HRM 3440 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Product Lifecycle, Sap Erp, Human Resource Management
HRM 3440 Lecture 10 Notes – Feasibility Studies
Introduction
• Next, the team performed numerous feasibility studies to confirm that they could build
the new system within their economic, technical, operational, and time constraints.
• Because the new system would be large and comprehensive, the LEGO team would
require the assistance of information system market leaders.
• LEGO selected SAP as the software foundation of its enterprise-wide systems.
• This foundation included SAP ERP Human Capital Management software and SAP
Product Lifecycle Management software.
• Ese Visku defies these as usiess-ritial solutios. LEGO seleted IBM for the
system infrastructure, including servers and storage.
• Esben Viskum says that IBM provided the est ay to delier roust operatios, ad
proide a repeatale teplate for eah e LEGO eture.
• The resultig syste learly supports LEGO’s orporate goals.
• Aordig to Visku, LEGO ats to eoe a uh larger usiess, ith the
products, sales, ad ifrastruture to eoe truly roust.
• Its new enterprise systems will allow it to do just that. LEGO plans to expand with new
sales offices, manufacturing plants, and retail shops.
• The SAP/ IBM system provides a cookie-cutter approach to stamping out new business
extensions with information systems that support local operations integrated into the
system.
• LEGO’s iestet of € illio i its e systes is estiated to produe usiess
eefits of € illio—a threefold payback.
• The savings result from improved information delivery, which provides managers with
better control and allows executives to respond more quickly and effectively to
opportunities and problems.
• When an organization needs to accomplish a new task or change a work process, how
does it do so?
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