NIBCO Case Summary

Question Presented is to provide an advice to the client (Sam) on inclusion of the most favorable provisions of corporate documents provision under the following facts:

CCIB received a SOC 341 via email stating that facility staff reported to RP, patient Effie had no injury as of 0400 hours (4 AM). RP reported Effie was found after fall with urine soaked clothes and large bruising. In addition, the report states that Effie also had dried blood/scars in the head and a large bruise on left elbow all which were not from 10 min prior. RP reported that staff from the home stated that Effie fell on 5/2/2017 and that they called the paramedics (no detail). RP reported that Effie disclosed to RP in private that she fell the day before (5/1/2017). RP reported that Effie was taken to Kiser in Santa Rosa to receive medical attention on 5/2/2017.

In business, it is important for companies to be able to communicate effectively. Each department of a company relies on the other departments as they add to the value chain. One way for a company to integrate its different departments is enterprise resource planning. ERPs are software programs that allow companies to join together data across operations on a company wide basis (Jessup and Valacich 248). ERPs store company information in a common database and allow all departments to access it from one central location (Koch). Companies without ERPS may contain many legacy systems, each operating with different

Beijing EAPs Consulting Inc. (BEC) is a rapidly growing consulting company whose number of employees has increased from six to 16 in just one year. BEC has adopted a new project management system, using project managers to coordinate several employees from various departments. Due to the heavy workload, most employees must work on multiple projects. Collaboration between projects and department managers is not very smooth. The chief executive officer must decide how he can improve the collaboration efforts across the company 's different departments. This particular project plan, like other project plans, has both strengths and weaknesses which the plan should put into action in order to ensure that it is completed on time, safeguarded and insured.

NIBCO already had an established customer base. Prior to the upgrade to SAP R/3, NIBCO’s last big IT investment was made about 5 years ago and their IT applications were considerably old.

I strongly recommend that USNATO enters into a lease contract with Anytime PC, Inc. Anytime PC was selected as the best nation-wide computer supplier. Anytime PC also offers a full-service equipment service option. After analyzing both the purchase and lease options, a 24-month operating lease will allow USNATO to lower our operating expenses. Additionally, the lease option strengthens our financial leverage by becoming claimable operating expenses.

The major problem in the first implementation was the ineffective change management practice followed. The stakeholder communication about the ERP system was not managed properly. There was no shared ownership or strategic alignment of the employees to the vision of the company in implementing this system. The employees were not clearly communicated the reasons for getting this ERP system at Bombardier. While some perceived that it would make life easy, others were skeptical. Managers did not show enthusiasm for the project and in many cases, even abdicated their responsibility to propagate the vision and passed this crucial task to the operational level employees. Some stakeholders amongst employees perceived the project to be a top-down initiative and felt disconnected with the broader vision of streamlining the inventory management, which in fact would have positively affected them. Delays further derailed the projects. Business teams and the project teams did not work with a common objective.

In general, ERP systems are designed to standardize information entry and create data storage for information sharing across the organization. There are numerous advantages of ERP but skeptics argued on the fact that these advantages can be also achieved by simplification and lean production methods. IT systems could be effective and reliable in the long run but at the same time there is an uncertainty about whether it will align with the concerned business process. For instance, the ERP system implemented at the Korey plant to replace MRP system failed. Though it met the requirements of individual unit and enabled employees with wide range of

The system allows to company to modernize its strategies and processing more efficiently than its competitors

NIBCO could not afford for their ERP implementation to be delayed or to significantly exceed budget since the existing information systems were encountering regular downtime (Brown, DeHaynes, Hoffer, Martin, & Perkins, 2012). Also, since all other major business initiatives, except the distribution center consolidation, were placed on hold; delays might impact the business’ ability to maintain customer satisfaction. With nearly 200 people being involved in the project, it was critical for the ERP installation to move quickly and to return those personal to necessary positions within the

The case presents the implementation of an ERP system in Bombardier, along with all the major changes the corporation undertook for a successful transition. In the analysis I will address the challenges faced by Bombardier, the challenges associated with the integration of the large system & its benefits. I will also address how the project team managed and communicated it’s vision amongst the firm and how the new roles

After reading the case study, there were many conditions which I think made the ERP implementation desirable for Bombardier Aerospace. As quoted in the case study by a senior project manager that ‘Organization has become a textbook silo organization’ because of its acquisition strategy. This particular quote is one of the desirable reasons as whenever Bombardier Aerospace acquired any company they adopted the data, process and the systems of each company and hence it was just like a textbook silo. The cost of information system ownership increased due to the increased number of systems. There were process delays, sequential

The second requirement was the ERP should support rapid business growth, especially with a company such as Hunter Manufacturing whom had recently acquired two business units. It is only logical to plan for future growth whether organically or through purchases of additional suppliers. In addition, the selected ERP solution should provide a common business solution across multiple and diverse product lines enabling faster communication and collaboration among all departments.

Regarding, the ERP systems, one of the most important studies has been emphasized by O’Leary (2000) which categorizes the benefits of ERP systems into two categories, respectfully tangible and intangible benefits. Therefore, some of the tangible benefits of ERP systems relies in reduction of inventory, reduction of procurement costs, reduction of maintenance, reduction on transportation costs, production improvement etc. In the same line (Schalk 1999) argues that through ERP systems negotiation between organizations and suppliers is easier therefore there is a reduction in the cost of raw materials. Thus, more savings lead to greater benefits for the organizations.

Another benefit companies receive from using an ERP is standardized processes and consistent data. This is important in the energy sector and the oil and gas industry because it allows the business to move rapidly to new markets as well as adjust workloads among offices. (Anderson et al., 119) an ERP system will provide managers with pertinent and timely information on when assets need to be replaced among others which will improve the quality of their decisions. (Anderson et al. 119)