1 REFLECTION ASSIGNMENT Contribution to the group assignment The entire assignment revolves around a case scenario ofSnow White Dry Cleaners (SWDC). As per the case scenario, the particular business is running for over 20 years and due to the increasing business managing everyday business activitygets complicated. Therefore, the owner of this firm is going for the adoption of ERP (Enterprise resource planning) system. In order to completethisassignment, roleof ERPsystem and its importance and necessity in the business are stay in focus. I divided the whole assignment into different sections and sub sections. In the introduction section, to introduce the entire concept and main objective of this assignment, the background information related to the case scenario and sound knowledge regarding the ERP system has provided. Inordertounderstandthegivenbusinessscenario,theopportunities,recent requirement of the business has explained briefly. In the “possible role of the ERP system” section, I explained several concepts related to this system. Providing an overview of the ERP system, the report explained that, it is a business process management software, which will allow the organization to use different integrated applications for simplifying the daily business operations. The business needs of the discussed firm, the complicacy it is currently facing are discussed. In addition, the suitable ERP solution for this business is identified and explained in this section. To support the activities of the selected ERP system, the business process reengineering (BPR) system, along with its information and functional requirements have also discussed. Understanding the essential of ERP system implementation, I have given a brief overview of all the suitableimplementationmethodology. After performing a comparison between the chocolate and vanilla implementation, I have proposed the most suitableimplementationforthediscussedbusiness.Afterdiscussingabouttherisks associated with the selected ERP and the BPR solution, necessary changes have also
2 REFLECTION ASSIGNMENT suggested. At last, overall summary of the report with further steps on this project have also discussed. Learning experience on the teamwork skill This group assignment has helped me in gathering several knowledge about the ERP and BPR system. Not only my academic and technical knowledge, rather my communication skillsalsogotenhanced.Analysingaboutthegivenbusinesscase,investigatingand identifying the suitable ERP model and other necessary solution has helped me to analyse and improving my problem solving skill. I collected ideas of how to work in a team by avoiding any kind of internal team conflict. The efficient flow of information, communication skill adopted by our team and amount of effort given by the entire team will not only help in group development, but also become helpful for our team in achieving the main goal and objectives. The technical knowledge and team management skills gathered from this assignment will help me in future for delivering more successful works.