Strategic ERP Implementation in Latureae Health & Wellness Firm

This report outlines a solution plan for implementing an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system in Latureae, a health and wellness company, using agile principles. It discusses the strategic objectives of Latureae, the need for a new system to address risks and problems, and the benefits of ERP in managing business functions, improving efficiency, and reducing costs. The report details the steps for implementing ERP using agile methodology, including defining automation requirements, assessing COTS availability, delivering segments in short iterations, and utilizing scrum teams to address challenges. It also examines ERP implementations in other healthcare firms, highlighting benefits such as remote access to databases, streamlined processes, and improved patient safety. The expected outcomes of ERP implementation in Latureae include improved productivity, enhanced supply chain performance, better data management, increased employee skills, and revenue growth. The report concludes that ERP implementation is crucial for Latureae's growth and competitive advantage.

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Executive Summary
The aim of this report is to implement Enterprise Resource Network in Latureae health and
wellness company using agile methodology. The report discuss that how this implementation
of this new system help to fulfill the objective of the organization. The report concludes that
the ERP implementations add up to the growth of the organization.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Discussion..................................................................................................................................3
Implementation of ERP system to the Latureae management using agile principles............3
ERP system implemented in other firms................................................................................5
Expected outcome after implementing ERP system..............................................................7
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................9
References................................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
In this report, Laureate wellness and health system is discussed. It delivers health
related services to the Australian population (Cookmyproject.com, 2019).The risk and
problems that comes to the company are overcome by implementing the Enterprise resource
planning system in the organization. To implement the strategic objectives of the
organization there is a need to change the present system. ERP is a software that is used for
managing the business (Ellison, Gibbs & Weber, 2015). To improve many back office
function that are related to the technology implementation. By implementing the ERP in the
organization the legacy in the software can be removed. The implementation of Enterprise
social networking can give a wide range of facilities like management of distribution process,
supplying a chain of management system, knowledge based service, facility for project
planning, the life cycle of the employee can be automated, standardization of business
procedures, meeting the business needs, lowering the costs of purchasing tools and managing
the different human resources. With the implementation of ERP, the potential objectives of
Latureae can be brought to reality. The variety of problems can be solved by the
implementation of ERP in a health and wellness firm such as reduction of operational cost
and storing many important data of the patient (Scott, Sorokti & Merrell, 2016).
Discussion
Implementation of ERP system to the Latureae management using agile
principles
With the agile principles, several steps can be taken to implement Enterprise Resource
Planning in the Latureae management:
1. The managers need to define the way they want for the function automation. The ERP
platforms are customizable and the input are given in a means of understandable

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language. By implementing the ERP in Latureae management information can be
stored in various computer system and it can also increase the efficiency of the
process. ERP can be implemented for taking care of the patients of the organization
(Baig, Shah & Sajjad, 2017).
2. After the story is described with, the key processes using COTS (Commercial off the
Shelf) the availability to the user are checked of their chosen Enterprise Resource
planning system. There are many native functionality in the ERP platform “Out of the
Box” not a single is play or plug and many programming consideration are there or
Independent Software Vendors (ISV) that is needed to customize the use. If for the
implementation purpose, the Latureae is using a third-party consultant for determining
the outcome and concluded that weather this is fit for the organization or other
programs are required.
3. To deliver the segments that will end the implementation of ERP is determined by the
agile methodology. To solve the road blocks, develop new data entry strategies and
defining the way by which the modules can be customized for their business teams are
made with stakeholders and key staffs. To make sure that everyone is putting efforts a
short specific time goals is set for the teams and within that time they have to deliver
the segment of work provided to them. Every member in the organizational chart need
will able to do his or her work properly and timely. However some segments cannot
be subdivided into smaller team and this, create a problem in implementing the agile
methodology. The organizational chart of the Latureae is complex. The categories that
are enlisted in the chart can be subdivided so that quality work can be ensured
(Wachnik, 2016).
4. There is a team called scrum team that work together to meet the problems that arise.
They analyse and discuss the problem to develop a alternative method for

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implementing the changes in the in the segments that are already delivered. By using
the date of delivery as the goal of the teams they are assigned some tasks that are
similar as “to do” list. There is a lack of team in the Latureae management who will
find out the errors that will be done by the subdivided teams. These teams can be
introduced using the ERP model (Wilson & Edgar, 2016).
5. As the result of the testing comes out the team work with that version of the outcome
that will meet all the requirements and will do the required changes to improve the
organization.. The last step of agile methodology is that a demo module is conducted
to ensure that there is no defect in the system result. Every team member and the staff
need to be clear about the module. This will increase the revenue earned by the
organization because there will be no failed module implementation and thus the
company will be protected from incurring losses (Nagpal, Khatri, & Kumar, 2015).
By using the agile methodology for implementation of the ERP provides several key
benefits like flexibility that ensures that the team will not only work to develop modules
but also follow the culture and resource limitation. Agile methodology also helps the
employees to adapt the changes that are brought up by implementation of ERP (Kaushik
et al., 2017). The main problem is the execution of the ERP project in the system, which
can be overcome by the agile methodology. This methodology also helps in developing
reports and metrics that help in implementing the protect according to the need of the
users. These methodologies helps in completing the project in lower cost and gives high
level of user satisfaction.
ERP system implemented in other firms
Company in their enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions has seen broad
adoption in a wide range of organizations and industries over the years. The software of ERP
assists in breaking data across multiple business-functions, streamlining data information in

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different types of departments and automating tasks. The ERP software is believed to be
capable of increasing productivity and profitability. The ERP in health and wealth sector
helps in managing the key business functions, like the medical accountings, inventory
management of the consumers that is the patients in the following case. It also manages the
customer relationship management and the human resource management. The ERP has some
key benefits over the healthcare. ERP software benefits the healthcare providers in providing
the remote access to feature key databases and all reports to patients. This also helps patients
make informed and prompt treatment decisions. Advanced software automation makes it
easier to plan medical procedures and subsequent tests. ERP solution looks after and ensures
that the information of critical patient is available across multiple systems. The ERP has
reduced the annual operational costs in Australian health organization. ERP being a part of
Information Technology automation software has culminated to process efficiency. ERP
provides various functions, such as finance, accounts and human resources that have brought
them under single common database. It has helped to amend different back operations like
payroll management, inventory management and accounts management. The ERP has
benefitted in the streamline HealthCare Processing by achieving the core services like the
registration of patient and has managed the electronic medical records, emergency OPD
reports and radiology reports. An ERP ensures reasonable payments from different managed
care providers. It has facilitated in helping with affordable patient care in maintaining profit
in healthcare institutes(Parada, Puentes & Vera-Rivera, 2018). Healthcare institutions are
effectively managing all member benefits including claims, enrollments and provider
network policies that keep them updated with best industry practices. ERP has enhanced the
organization to adopt the best practices. The requirement of patient safety issue has also been
cleared by the ERP systems (Marciano et al., 2016). Making the communication transparent
between clinicians and patients, the ERP software allows healthcare providers to improve

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safety. Many institutions consider an interactive ERP as an organizational mandate to bring
about a culture of patient safety. Implementing the ERP system solution has helped bring
healthcare providers, patients and insurance providers under one common area and keeps
centralized within all the critical information. Easy-to-use ERP solutions from different
providers that help the healthcare professionals focus on their key issues quality of patient
care and patient safety. Healthcare organizations have started using ERP software quickly in
order to receive competitive edge that increases their bottom line. Rising accountability and
the transparency on requirements has created ERP adoption faster. In addition, healthcare
institutions are leveraging to comply with the ERP system leading them to rapidly evolve
(Ou, Zhao & Zhou, 2018). The ERP system in the heath and wealth unit has fulfilled all the
requirements. The constant incursion of the patients and different technologies has made it
necessary for hospitals and other healthcare institutions to assimilate patient database with
critical doctor and employee information.
Expected outcome after implementing ERP system
ERP software implementation can improve productivity, improve efficiencies, reduce
costs and streamline processes. First the research depicts that the organizations that have
implemented the ERP system had a higher level of performance and maturity in the supply
chain. It is true that ERP software requires a major investment, but in not making the
investment there is also an even greater cost (Poba-Nzaou et al., 2014). While some
manufacturers choose to adhere to the past's tried and true methods, others are seeking
solutions to technology. Manufacturers are unable to afford to postpone an ERP
implementation as their competition invests in ERP and begins to reap the many benefits that
we will touch on below. The ERP helps to create a difference in the market as the technology
used is of high competence capability. It helps the organization to grow faster in the market.
The data inputs and management for the financial and organizational purpose is made easy

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and faster. This additionally creates a good impact on the patients and customers creating a
good image of the health care organization. The Enterprise Resource Planning is expected to
maintain an employee skills level that grows the skill base through the methods of training
and mentoring. The ERP can improve the company's quality and efficiency (Sudhaman &
Thangavel, 2015).By keeping the internal business processes of a company running
smoothly, ERP can lead to better outputs that can benefit the company, for example in
customer service and production. ERP will provide a platform for employees to receive
numerous courses through online tutors to clarify and enhance their knowledge and skills.
Compensation management: All salary, incentive and performance based plans for accurate
management is managed by the ERP system. On-site hosting of the ERP system has a
significant impact on the use of electricity by a company. From server energy consumption to
the data center cooling system, hosting an ERP system together with the environment has an
impact on finance. Application and data hosting methods are more energy efficient and
reduce overall environmental impact while reducing electricity costs. By increasing market
share, it will maintain competitive edge. Operational goals will generate revenue and earnings
growth of 15 percent over the next 12 months with a sustained marketing approach. It will
reduce employee turnover by 25 percent through the introduction of a new employee support
program (Ruivo et al., 2013).It will increase developing social media campaigns, increases
online sales volume by 15 percent in the next 12 months. It will also reduce the cost of
maintaining. It will reduce the printing waste. Standard ERP business modules such as MRP
(manufacturing resource planning), SCM, FRM (finance resource management), CRM
(customer relationship management) and HRM (human resource management) need to be
integrated in order to get real time support data representation from the different
environmental sources that is affected by manufacturer activity (Venkatraman &Fahd, 2016).
It requires an integrative, holistic and comprehensive overview not only of the product and

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the manufacturing processes involved in its manufacture, but also of the entire supply chains,
including the manufacturing systems across multiple product life cycles.

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Conclusion
The implementation of the Enterprise Resource Planning in the Latureae
management, which is a health care related firm, will help to achieve the potential objectives
of the organization. The agile methodology adaption will help to bring the required changes
and help to customize the functioning of ERP segments. The process is collaborative and the
regularly conducting meetings, segment testing will help to achieve the target that is fixed by
the organization in less cost. Thus, the replacing the existing system with the ERP will help
the organization to achieve successful outcome.

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