College of Computing and Informatics Assignment

Assignment 1
Deadline: Monday 17/2/2020 @ 23:59
[5 Marks]
College of Computing and Informatics
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Integrated Enterprise Systems
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Question One
Give an example that explains how the procurement process is essential for
organizations to create and deliver products and/or services to their
customers?
Procurement is defined as the process of agreeing to certain terms and conditions while
finding and acquiring of works, service or goods from any external suppliers. The
process of procurement is majorly been done with the help of a competitive bidding
process or tendering. The procurement process generally involves the process of
making decisions over buying under certain conditions when the stock of goods would
expire (Bienhaus and Haddud 2018). The procurement process is used for ensuring that
the buyer would receive goods, works or services within the expected price.
In the context of procurement, one example that could be chosen is from Amazon
Company. The company has a wide customer base and thus they have to apply suitable
technique for enhancing the delivery of services or products to customers within the
proper time and place. Hence, they need to concentrate on their procurement processes
to ensure that their stock of goods are appropriate and might suit the customer needs.
Based on this case, a justification to the procurement idea utilized by Amazon is that
the company has recently used a procurement technique known as ProcurementIQ.
Thisb is defined as a marketing intelligence partner that helps in providing a
comprehensive range of services and products that would be able to meet with the
expectations of different clients and procurement departments (Rendon and Rendon
2015). Thus, the procurement process based on ProcurementIQ would be considered as
essential for Amazon as it would lead to easy and fast shipping, flexible options for
payment and support multiuser accounts for their customers.
2 MarksLearning
Outcome(s):
Describe key
issues related to
enterprise
systems and
system integration

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Question Two
Explain how the SAP ERP system promotes an integrated approach to
business processes?
SAP is the abbreviation for Systems Applications and Products in processing of data.
The SAP ERP is considered as a software that aids towards incorporating the key
functions within the business within any particular organization (Umar et al. 2016).
The SAP ERP supports various modules such as Asset Accounting, Material
Management, Production Planning, Financial Accounting, Quality Management,
Human Resources and Warehouse Management.
The SAP ERP systems helps in providing an integrated approach towards the
processes incorporated within any business. It further helps in increasing the level of
productivity, promotes the quality of outcomes and reduces the cost of materials. It
further aids towards an effective management system of human resources (Bahssas,
AlBar and Hoque 2015). The implementation of SAP ERP within any organization
would help the company to provide increased throughput and better form of customer
interaction.
1 Mark
Learning
Outcome(s):
Describe key
issues related to
enterprise
systems and
system integration