Detailed Case Study of CLNRecycle Ltd and ERP Implementation

This case study examines the ERP implementation within CLNRecycle Ltd, a recycling company operating globally. It analyzes the company's current situation, identifying key business drivers related to supply chain management, market share, engineering capabilities, and cost reduction. The report details the process of software selection, recommending SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA as the preferred ERP system. It addresses risk management, change management, and provides recommendations for addressing identified issues and improving business processes. The study covers topics like supply chain optimization, financial management, manufacturing processes, and stakeholder involvement, providing a comprehensive overview of the challenges and opportunities associated with ERP implementation in the context of CLNRecycle Ltd's operations and future growth.

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Case Study of CLNRecycle Ltd
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Executive Summary
The report is based on the primary focus of the implementation of the ERP software within
CLNRecycle Ltd. A brief analysis of the various kinds of risks have been identified in the report
and therefore the different kinds of mitigation procedures have been provided within the report.
The report also discusses about the Waterfall model that helps in describing of the various steps
that are followed by the organisation. This would be helpful for understanding the necessary
steps that should be followed for the benefits of the organisation. The selection of the proper
form of ERP software have been mentioned within the report. The report thus concludes several
recommendations based on the mitigation of various kinds of issues and development of key
ideas for the benefits of the company.

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................3
2. Project Background.....................................................................................................................3
3. Analysis and Evaluation..............................................................................................................4
3.1 Present Situation Analysis.....................................................................................................4
3.2 Process of Software Selection.............................................................................................10
3.3 Investigation of New Solution.............................................................................................12
3.4 Risk Management................................................................................................................13
3.5 Change Management...........................................................................................................17
4. Summary....................................................................................................................................17
5. Recommendation.......................................................................................................................18
6. References..................................................................................................................................19

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1. Introduction
The report is based on the implementation of a proper ERP system within CLNRecycle
Ltd. The company is one of the most owned and highly operated recycling company. The
primary purpose of the company was based on providing different solutions for product that
would be recycled. The products of the company were mainly sold is Japan, New Zealand and
Australia. With the implementation of the various new kinds of processes within the systems at
the organisation, there have been different kinds of issues that have been discovered. Different
kinds of major form of business requirements would require different drivers who would be able
to provide various kinds of solutions for the business (Galy and Sauceda 2014). The selection of
the different kinds of ERP systems would be a helpful solution for the business processes of the
company.
This report would be helpful for outlining the different kinds of problems and thus would
be able to provide solutions based on the needs of the organisation. A process of risk
management has been provided within the report. This would help in analysing the level of risks
that could get involved within the company (Ha and Ahn 2014). Based on the analysing of the
risks, a particular change management process would be provided based on the implementation
of the ERP systems within CLNRecycle Ltd.
2. Project Background
There would be an effective system of work within the organisation. The company has a
very rich experience of work within the industry. The impact of effective work within the
industry includes the assessment of common kinds of data sets within CLNRecycle Ltd. The use
of several kinds of assets within the organisation is one of the important resources that have been

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used by the organisation. The company is responsible for researching and thus developing
environment-friendly recyclable products (Ward and Barker 2013). The company would expand
their operation within India based on the accessing of the local recyclable materials. They would
also be able to develop and thus sell those products. In the current times, the company has nearly
800 employees and 400 among them would mainly work in the sorting centres and production
lines within the manufacturing plants of the organisation. The Product Design and R&D units are
primarily located within the Melbourne city. They would hence be able to communicate with the
higher managerial team of the organisation.
With the impact of the latest systems within the organisation, the company has been
found to operate with the traditional form of supply chain system. They would thus have to focus
on the long term and local suppliers who would be able to provide wide form of assistance for
the company (Gandomi and Haider 2015). With the impact of these kinds of processes within the
systems, it has been seen that there were a number of challenges that have been faced by the
organisation.
3. Analysis and Evaluation
3.1 Present Situation Analysis
Based on the different kinds of situations within the organisation, there would be
different kinds of business requirements and primary drivers that would be able to provide
different kinds of resources to the CLNRecycle Ltd. Some of the primary kinds of drivers of
CLNRecycle Ltd are:

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 Supply Chain Management – The present form of SCM of the CLNRecycle Ltd are
mainly dependent on the supply from the local market suppliers and the traditional
delivery methods (Christopher 2016).
 Aggressive Market Share and Revenue - CLNRecycle Ltd should primarily focus on
their current share within the market. This would be helpful for them for reducing the
different incurred costs within the highly competitive market. The generation of revenue
could be defined as one of the most important assert of the organisation based on
developing a strong share within the market (Armstrong et al. 2014). The variant use of
different kinds of product based platforms would be helpful for increasing the different
kinds of costs and complexity of the organisation.
 Assessment of Engineering Capability – The aspect of engineering within the
innovation of products could be considered to be an important driver of the productivity
of the organisation. The use of the technique of innovating products could be helpful for
increasing the demand of products for the organisation (Dodgson 2018).
 Increase of Manufacturing of Products – Higher production within the organisation
has been considered as a crucial input for the organisation. The SCM within the
organisation faces immense forms of pressures based on increasing the rate of production
of CLNRecycle Ltd.
 Mitigation of Risks – Different forms of innovative technologies could be considered as
an important factor for the purpose of mitigating the various kinds of incurred risks
within the organisation (Soomro, Shah and Ahmed 2016).

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 Reduction of Incurred Costs – With the reducing of various kinds of costs within the
units of manufacturing, they have been helpful for minimizing the various costs of the
products (Bloom et al. 2014).
 Reduction of Time-to-Market – There have been a growing form of importance of the
various kinds of manufactured products that have been developed by CLNRecycle Ltd.
Hence, it has been considered that there has been an increase in the pace of production of
products within the current market.
 Creation of Performance Factors and Features of Products – There should be a
control within the purchase of raw materials for manufacturing of products. These costs
should be highly considered and controlled based on providing maximum profits for
CLNRecycle Ltd. The major form of change within the use of manufacturing within the
organisation would provide help in maintaining a proper kind of labelled approach for the
growth of the organisation (Estampe et al. 2013).
 Aggressive Sales Planning – There should be a high form of planning of sales of
CLNRecycle Ltd based on the products that have been manufactured by them. With the
impact of high form of sales within the organisation, it would provide help for increasing
the revenue of the organisation (Avgerou and Walsham 2017).
 Decision Making System – The involvement of stakeholders within the organisation
would be helpful for making vital kinds of decisions. The making of right kinds of
decisions would be helpful for increasing the benefits of the organisation (Sharma,
Mithas and Kankanhalli 2014).

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Items Drivers of
Business and
Requirements
Processes Data Types Functionalities
of ERP
Justification
Supply Chain
Management
Requirements
of Business
Planning of
Operation
and Sales
Primary Management of
Inventory
The
management
of inventory
would be
helpful in
managing the
systems of
supply chain
within the
company.
Aggressive
Market Share
and Revenue
Drivers of
Business
Financial
Management
Secondary Management of
Inventory
The
management
of inventory
would help in
the control of
revenue
within the
market.
Assessment of
Engineering
Capability
Major Drivers
of the Business
Operations Secondary Business
Intelligence
(BI)
The use of
high form of
BI would be
helpful for
the selection
of different
kinds of
innovative
tools. They
would be

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helpful for
the
generation of
technology
and new
ideas.
Increase of
Manufacturin
g of Products
Major
Business
Drivers
Manufacturi
ng
Primary Management of
Inventory
The
management
of the
inventory
would help in
the
controlling of
the processes
of
manufacturin
g
Mitigation of
Risks
Requirements
of Business
Administrati
on
Primary Human based
Resources
The proper
form of
management
of human
resource
would be
helpful for
managing the
different
kinds of
stakeholders
and
employees
within the

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organisation.
Reduction of
Incurred
Costs
Requirements
of Business
Sales Secondary Management of
Inventory
The reduction
of cost would
help in the
minimizing
the various
costs of
controlling of
the financial
assets of the
organisation.
Reduction of
Time-to-
Market
Requirements
of Business
Management
of Assets
Secondary Distribution The system
of
distribution
would help in
the managing
of the various
kinds of
systems
within the
organisation.
Creation of
Performance
Factors and
Features of
Products
Requirements
of Business
Manufacturi
ng
Primary Manufacturing The process
of
manufacturin
g would be
helpful for
managing the
development
of different
kinds of
products.

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Aggressive
Sales
Planning
Business
Requirement
Administrati
on
Secondary Inventory
Management
The
managing of
inventory
would help
for providing
the planning
of sales
within the
organisation.
Decision
Making
System
Drivers of
Business
Administrati
on
Primary Human
Resource
The
management
of human
resource
woud help in
managing the
different
stakeholders
and
employees
within the
organisation.
3.2 Process of Software Selection
The ERP system software that could preferably be used for the benefits of the
organisation is SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA. The SAP S4 HANA could be defined as a
form of next form of business generation suite. This software has been discussed as a new kind
of product that could be used for the building of the advanced platform of in-memory (Plattner
and Leukert 2015). This software has been primarily been designed based on the modern form of

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principles of design. The use of this software primarily helps in delivering massive kind of
simplified systems and thus helps in innovating new kinds of business processes. They would
hence be helpful for running a simple form of digital based economy. The software processes
aids in the creation of unique kinds of opportunities for different business organisations (May et
al. 2017).
In a secondary manner, the companies would help in directing the simplifying of their
different kinds of processes. They would also help in simplification of the various kinds of
processes and thus be able to drive them towards efficiencies and real form of changes. The
impact of IT would help in the creation of various kinds of business based opportunities and thus
would help in the reduction of costs of ownership of the business (Kale 2014).
Some of the different kinds of transactions that should be needed to be taken for the
selection of the ERP software based on CLNRecycle Ltd are:
 Requirements of Key Business – The different key requirements of the business would
be very much needed for the organisation. Different kinds of researches should be should
be needed for the identification of the requirements of the business. There have different
kinds of business requirements that have already been identified in the report. Based on
the requirements of the business, there should be a need for the creation of a business
plan based on ensuring the safety of the organisation (Becker et al. 2016). The strategic
based plans would be helpful for the defining the goals and objectives of the organisation.
 Identification of Key Stakeholders – There should be a high form of importance of the
stakeholders within the organisation. There are two different kinds of stakeholders that
would be needed for the benefits of the organisation. They are internal and external
stakeholders (Zaman 2014). The involvement of stakeholders would be extremely helpful