Strategic Information Systems for Business and Enterprise

Strategic Information
Systems for Business
and Enterprise

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
BACKGROUND OF HYDRIX Ltd................................................................................................1
Brief discussion about HYDRIX Ltd.....................................................................................1
Discuss the key business processes for Hydrix Ltd................................................................2
Evaluate the business process of your clients to identify potential weak internal controls and
the risk associated with these potential weak controls...........................................................3
Recommend the control techniques that will reduce or eliminate these potential risks.........3
SYSTEM REQUIRES.....................................................................................................................4
Outline the software features and functionalities that your client should consider supporting
its business activities..............................................................................................................4
SOFTWARE SELECTION.............................................................................................................4
Discuss the history of ERP, particularly the history of ERP in the modern manufacturing
world.......................................................................................................................................4
Compare and contrast the features and functionalities of three ERP software packages offered
by the ERP vendors................................................................................................................5
Identify the most suitable vendor and ERP software package for your client and explain why
it is the best option..................................................................................................................7
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9

INTRODUCTION
Strategic information system is specifically being defined as an effective process that
helps an organisation in gaining ample number of competitive advantages while considering
different updated technologies. It has been found that, strategic information system aid in
focusing on information techniques and technologies that helps companies perform different
range of tasks in an integrated IT system (Alkhaldi and et. al., 2017). Under this report,
organisation that has been taken into consideration is Hydrix Ltd., which is a medical equipment
manufacturing company and specialised in product development and kept its focus on medtech,
cardiac, mining, connected technologies, along with different industrial markets as well.
Away with this, Hydrix was specifically being established in the year of 2002 and in
order to understand the concept of strategic information system, various queries are going to be
addressed considering Hydrix Ltd.. Including this, major questions that are going to be asked
considering key processes for the software feature, client and so on that may lead to perform
different tasks in rightful ways. Lastly, Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP) is also going
to be explained in same way and it will be recommended to Hydrix Ltd., for better outcomes in
near future then the existing situation.
BACKGROUND OF HYDRIX Ltd.
Brief discussion about HYDRIX Ltd.
An Australian organisation named as Hydrix Ltd. was launched and established in the
year of 2002 and since then it is giving competition to companies that are performing business in
product development and engineering field (specifically who are focusing among different areas
like cardiac, medtech, connected technologies, mining and industrial markets). On the other
hand, this organisation is also providing some of the other services like product design, unit of
in-house regulatory consulting, software engineering services and so on, which helped Hydrix
Ltd. in grabbing a unique position within highly regulated marketplace.
Away with this, Hydrix Ltd. delivers different range of design services to Hewlett
Packard’s Melbourne-based calculator division (Asmussen and Møller, 2020). While delivering
these services, this organisation also grabbed a stronger reputation considering different
innovative approaches along with the different solutions considering complex project challenges.
On the other hand, different sought of localized medical and surgical technology based
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organisations seeking a development partner on their challenging projects. Away with this, it has
also been found that 18 years of history has specifically showed that this organisation is growing
in much effective and efficient manner and realised through unique design along with innovation
abilities (Chang and Seow, 2016).
Also, considering more than 200 successful designed products along with IT solutions,
Hydrix Ltd. has become Australia's one of the leading product development companies. It has
also been found that Hydrix Ltd. partnered with clients to take into consideration of a unique
design, develop and commercialise transformative technologies. Company is also offering
unique services in relation with clinical, regulatory and quality systems expertise combined with
complete in-house product development capabilities to support clients along the entire
development journey from blank sheet of paper to product distribution. Most of all, it’s Hydrix
Ltd.'s collaborative approach that is key to success, which has also helped firm in gaining
competitive advantages and so on.
Discuss the key business processes for Hydrix Ltd.
In present time, it has been found that it is mandatory for every single business
organisation to understand that whenever a business company performs business activities, it is
mandatory for them to be aware that how different business entities are performing their business
activities in order to attain different range of goals and objectives (Chofreh, Goni and Klemeš,
2018). It is required to be done because, it is mandatory for them to take right decisions in much
effective and efficient manner in order to gain competitive advantages. On the other hand, it is
mandatory to focus on various business processes that Hydrix Ltd., may take into consideration
at the time of focusing on different aspects like process improvement, quality assurance along
with change management as well. Including this, it can also be said that all these processes are
quite crucial for the business entity as it allows to accomplish the goals which company wants to
attain. Some of the crucial key business processes of Hydrix Ltd. are software, electronics,
mechanical design, industrial design, regulatory consulting, CAD, Physics, Thermal Analysis,
robotics, rapid prototyping & 3D Printing, transfer to manufacture, manufacturer selection and
management, supply chain audit and product supply as well. Also, powered robotic exoskeleton
for stroke victims along with next generation site protection, treatment for Alzheimer’s disease,
IVF assistance device and so on (Dang and Pekkola, 2019).
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