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Rolls Royce’s ERP Implementation - Report

   

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REPORT: ROLLS ROYCE’S ERP IMPLEMENTATION0ROLLS ROYCEReport: Rolls Royce’s ERPImplementationStudent Name

REPORT: ROLLS ROYCE’S ERP IMPLEMENTATION1Executive SummaryRolls-Royce a very much renowned name in the industry of engineering and manufacturing, butthe legacy which Roll-Royce achieved is not something which comes within a short span of timeit takes years and years of hard work and dedication towards company and work which helps inbuilding a great name. In this report, the story of the emergence of Rolls-Royse is given light i.e.how the journey of the company began and after that what factors influenced or problems werebeing faced by a company at a particular time which gave birth to the idea of technology up-gradation by implementing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) at Rolls-Royse. After this, abrief description is there about ERP system i.e. SAP which was implemented at Rolls Royse andwhat featured it carried in the software.The further selection of ERP is given focused upon as it is very vital to choose appropriatesoftware for company as big investments are at stake, one bad decision can risk future. Thewhole implementation process is well-defined in the way Rolls-Royce did it duringimplementation by segregating in parts and sub-parts, and what all things company did for asmooth running of every phase which was in progress. Afterward, these key steps that weretaken by the company which facilitated success in implementation are defined, i.e. preparation ofimporting data, business processes and all other things which were required from old mainframesystems, and so on. After this main thing which is discussed is about an assessment of thesuccess of whole ERP implementation which is important in finding out whether ERP worked ornot, also some data is also shared in the end which helps in depicting success of Rolls-Roycewith regards to ERP program.

REPORT: ROLLS ROYCE’S ERP IMPLEMENTATION2Table of ContentsExecutive Summary.........................................................................................................................1Introduction......................................................................................................................................3Rolls-Royce Description..................................................................................................................4Problems faced.............................................................................................................................5Rolls-Royce ERP system.................................................................................................................6Selection of ERP..........................................................................................................................7Process of implementation...........................................................................................................8Preparatory steps to facilitate implementation..............................................................................11Assessment of success...................................................................................................................12Success Metrics..........................................................................................................................13Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................14References......................................................................................................................................15

REPORT: ROLLS ROYCE’S ERP IMPLEMENTATION3IntroductionIn the world of engineering, if we talk about most renowned names that are present all over theglobe, Rolls-Royce marks itself in one of them. Henry Royce in the year 1884 started withelectrical and mechanical business and carried it forward until the year 1904, when the first carwas built by him, later in the month of May, 1904 Henry met a guy named Charles Rolls whowas having a good name in selling eminence cars in London at that particular time. Under anagreement it was decided Royce Limited will manufacture cars ought to be sold exclusively by“Rolls & Co.”, finally name Rolls-Royce emerged and when success touched the feet of carswhich got manufactured initially, the company was formed in March 1906. Rolls-Royce firstlaunched car named “Silver Ghost” and it was declared as best car within that particular year(Rolls-Royce 2018).Above was a small sketch of the company how it was started yet more stories are there of thecompany’s evolution which are there, although the report is concentrated on the problem,challenges faced by Rolls Royce when a plan of implementing of Enterprise Resource Planning(ERP) got into picture in the late 1990s. There was once a time when rival organizations used totake competitive advantage on one or two attributes, but this is not the picture right now and norfor the Rolls-Royce back in the 1990s as other organizations that time already started using ERPsystems. Until 1996 it managed by outsourcing information technology (IT) operations, further,the company decided after realizing the need for ERP became crucial for future operations assoftware advantages of cost reduction, instant implementing, and high-quality assurance werevital elements (Bangniyel 2012).

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