Enterprise Resource Planning Systems for Fruits and Vegetable Beverage Industry

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Abstract
The successful of operations within an organization depends on the amount and
effectiveness of the managerial strategies put in place by the leadership of the organization. The
continuous development in terms of technology has gradually affected a number of procedures
and processes in organizations. In a bid to enhance the efficiency of activities by reducing the
occurrence of errors, organization has since incorporated computer automated applications.
These applications play a crucial role in reducing the duration of processes while effectively
minimizing the cost of operations. The sustainability of an enterprise system entirely depends on
the extent to which it solves the organizational problem for which it is created. This report
focuses on the analysis of the fruits and vegetable beverage industry by pointing out the current
problem it faces before outlining the right ERP systems that could be implementing in a bid to
solve these issues. The report additionally highlights some of the challenges faced by the
organization during the process of implementation. Finally, the paper shall outline the success
with the organization that could be attributed to the adoption of the ERP systems. The
methodology involved case study review as well as the review of relevant contextual literature in
a bid to obtain the most relevant information for the completion of this report.

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Table of Contents
Introduction: Identification of the organizational problem.......................................4
Adopted Enterprise Resource Planning Systems ..................................................7
Description of the selection procedure..............................................................7
Selected ERP: Sage MAS 500 ERP – O2............................................................9
Adoption challenges...................................................................................10
Adoption Success......................................................................................11
Conclusion..............................................................................................12
References...............................................................................................13

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Introduction
Identification of the organizational problem
The case study outlines a number of challenges within the fruits and vegetable beverage
industry whose solutions basically lie on the adoption of effective ERP systems. A good
Enterprise Resource Planning system ought to be one whose tools and applications effectively
facilitate the management of all the information that influences the business decisions of a
company. It therefore implies that the effectiveness of an ERP system is largely pegged on its
ability to bring about long lasting solutions to organizational management challenges. The
management issues that require ERP solutions occur in many forms. For instance the challenges
could associated with financial flow and management, management of human resources, orders
and inventory as well as the management of production and distribution just to mention but few.
Based on the case study, one of the emergent challenges is aspect of variations in the
characteristics of fruits based on the periods in which they are harvested (AL-mashari, 2010). As
a result of changing weather patterns, geographical variations, changing soil patterns due to
environmental interference as well as different agricultural production approaches, the fruits tend
to vary in characteristics. Lack of consistency in the characteristics of the raw materials makes it
hard for the organization to establish a standard procedure of production of the finished products.
This in turn makes it hard for the industry to have a specific outline of the costs that would be
associated with production. At the same time, the changing characteristics may end up
interfering with quality of the end product. Customers on the other hand expect consistency in
the quality and composition of the products which therefore puts the organization in dilemma.
Consequently, there need for the adoption of an ERP system which is capable of tracking the
similar characteristics of fruits and vegetables regardless of the changing times. The system