ERP Implementation in Retail Organisation - Project Report

This project report discusses the ERP implementation in a retail organisation, covering topics such as current state of organisation, quality issues and addressing tools, leadership style and conflict management, stakeholder identification and communication process, planning and conducting procurement, and risk identification and evaluation tools.

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ERP Implementation in Retail Organisation
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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Description of Project Case and Organisation Used........................................................................2
1. Current State of Organisation Considered...................................................................................3
2. Quality Issues and Addressing Tools..........................................................................................3
3. Leadership Style and Conflict Management................................................................................5
4. Stakeholder Identification and Communication Process.............................................................6
5. Planning and Conducting Procurement.......................................................................................7
6. Risk Identification and Risk Evaluation Tools............................................................................9
7. Learning from the Project and its impact in Personal and Professional Life............................10
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................10
Bibliography..................................................................................................................................12

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Introduction
The project management is a significant subject that involves the support and
development of the useful and improved development methods (Mir & Pinnington, 2014). The
analysis of the active project management would be helpful for developing the successful
formation of the final deliverable for the organisation. The project consideration would be
beneficial for forming the simplification of the operations. The utilisation of the factors would be
eased with the simplification management process.
The following assignment would be helpful for forming the utilisation of the activity
management factors for supporting the project of ‘ERP Implementation in Retail Organisation’,
and it would provide the analysis of the resource management, risk management, communication
management, procurement management, and stakeholder management. The assignment would
allow the study of the various tools and factors supporting the alignment of the improved
leadership and development.
Description of Project Case and Organisation Used
The project is ‘ERP Implementation in Retail Organisation’, and it would involve the
implication of the effective management of the operations. The retail project development would
be used for synchronising the alignment of the active management. The deployment of the
successful management process would be aligned for easing the support and management
process. The ERP system development would be informed for the informing the simulation
management. The ERP system management would support the improved communication and
management.

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The retail organisation is one of the most developing and management for the successful
management process. The retail organisations have been using improved development process
for globalization of the organisation development processing. The ecommerce platform would be
helpful for successively implying the management of the activities for easing the development of
the successive management process. The retail organisation would be effectively deployed for
management of the successive implication of the operations. The utilisation of the effective
project management activities would be helpful for easing the employment of the improved
functional development.
1. Current State of Organisation Considered
Currently, the state of the organisation is limited to local markets and some specific
clients from the neighbouring cities and suburbs. The organisation has a single computer system
in which the day to day records are manually stored on an Excel spreadsheet. It is very tiring and
time consuming for keeping store of the day to day transaction manually. The store in charge
would have to keep track of the activities and input the required data manually. The organisation
requires the implication of the effective and automatic system for the development of the
activities signifying the implication of the operations. The organisation development would be
successfully implied for easing the management of the improved functional development. The
organisation would be managed with the implementation development. The organisation would
successfully imply for forming the deployment of the utilisation development.
2. Quality Issues and Addressing Tools
The quality issues would be successfully deployed for easing the implication of the
development model. The quality issues would be effectively implied for forming the successful

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management of the properties. The support and management would be effective management
formation development. The implication of the operations would be managed for easing the
deployment of the quality management process. The quality tools would be implied for easing
the management of the processes. The various quality issues of the project,
Lack of Information: The lack of information would be developed for successful
management of the processes for signifying the alignment of the improved functional
development. The information processing would be effective if adequate information processing
would be available. The lack of information would result in forming the major factor aligning the
inclusion of the factors.
Data Loss: The data loss would result in forming the major issues for the execution of
the project development. The migration to the ERP system would form the major impact for the
data being compatible for the execution. The data loss would tend to result in forming the major
problem in ensuring the active alignment of the functions.
System Failure: The ERP system development would comprise of the implication of the
factors managing the development of management. However, the failure of the system would
result in forming the utilisation of the operations and management of the functions. The failure of
the system would result in forming the major issues for implementing the effective management
operations for the system.
Various tools can be used for the managing of the operations for easing the implication of
the effective development process. The 7QC and SDLC are some of the quality control tools that
can be used for the effective alignment of the operations.
7QC: The 7QC tool is helpful for making sure that the project would be effective for

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easing the management of the process (Larson et al., 2014). The support and development would
be eased with the simplification of the factors aligning the support and development of the
operation for aligning the support and development for the users. The implication of the 7QC
tools would allow the simplification of the factors supporting the development of the improved
communication.
SDLC: SDLC is also one of the most significant management tools for the ERP
implementation process (Binder, 2016). The SDLC allows the significant alignment of the
improved communication for the utilisation of the improved functional development. The SDLC
would be helpful for implying the utilisation of the factors defining the implication of the
successive management process. The SDLC is helpful for combining the support and
development of the users for effective implication management.
3. Leadership Style and Conflict Management
The transactional leadership style would be most effective while deploying the use of the
functional development process (Fleming & Koppelman, 2016). The leadership development
would be more useful for forming the management of the processes and aligning work division
among the project teams. Transactional leadership is also one of the most significant
management tools for the ERP implementation process. The transactional leadership allows the
significant alignment of the improved communication for the utilisation of the improved
functional development. The transactional leadership would be helpful for implying the
utilisation of the factors defining the implication of the successive management process (Hazen
et al., 2014). The transactional leadership is helpful for combining the support and development
of the users for effective implication management.

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The ERP system development would comprise of implication of the factors managing the
development management. The quality issues would be effectively implied for forming the
successful management of the properties. The support and management would be effectively
management formation development. The implication of the operations would be managed for
easing the deployment of the quality management process. The conflict negotiation tool is
helpful for making sure that the project would be effective for easing the management of the
process. The support and development would be eased with the simplification of the factors
aligning the support and development of the operation for aligning the support and development
for the users. The implication of the conflict negotiation tools would allow the simplification of
the factors supporting the development of the improved communication.
4. Stakeholder Identification and Communication Process
The project of ERP implementation would be developed successfully for easing the
implication of the successive development of technology. It would involve some development
processes for implying the successive limitation processing. The various stakeholders of the
project are identified below,
Stakeholder Roles and Responsibilities
Client In charge of the quality assurance and approval of the project. The client would
be responsible for conveying the project initial requirements.
Investors
In charge of the resource accumulation of the project. The investors would be
responsible for conveying the resources and providing it to the project team
members.
Project
Manager
In charge of the completion of the activities of the project. The project manager
would be responsible for conveying the project initial requirements to the
project team and executing the activities successfully.
Contractor In charge of the completion of the activities of the project assigned to the
contractor. The contractor would be responsible for following the initial

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requirements of the project and executing the activities successfully as assigned
to him/her.
Steering
Committee
In charge of the quality assurance and approval of the project. The steering
committee would analyse the quality of the project final deliverable.
The growth of technology has resulted in improving the means of communication for the
project. The multiple technologies like emails, social media platforms, phone, messages, and
other devices would allow the faster communication and development. The inclusion of the
activities would be aligned for forming the composition of the successful functional
development. The technology innovation would be supported by the utilisation of the successful
alignment process (Marchewka, 2014). The support and development of the activities can be
aligned with the support and continuation of the options. The communication strategies of the
organisation for the ERP implementation project is,
Communication
Information
Media Frequency Sender Receiver
Progress
Development
Reports Weekly Project Team Clients
Initial
Requirements
Face to face talk Once Clients Project Manager
Change
Requirements
Messages,
Documents
Once Clients Project Manager
Functional
Development
Emails Monthly Project Manager Project Team
Supporting
Inclusion
Messages,
Emails
Monthly Project Team Project Manager
5. Planning and Conducting Procurement

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 The planning is one of the most essential tools that are used for the successful
completion of the project activities (Ross, 2017). The execution problems would
be effectively implied for forming the successful management of the properties.
The support and management would be effective management formation
development. The implication of the operations would be managed for easing the
deployment of the planning development process. The planning development
allows the significant alignment of the improved communication for the
utilisation of the improved functional development. The planning development
would be helpful for implying the utilisation of the factors defining the
implication of the continuous management process. The planning development is
useful for combining the support and development of the users for effective
implication management (Lee et al., 2017). The inclusion of the activities would
be aligned for forming the composition of the successful functional development.
The technology innovation would be supported by the utilisation of the successful
alignment process. The support and development of the activities can be aligned
with the support and continuation of the options.
 The project ‘ERP Implementation in Retail Organisation’ would involve the
implication of the effective management of the operations. The retail project
development would be used for synchronising the alignment of the effective
management. The project would involve the supplementary development of the
success factors aligning the improvement management. The deployment of the
successful management process would be aligned for easing the support and
management process. The procurement is done for the following reasons,

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 Providing contractor with the work for listing the alignment methods for easing
the alignment of the successive management process
 Making a formal agreement with the contractor and project manager for easing
the formation institution
 Aligning the simplification processing development and functional alignment for
supporting the functions
6. Risk Identification and Risk Evaluation Tools
The risk identification is the initial option for the risk management process in which the
various risk factors that would cause the impact on the execution of the projects (Papp, 2014).
The identification of the risk would be successfully done for the project as it would comprise of
technical and operational risk development. The identification of the risks would be successfully
formed for easing the alignment of the support and development of the operations. The risks for
the project of ERP implementation are
The following is the risk assessment matrix for the evaluation of the project of ERP
implementation project,
Risk name Description Likelihood
(1-5)
Severity
(1-5)
Impact
(Likelihood
* Severity)
Inadequate
information
The information processing would be
effective if adequate information
processing would be available. The lack
of information would result in forming
the major factor aligning the inclusion
of the factors.
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Data
Incompatible
The migration to the ERP system would
form the major impact for the data
being compatible for the execution. The
data loss would tend to result in
forming the major problem for ensuring
the effective alignment of the functions.
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Technical
Issues
The failure of the system would result
in forming the utilisation of the
operations and management of the
functions. The failure of the system
would result in forming the major
issues for implementing the effective
management operations for the system.
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7. Learning from the Project and its impact in Personal and Professional Life
The project would teach me the implication of the project management principles and
functions. The analysis of the existing projects and developing the resource management, risk
management, communication management, procurement management, and stakeholder
management would be helpful for carrying out the successful factor development. I was able to
implement the successive formation development.
The learning of project development and execution would help me in becoming more
efficient for both personal and professional works. It would assist me in planning and execute my
plans for work (any future projects or undertakings) or family (such as tour). It would help me in
making sure the work is completed successfully.
Conclusion
The assignment had been helpful for forming the utilisation of the activity management
factors for supporting the project of ‘ERP Implementation in Retail Organisation’, and it had

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provided the analysis of the resource management, risk management, communication
management, procurement management, and stakeholder management. The analysis of the
effective project management had been helpful for developing the successful formation of the
final deliverable for the organisation. The project consideration had been helpful for forming the
simplification of the operations. The utilisation of the factors had been eased with the
simplification management process.

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