A Case Study of Harley-Davidson.

A Case Study of Harley-Davidson

Executive summary
This report includes a critical analysis of the supply chain management though considering the
technical and environmental business aspects of Harley-Davidson. Moreover, the internal skills
of a business regarding skills of Harley-Davidson included in this report, that will elaborate the
IT infrastructure of the organization. In addition to that, a discussion of the strategic
accomplishment of Enterprise Resource Planning or ERP system of the company is also covered
with proper justification. The strategic implementation of ERP will elaborate the organizational
structure of Harley-Davidson that critically reflects the successive factors of the organization.
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Table of Contents
1.0 Introduction................................................................................................................................3
2.0Technological and Business environment..................................................................................4
2.1 Environment of business for SMS.........................................................................................4
2.2 Environment of Technology for SMS...................................................................................6
3.0 SMS Drivers and Hindrances....................................................................................................7
3.1 Supply chain strategies..........................................................................................................7
3.2 Challenges of supply chain management..............................................................................8
4.0 Strategic Implementation...........................................................................................................9
4.1 “As Is” Mapping process.......................................................................................................9
4.2 “To Be” Mapping process.....................................................................................................9
4.3 Choice of Suppliers................................................................................................................9
4.4 Technological rationalization..............................................................................................10
4.5 Project Team........................................................................................................................10
5.0Success factors of ERP.............................................................................................................11
5.1 Strategic elements................................................................................................................11
5.2 factors of tackle....................................................................................................................11
5.3 factors of culture..................................................................................................................11
6.0 Conclusion...............................................................................................................................12
References......................................................................................................................................13
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1.0 Introduction
The report is going to discuss the critical investigation of the technical and industry atmosphere
of Harley-Davidson in the event of implementation of Supply Chain Management System
(SMS) project. This report will discuss the industry atmosphere including domestic as well as
international rivals, customer segment, company finance, and the technological atmosphere
include support structure, internal IT skills, and IT infrastructure. The report will also describe
the rationale and confronts intended for the formulation of SMS within Harley-Davidson in the
in 1990s along through the strategic implementation of the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
system. Moreover, the significant victory aspects for the accomplishment of ERP system in
Harley-Davidson is also going to depict with the help of case study about “Harley-Davidson:
Enterprise Software Selection”. The company was founded in 1903 by Arthur Davidson and
William Harley. After its foundation, the organization became the biggest motorcycle
manufacturer throughout the world in the year 1920.
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