Strategic Information Systems for Business and Enterprise

Strategic Information Systems for Business
and Enterprise

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
This report had focused upon discussion on CBP contractors and its construction company the
CIMIC group. In this report detail introduction of the client and their business background had
been given. Main key business and activities of CIMIC group is provision of different kinds of
services like mining, infrastructure, commercial and environmental projects worldwide. Mainly
these contracts include the maintenance and construction of pipelines, mines, highways, tunnels
and commercial buildings. Subsequently, results of the associated business's capability to
benefits the strategic advantages and to capture international possibilities were additionally
investigated in this study such as central database, assignment control, value and sales
estimation, interdepartmental verbal exchange, Decision making etc. Different kinds of weak
internal controls and business risks faced by CBP has also been focused upon in this report.
Additionally, in this report, ERP system used by company has also been discussed that runs a
single and follows database facts which can be seen and reached by way of every branch of the
enterprise. In order to select appropriate ERP system different kinds of ERP system or software’s
had also been compared so that most suitable vendor and ERP software package for CBP
contractors three different ERP systems had been compared. This report also explains how the
company Netsuite have selected a three software results the best due to its features.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.............................................................................................................2
Introduction about the client........................................................................................................1
Background of Business..............................................................................................................1
CIMIC Group construction and its business activities................................................................2
Key business process for CPB Contractors.................................................................................2
Business process to identify the potential weak internal controls and business risks.................4
Existence of internal audit and risk management Committee.....................................................4
Software Features and Functionalities.........................................................................................5
History of ERPs in the modern manufacturing world:................................................................7
Compare and comparison of three ERPs Software......................................................................7
Identify the most suitable vendor and ERP software package for your client and explain why it
is the best option........................................................................................................................10
Conclusion.................................................................................................................................11
REREFENCES..............................................................................................................................12

Introduction about the client
My client name is CPB Contractors. It is Construction company of the Comic group
which deals in the engineering and construction services. CIMIC group provides services for
mining, infrastructure, commercial and environmental projects worldwide. Mainly these
contracts include the maintenance and construction of pipelines, mines, highways, tunnels and
commercial buildings. This group is Also the group includes Thiess, the world's largest mining
services provider; mineral processing plant company Sedgmen; and Australasian builder CPB
Contractors, which designs infrastructure for roads, rail, tunnelling, defense, building, and
resources. Leighton Asia, UGL, Pacific Partnerships, EIC Activities, and Broad Construction are
CIMIC's other members.
Background of Business
The construction company of Comic group is one of leading enterprise in context of engineering
and construction. This organization provide the better quality of construction service and always
support for maintenance of different commercial, residential buildings (Rezvani, Dong &
Khosravi, 2017).
With roots running back to railway rolling stock production in 1899 – and a history that
includes the earthmoving business of five brothers established in Queensland’s Darling Downs in
1934 and a listing on the Melbourne Stock Exchange in 1962 – CIMIC Group’s businesses have
a proud and diverse history of redefining the engineering, construction, mining, services and
public private partnerships industries for 120 years.
In January 2016, CIMIC Group launched a new name and brand CPB Contractors, following the
merger of the CIMIC Group construction businesses of Leighton Contractors and Thiess
Construction (Kamariotou & Kitsios, 2019). CPB Contractors work includes roads, rail,
tunnelling, defenses, building and resources infrastructure. Some of their major completed
projects includes Gold Coast Light Rail stage, Melbourne Airport, Mackay Ring Road, New
Royal Adelaide Hospital etc. (About us - CIMIC Group, 2020
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