Question

According to book Essentials of MIS (Management Information Systems) 12th edition:

What unique issues and solutions are involved in managing global systems projects?

Answer 1

Unique issues and solutions involved in managing global systems projects:

1. The problem is the existence of a large number of brands, various locations, several products, complexity of production process, existence of multiple frameworks and systems. The solution is that, SAP's ERP system has been implemented globally and for the purpose of operations management it has been integrated with Apriso's Flexnet. Demonstrating that whether there is a need of integrated systems for the global firms to monitor the process of production. Using of enterprise software for enforcing quality issues globally and maintaining standards of production.

2. The global world order and economic system are being driven by information systems.

3. A radical alteration of domestic economies due to the growth circle of international trade.

4. Some specific challenges include standards, reliability, speed and personnel related matters. For example, all the networks of phone are not reliable uniformly.

5. Difficulties arising to build international architectures as well. To plan a system that is appropriate to global strategy of firm, solving of issues pertaining to implementation of technical platform, introduction of changes in business processes, and agereing to requirements of common user.