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Master of Business Administration- MBA Semester 3
OM0011Enterprises Resource Planning
(Book ID:-B1964)
Assignment (60 Marks)
Note: Answer all questions (with 300 to 400 words each) must be
written within 6-8 pages. Each Question carries 10 marks 6 X 10=60
Q1. Define Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). Briefly explain the major
benefits of an ERP system.
Answer. Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is a category of businessmanagement softwaretypically a suite of integrated applicationsthat an
organization can use to collect, store, manage and interpret data from many
business activities, including:

product planning, purchase


manufacturing or service delivery
marketing and sales
inventory management
shipping and payment
finance

Q2. Write short notes on the following:


A. Decision Support System (DSS)
B. Executive Information System (EIS)
C. Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
D. Management Information System (MIS)

Answer. A. Decision Support System (DSS)


A decision support system (DSS) is a computer-based information system that
supports business or organizational decision-making activities. DSSs serve the
management, operations, and planning levels of an organization (usually mid and
higher management) and help people make decisions about problems that may
be rapidly changing and not easily specified in advancei.e. Unstructured and
Semi-Structured decision problems. Decision support systems can be either fully
computerized,

Q3. Explain the different phases of an ERP implementation life cycle.


Answer. Initial investment in acquiring and implementing an ERP system is
substantial in terms of both human efforts and financial resources. After,
successful implementation, the system goes to maintenance mode and
organizations start getting value out of their investment. The process of
reimplementation and beginning of a new cycle starts.

Q4. Explain the role of manufacturing and production planning module


of an ERP system. Briefly explain the sub-modules of the manufacturing
module.
Answer. Functionalities of production module:

Production
Production
Production
Production
Production

order control.
order planning.
order statistics.
order subcontracting.
material issues

Q5. Explain the role of ERP in sales and distribution. Briefly explain the
sub-modules of the sales and distribution module.
Answer. To keep pace with rapid changes in the business world, companies need
an integrated and flexible enterprise system that supports all aspects of their
business with state-of-the-art functionality. This innovative solution should
upgrade effortlessly and interface easily with third-party applications as well as
have the ability to incorporate existing systems while extending its reach to the
Internet and e-commerce. Eresource ERP system is tightly integrated with the
Sales and Distribution module.

Q6. Define the role of vendors and consultants in ERP implementation.


Answer. Nowadays, the ERP market is facing stiff competition due to increasing
number of vendors. These vendors strive hard to fulfill the needs of customers by
providing unique and innovative ERP packages. Some of the renowned ERP
vendors are:

SAP-AG
BAAN Company
Oracle Corporation
People Soft
JD Edwards World Solutions Company
Systems Software Associates Inc. (SSA)
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