ERP Analysis for Leadtek Corporation

Running head: ERP ANALYSIS
ERP Analysis
(Leadtek Corporation)
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Executive summary
In the following report the situation of Leadtek Corporation is taken into consideration. It is an
organization dealing with computer parts that have been driven by technology. Leadtek Corporation
is based in Taiwan with more than about 2,000 individuals employed on more than 100 industrial
custom and base of suppliers. Here, the study demonstrates the likely causes of various issues that
have experiencers across the ER projects. Further, the report discusses the ways the issues can be
avoided and mitigated. Besides, prompt recommendations are provided here that is useful for
Leadtek Corporations should be assuring the success of further steps of ERP deployment and
maintenance.

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Table of Contents
Introduction:..........................................................................................................................................3
Likely causes of concerns witnesses by the project of Leadtek Corporation:.......................................3
Show how these problems could have been avoided or mitigated:.......................................................5
An understanding of the legacy system with reference to frameworks:................................................5
A steady source of trusted flow of cash from maintenance and support fees........................................6
Recommendations for Leadtek Corporation in assuring the further phases of ERP applications:........7
Conclusion:............................................................................................................................................8
References:..........................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction:
In the following study the case of Leadtek Corporation is considered. This is a computer
components company that is technology-driven. This is based in Taiwan has more than 2,000 staffs
on over 100 industrial customers and supplier base that is spread throughout the nation and also
overseas. This report intends to determine the likely causes of the issues that are experienced through
ER projects. It attempts to highlight how the issues could be mitigated and avoided. This delivers
clear suggestions to the extent Leadtek Corporations must assure the success of upcoming phases of
the ERP implementations along with its maintenance.
Likely causes of concerns witnesses by the project of Leadtek Corporation:
Issues started with the localizations. It indicates the capability of ERP in handling the region
nation-specific necessities of levies or taxes and many more. This legacy system has been handing
everything in a perfect way. However, ERP has been a step behind to identify these. The
necessitated tasks rounds that have been cumbersome (Treder et al. 2016). Apart from this, another
source of resistance To ERP originated from Maverick behavior. There have been various
operational sectors that have been informal and never authored officially. Here, while purchasing the
suppliers are been asked to be sending the material despite any formal orders of purchases. These
were regularized post-facto while passing the bill. It was seen that similarities of the sales
department had the practice to extend the dispatches beyond the closing of time. This has been a
month or quarter. This predated the invoices for meeting the ending targets. Moreover, the practices
have been permitted tactically through the departmental managers. However, these were been
frowned on by the top management. Since the ERP never permitted those practices the users have
been performing that for years that resisted the changes. They mentioned that ERP has never been
the user friendly for them (Congedo, Korczowski and Delorme 2016). Further, training has been