One of your clients, Jordan Bull Limited, is a leading manufacturer and distributor of playground equipment. It wants to improve the way it produces and uses internal information to make production decisions and is considering the implementation of a new Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP), with a centralised database, known as Wang 3000. There is however significant conflict between the CFO, Boris Collins, who will be responsible for the implementation and the CEO Sanjay Gunasekera. Sanjay is claiming that Boris has not undertaken enough research into alternative ERP options, nor has he adequately planned the implementation of the ERP. Boris responds that Sanjay has not provided him with enough resources to undertake the research and implementation tasks ERP properly and wants him to fail so he can be sacked.

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Advise Jordan Bull Limited on: three advantages of an implementing an ERP. (3 marks)

three risks of implementing an ERP. (3 marks)

strategies to resolve the conflict between Boris and Sanjay to maximise the chances of a successful ERP implementation. (4 marks)

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