1. Kerry group is taking a slow and methodical approach to implementing the parts of SAP ERP software. What does the company gain and what does it lose by taking its time in this way?
2. What are the advantages and disadvantages to using a third party vendor like Ola's to deploy a new ERP system? What steps can companies take to overcome the disadvantages of relying on third party vendors when deploying enterprise wide systems?
language (as well CHAPTER 9 needed to the user interf ace, YWOULA Gre scale, with the thin rins of the food industry. are vital to Kerry Group's help make those already a SAP Murcing process is one YnOULA the sourcing customer when it chose invoice, delivery time, and since 2009, The SAP ERP ted. cash collection advantage of obtaining new sysem from its the end of a Financial data is now have all been existing supplier assured period available two pplications company already uses. "What the up to view inventory was an intuitive system that be manage inventory all has enabled integrated with our SAP back office for an end-to-end comprehensively and more efficiently and said Peter Fotios, Kerry Groups Perhaps even more importantly, Group SAP sourcing OnDemand uses the doud computing positioned to grow. As is now concept. As its OnDemand name suggests, customers do not enhance market puts it, "Oracle's jD have to dedicate computing resources to the software. They in the leadership the Balkans, resources on demand as their needs require, paying Ukraine, and continue to busine on a per-user, per-month subscription basis. Meanwhile, SAP efficiency, and profitability improve productivity is responsible for administrative tasks such as daa backup as we expand into new mark and, if necessary, Discussion Questions Kerry Group implemented SAP Sourcing OnDemand beginning with a pilot plant. "We rolled it out smoothly i l. What problems had the YIOULA Group's stand-al legacy software created for the company? Ireland first, then England and then throughout our global 23 countries," explains Folios. If any problems 2. What are the advantages of ERP systems over sand appeared in Ireland, the pilot site, Kerry Group could have focused all its problem-solving resources on that location. Fortunately, no major issues arose. Critical Thinking Another thing that Kerry Group did right at Questions time was training, Recognizing that it had 1. What immediate and long-term needs competent in-house trainers and competent seOne did Enterpri professionals, but few if any who were both, the firm fill for the YIOULA Group? engaged SAP's Irish training partner ous with than The YiOULA group adopted a ERP system that was not industry specific. What are the advantages and end of the project, olas brought SAP expertise to the training pleting the required set of capabilities. disadvantages of general ERP systems and industry Moving forward, Kerry Group has projectplans exending specific systems? into 2016 for the full rollout of all its planned SAPERP capabilities. The smoothness of its sourcing OnDemand SOURCES: orade Corporation, JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Web site, implementation, which took a total of four weeks elapsed time because the software was already running in the doud when they 4: "YIOULA Group Builds skabble Awdow.brwal accessed April 11 began, is a good indication that the restof the project which isin Platform for sustained Growth, Profitability, and Market Leadership. complex will probably go well. If Kem Group many ways more is to carry out its mission statement, which includes being "the sdecow 2012 18H27sipay, September 20 world leader in food ingredients and flavors servingthe food and noULA Group web. r, www.yioula com, accessed March 2920" beverage industry, the rollout will have tobe smooth Discussion Questions Case Two 1, what needs did the Kerry Group's new Eu' system Kerry Group Is on Your Table business, sourcing is the set of activities involved in finding, and suppliers supply services. Before a business can start to manage its 2 Kerry Group is taking a slow and methodical approach of software. What does the company gain and what does it lose by in this chapter, it must complete time in this way? chain, as described s Kerry Group, a supplier of food ingredients and worldwide food industry and of food ires a wide of raw Critical Thinking Questions lavors to the I. Why should Kerry Group standardize on one ERP products to the Isles, requi With annual revenue of package? Wouldn't it be simpler and less expensive et each plant and sales operation choose its own soft- ware, as long as it can report its financial results to those materials, with plants in 21 countries people for the revenue from outside Europe, possible suppliers plant to know about all in a standard form
