Enterprise Systems: A Case Study of Woolworths

Enterprise Systems – case study
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
1. Describe the subject organisation and explain the problem or opportunity it faced...............4
2. Describe the nature of the enterprise system that it adopted and the process by which it was
selected and implemented............................................................................................................7
3.Explain and analyse any difficulties the organisation may have faced in adopting the system,
or preparatory steps that were taken to facilitate implementation.............................................10
4.Provide an assessment of how successful was the adoption of the enterprise system and any
success metrics that were used..................................................................................................13
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................16
Reference list.................................................................................................................................17
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Executive summary
Enterprise system is the software package that supports the large scale business operations and
processes. The software helps the organisations to maintain the information flow and to keep
large scale data in an effective manner. This report shows the difficulties which are faced by the
company in adopting the enterprise system and the preparatory steps which were taken to enable
effective and efficient implementation. Finally, this report examines the success metrics used by
the company and an evaluation regarding the success of adopting the enterprise system
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Introduction
This report introduces to the concept of Enterprise Systems for Management. This report
examines the business functions performed by Woolworth. Woolworth is the major supermarket
in Australia. This report also highlights the problem or opportunity which is faced by the
company in the global business background. In addition to this, the report shows the nature of
enterprise system which is adopted and the procedure by which it was carefully chosen and
applied..
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