARC III server technology, Sun Ray desktop appliancesand Solaris operating environment. It was set up in Linlithgow Manufacturing Facility of Sun Microsoft Systems. SunMicrosystems experienced the following as a result of Oracle ERP's implementation.

Saving in costs

Sun Microsystems were not able to make use of the IT facilities cost effectively because they have to do repeatedmaneuvering and manipulation due to the presence of multiple platforms. The presence of multiple problems was nota problem. However these platforms lacked connectivity and integration. Even though they produced good resultsthey were very expensive and time consuming.

This problem was removed by oracle ERP applications. Apart from doing away with the burden of connectivity OracleERP helped in faster transmission. This helped to speed up the business process gradually. The amount of moneyinvested on It operations went down on a staggering pace. This not only reduced the money invested but alsobrought down the time spent on the same. The connectivity eased other process in turn and benefited the business inall possible ways.

Before the implementation of ERP the Servers were not consolidated. This meant the operational costs of eachserver were high and did not concede or justify the returns to the business. However after Oracle ERP was installedthe servers were outsourced and consolidated. Even though outsourcing function existed before ERP implementationthey did were not cost effective in the absence of consolidation. The consolidation was an outlet to bring down thecosts. Secondly the consolidation increased the scope of server and as well reduced their operational costs.

Accessibility

Prior to ERP intervention the organization did not facilitate much accessibility in spite of possessing multiple servers.The reason was that the servers were neither connected nor dependable of one another. Therefore each of themfunctioned in their own manner and was independent. This meant that all of them were not accessible at a particular point of time or at all times. The consolidation of the servers put a full stop to this menace. The ERP process haschanged this dimension and made everything available under one roof for everyone through the consolidationprocess.

Mechanization

The tasks in the organization had been carried on manually in spite of the IT advancements. There were someprocesses that strongly required the operation of manpower. However ERP intervention changed this idea by

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mechanizing those tasks also with an intention to save time and money and increase the productivity as well. Itworked out true to the connotation.

Better results

The cut down in procedural delays and lacuna have helped organizations to maintain a steady performance ratio.This benefited the employees and other stake holders like customer suppliers because they were able to geteverything at a quicker time and cheaper price when compared with the previous occasions. In addition the companywas able to analyze the flaws and errors.

Enables change both present and future

Sun Microsystems always suffered from a limitation when it comes to the business process. They were not able tomake any changes instantly or even over a period of time even after identifying that the change was required to beimplemented in the larger interests of the business. The reason was primarily the large size of the business anddifferent IT operations.

This trend underwent a change with the implementation of Oracle ERP. It was now possible for changes to be madenow and then. This feature is very important not only for enterprise operation but for the business process as such.The business was capable of frequently adapting to change and staying in tunes with the market and competition.ERP intervention made this possible in this company and now the company is able to accumulate a whoopingamount both in terms of incurring profits and reducing costs.

C onclusion ERP success is a result of combined work of all the concerned persons in the organization. It is not only the criticalsuccess factors for ERP implementation and critical success factors for ERP systems that decide ERP success.Various factors act in combination to streamline the process stage by stage and ensure ERP success in the end.