Management Information Systems BBA 6th Semester (Enterprise Resource Planning) Complementary Case Studies By: Farhan Mir

One of major Vendor for Enterprise Wide Software SAP One of major Vendor for Enterprise Wide Software

SAP (Systems, Applications, Products) SAP is the leading ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) software package in the world. It is the first to integrate an organization’s worldwide functions into an application.

SAP History Five former IBM programmers founded it in 1972 In 1972 SAP R/1 solutions was launched to provide standard software to automate processes common to most companies. In 1979 SAP R/2 was launched to provide businesses with transactional efficiency. It was the first enterprise wide software.

In 1992 SAP R/3 client/server and mainframe business applications are used to manage enterprise-wide operations, integrate business processes, automate the supply chain and provide a better return on information.                                                                                                                            .

SAP’s Growth On Time Scale

Competitive Analysis

SAP Software Approach Previously companies used multiple software applications or they had a full staff of program developers Time consuming, costly and error prone SAP successfully integrated all business functions SAP automated organizations’ tasks

It provided organizations’ with selected standard processes and many other optional processes and features e.g Reporting and Analysis At the back of SAP, there are 10,000 tables to execute the processes

SAP Configuration Configuration is the process of adjusting the setting of the tables according to business requirement It is like a radio with number of channels and you tune the desired one Performs functions like Managerial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Sales, Distribution, Productions planning, Purchasing, HR and many others All the modules are tightly integrated After configuration in addition to routine activities it provides with reports, offers comparisons over time, analysis of reports and can even make recommendations and alerts

SAP Functional Areas

Today’s SAP SAP employs more than 33,000 employees all over the world. Is available in more than 50 countries Is available in 25 industry-specific versions Is available in 28 languages In Pakistan 52 companies are the clients of SAP

Bahauddin Zakariya University An Educational Institute looking to come out of traditional infrastructure and ropes of inefficiencies

Issues at BZU Very few proper information systems No or very limited integration Reasons No proper Department for future IT/IS development (Lack of Expertise) Lack of Initiative (looks very difficult) Lack of Management Support (still very backward and conventional approach towards management: typical Pakistani public organization) As a Result! Huge paper work Access to information not possible Redundant information (same information entered repeatedly at multiple occasions) Almost every process is time consuming & Inefficient

Current Initiative Management Support Looking for solutions rather getting stuck into loops of problem recognitions and inquiries IT as Business Process Change Agent IT a technology tool may streamline every thing and could become a solution for every issue Multiple Vendors under querry Oracle through Orascom SAP through Siemens

Powerful Features for Student Support

Questions Cost Vs. Quality We tend to show losses in our sheets so how we could be able to put a business (investment) case on the table Time Factor (May require more time because of qualitative issues) Culture (awareness & consensus) & Management Support (how long they could do it) Change Management Are we ready for it or when we will be ready?

ERP Lessons Learned ERP system implementations are not just technical projects They’re strategic business decisions and major organizational changes, involving International and business culture Corporate governance Extended enterprise issues