Case Study #1 Metallgesellschaft AG Metallgesellschaft Refining and Marketing (MGRM)‚ was a subsidiary of Metallgesellschaft AG in Germany. In the early 90’s‚ MGRM chose to being selling long term (5 and 10 year) fixed price contracts for gasoline‚ heating oil‚ and diesel fuel. These contracts were successfully marketed with MGRM contracted for 160 million barrels of oil as of Nov 1993. Due to the fact that the MGRM entered into long term commitments for fuel delivery with fixed pricing‚ this
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Contents Introduction and Definition of the SAP system 3 SAP History 5 Implementation of SAP ECC 5 Advantages 10 Disadvantages 10 Important Features 11 Risks 13 Hardware and Software 13 References and Cross References 14 Introduction and Definition of the SAP system Why use Sap? Let us say you have a customer phoning to your company and looking for a specific product. The sales team then looks into the inventory department to check for the availability of the product. If
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Data Flow Diagram (DFD) The Data Flow Diagram (DFD) is a graphical representation of the flow of data through an information system. It enables you to represent the processes in your information system from the viewpoint of data. The DFD lets you visualize how the system operates‚ what the system accomplishes and how it will be implemented‚ when it is refined with further specification. Data flow diagrams are used by systems analysts to design information-processing systems but also as a way to
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Chapter 7 . Financial Responsibility Centers In August 2002‚ a pricing dispute arose between the managers of some of the divisions of Zumwald AG. Mr. Rolf Fettinger‚ the company ’s managing director‚ had to decide whether to intervene in the dispute. THE COMPANY Zumwald AG‚ headquartered in Cologne‚ Germany‚ produced and sold a range of medical diagnostic imaging systems and biomedical test was equipment and instrumentation- The organized into six operating divisions. Total annual revenues
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Management In Practice 7Ie © 2006 Miller‚ MIS Cases: Decision Making with Application Software 41e © 2009 Senn‚ Information Technology 31e © 2004 Database Management: BordoloilBock‚ Oracle SOL © 2004 Bordoloi/Bock‚ SOL for SOL Server © 2004 Fr ost/DaylVanSlyke‚ Database Design and Development: A Visual Approach © 2006 Hoffer/Prescott/Topi‚ Modern Database Management 91e © 2009 Kroenke/Auer‚ Database Concepts 31e © 2007 Kroenke‚ Database Processing 10Ie © 2006 Perry/Post‚ Introduction to
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SAP® ERP THE TRUSTED FOUNDATION FOR BUSINESS INSIGHT AND EXCELLENCE SAP Solution Overview SAP Business Suite YOU NEED A TRUSTED FOUNDATION . . . TO ENABLE GROWTH AND SUSTAIN COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE 2 “SAP ERP has clearly become the standard from which all other enterprise resource planning solutions are measured. Trusted across the globe by enterprises engaged in transforming their organizations into best-practices businesses‚ the application’s inherent flexibility allows them to address
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Statement 2.0 Resistance to Change ATLAM main idea is to upgrade its accounting system with the PETRA group-wide SAP system. SAP accounting system is claiming to be the best software known to industry. The move was anticipated to be overwhelming to most employees including top management. The main concern is whether ATLAM’s staff would be ready to embrace the new system going to be implemented. SAP system was proposed to be phased in by April 2002 which is the start of new financial year for ATLAM. Most
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satisfy the needs of the customer as well as Metso. The solutions utilize SAP as ERP system as well as an invoicing tool and einvoicing with Basware. For Metso Minerals DC Europe‚ the commissioner of this thesis‚ the outcome of this thesis serves as an information base following which the long way towards automated invoicing can be continued. The project is carried out with the invaluable knowledge and help of SAP specialists and the manager at the DC office. The results are gathered from
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organization of MICT Berhad. The management of ATLAM had been asked to upgrade its accounting system with the PETRA group-wide SAP system. The person who is responsible to the changes of the accounting software is Zulkifli Osman‚ the Finance Manager of ATLAM. He had to severely assess the risks associated with the decision. The main problem arises is not on the cost of implementing SAP or Systems‚ Applications and Products in ATLAM but rather on the acceptance of the new system by the ATLAM’s staff. The
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