Question

Explain how did the ERP system that JHI adopted help address technical challenges?

Answer 1

*$* Main reason for using an ERP system at JHI?

To improve data quality and reporting, since it was very difficult to get an overall view of JHI’s operations and performance with several different business applications.

*$* How did the ERP system that JHI adopted help address technical challenges?

JHI chose Bearing-Point’s SAP applications with IBM Power 570 servers as the hardware platform to overcome those technical challenges. Also, it used server clusters to make the system more fault tolerant, and it installed SAN for high performance.

*$* What did the ERP system achieve at JHI?

The ERP systems provides a centralized method for gathering information for the entire organization.Case Study 11-2: CRM at Starbucks

The main reason for using an ERP system (Enterprise Resource Planning) at JHI was to improve data quality and reporting. They chose to use a centralized ERP system instead of what they were using (several different business applications that were not fully integrated.)

*$*How did the ERP system that JHI adopted help address technical challenges?

-> JHI chose BearingPoint's SAP applications with IBM Power 570 servers as the hardware platform.

-> BearingPoint is a multinational management and technology consulting firm (independent) headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It has operations in 17 countries and around 3,500 employees and is one of the largest management consultancies in Europe.

-> They also decided to use server clusters to make the system more fault tolerant, and it installed a storage area network (SAN) for high performance. - In doing all of this, the ERP system now provides a centralized method of gathering information for the entire organization.

-> IBM is a leading US computer manufacturer

-> The power 570 is for mid-to-large database serving,the Power 570 provides a system

-> designed for demanding, critical,

-> back-end work­ loads.

-> A storage area network (SAN) is a dedicated network that provides access to consolidated, block level data storage. SANs are primarily used to make storage devices, such as disk arrays, tape libraries, and optical jukeboxes, accessible to servers so that the devices appear like locally attached devices to the operating system

*$* What did the ERP system achieve at JHI?

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is business management software that allows an organization to use a system of integrated applications to manage the business. ERP software integrates all facets of an operation, including development, manufacturing, sales and marketing. So, with this being said, at JHI the ERP system helped improve data quality and reporting through different applications such as the IBM power 570 servers. This application helped manage the business by allowing JHI to report data in a centralized manner, making operations easier by organizing data better.

JHI faced technical challenges in adopting an ERP system. To overcome these challenges, it chose BearingPoint's SAP applications with IBM Power 570 servers as the hardware platform. JHI also decided to use server clusters to make the system more fault-tolerant and installed a SAN for high performance