INFO401 April 19, 2020 Mini case 1 CONSULTCO is in the process of implementing an ERP solution. JDC BANK has a strong team that will give their customer consultants to implement the solution that is best suited for CONSULTCO company. After making several interviews, they will document all the current procedures for HR and Sales. In that way, the consultants of JDC BANK will help CONSULTCO team to identify the ERP modules they would like to acquire. The ERP solution, provides a very wide array of modules that cover the needs of organizations from production to human resources, inventory management and many more. They will also estimate the work volume in terms of daily transactions to select an adequate server for their customer's need. The consultants would need as well to decide if CONSULTCO team would rather use handhelds in the warehouse, or if they will use workstations. The consultants, before starting with the ERP software implementation need to collect historical customer and vendor information. In addition, they will need to involve all CONSULTCO teams in this whole process, including managers and front line workers. Those teams will be given a training and be provided with a DB admin manual containing all backup and recovery procedures as well as a user manual that lists the steps of their procurement process and how it is to be executed. These consultants have amazing skills to create a prototype before moving to the production. In that way, they make sure that they are presenting all possible solutions, and that the customer can select the best one that fits with their Question 1: Related to MINICASE 1 A. Identify from the text above two examples of each of the five components of the Information System B. What is more difficult for CONSULTCO to handle, IT or IS? State 3 reasons why and briefly justify by starting to define both and mentioning the difference between them Table A IS Component Example 1 Example 2 needs. Mini case 2 Pwy Acts A. In the above figure, there are letters from A 1 Identify which Value chain activity refers to which letter by specifying its type (Primary: Por Support: S). B. Why is it important for any company to study its value chain and business processes prior to implementing any information system? Briefly explain Your answer should be filled in a table as follows: Value Value Chain Activity Type Chain A C D E 1 G 11 1 Mini Case 3 Www Purch Art Vendir 11 G H 1 Mini Case 3 Process mapas drawn by Tempty A. Explain the above process using your own words B. Although ABC looks to be a great company, they are still facing many problems into connecting their silos of departments together, from sales, accounting, and inventory management . After assessing the above existing process, and in order to make it better and improved process, In order to improve the above process quality, John believes it is best to implement an Enterprise system with the objective of integrating the various departments at ABC and improve the process effectiveness and efficiency. What type of enterprise system do you think is best fit for ABC ? Why? INFO401 April 19, 2020 Mini case 1 CONSULTCO is in the process of implementing an ERP solution. JDC BANK has a strong team that will give their customer consultants to implement the solution that is best suited for CONSULTCO company. After making several interviews, they will document all the current procedures for HR and Sales. In that way, the consultants of JDC BANK will help CONSULTCO team to identify the ERP modules they would like to acquire. The ERP solution, provides a very wide array of modules that cover the needs of organizations from production to human resources, inventory management and many more. They will also estimate the work volume in terms of daily transactions to select an adequate server for their customer's need. The consultants would need as well to decide if CONSULTCO team would rather use handhelds in the warehouse, or if they will use workstations. The consultants, before starting with the ERP software implementation need to collect historical customer and vendor information. In addition, they will need to involve all CONSULTCO teams in this whole process, including managers and front line workers. Those teams will be given a training and be provided with a DB admin manual containing all backup and recovery procedures as well as a user manual that lists the steps of their procurement process and how it is to be executed. These consultants have amazing skills to create a prototype before moving to the production. In that way, they make sure that they are presenting all possible solutions, and that the customer can select the best one that fits with their Question 1: Related to MINICASE 1 A. Identify from the text above two examples of each of the five components of the Information System B. What is more difficult for CONSULTCO to handle, IT or IS? State 3 reasons why and briefly justify by starting to define both and mentioning the difference between them Table A IS Component Example 1 Example 2 needs. Mini case 2 Pwy Acts A. In the above figure, there are letters from A 1 Identify which Value chain activity refers to which letter by specifying its type (Primary: Por Support: S). B. Why is it important for any company to study its value chain and business processes prior to implementing any information system? Briefly explain Your answer should be filled in a table as follows: Value Value Chain Activity Type Chain A C D E 1 G 11 1 Mini Case 3 Www Purch Art Vendir 11 G H 1 Mini Case 3 Process mapas drawn by Tempty A. Explain the above process using your own words B. Although ABC looks to be a great company, they are still facing many problems into connecting their silos of departments together, from sales, accounting, and inventory management . After assessing the above existing process, and in order to make it better and improved process, In order to improve the above process quality, John believes it is best to implement an Enterprise system with the objective of integrating the various departments at ABC and improve the process effectiveness and efficiency. What type of enterprise system do you think is best fit for ABC ? Why