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MIS, Chapter 11
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ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS
MIS
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MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
LO1 Describe the purpose of an enterprise system.
LO2 Explain how supply chain management is used.
LO3 Summarize the challenges in supply chain
management.
LO4 Describe customer relationship management
systems.
LO5 Explain knowledge management systems.
l e a r n i n g o u t c o m e s
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MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
LO6 Explain how personalization technology is used to
improve customer service.
LO7 Describe enterprise resource planning systems.
l e a r n i n g o u t c o m e s (cont’d.)
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MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
Supply Chain Management
• Supply chain
– Integrated network
– Consisting of an organization, its suppliers,
transportation companies, and brokers
– Used to deliver goods and services to customers
– Exist in both service and manufacturing organizations
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MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Exhibit 11.1 A Supply Chain Configuration
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MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
Supply Chain Management (cont’d.)
• Supply chain management (SCM)
– Process of working with suppliers and other partners
in the supply chain to improve procedures for
delivering products and services
– Coordinates:
• Procuring materials
• Transforming materials into intermediate and
finished products or services
• Distributing finished products or services to
customers
7
MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
Supply Chain Management (cont’d.)
• In manufacturing firm, information in an SCM
system flows between the following areas:
– Product flow
– Information flow
– Finances flow
• Four key decisions in supply chain management:
– Location
– Inventory
– Production
– Transportation
8
MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
Supply Chain Management (cont’d.)
• Vendors offer comprehensive solutions:
– SAP
– Oracle
– JDA Software
– Manhattan associates
9
MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
Dell Computer’s Supply Chain
• Modified its supply chain from a “push” to a
“pull” manufacturing process
– Also known as “built to order (BTO)”
• Main sales channel is direct sales to customers
• Dell has been able to reduce costs by eliminating
intermediaries and shortening delivery time
10
MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
SCM Technologies
• Information technologies and the Internet play a
major role in implementing an SCM system
• Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
– Enables business partners to send and receive
information on business transactions
– Expedites delivering accurate information
– Lowers the cost of transmitting documents
– Advantage of being platform independent and easy to
use
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MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
SCM Technologies (cont’d.)
• Using EDI has some drawbacks
– Uses the X.25 standard
– Beneficial when more companies are in the EDI
network
– Often was not affordable for small suppliers and
distributors
• Open EDI
– Based on XML
– Traditional EDI has declined in popularity
12
MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
Internet-Enabled SCM
• Improves information sharing throughout the
supply chain
• Can improve the following SCM activities:
– Purchasing/procurement
– Inventory management
– Transportation
– Order processing
– Customer service
– Production scheduling
13
MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
E-marketplaces
• Third-party exchange
– Provides a platform for buyers and sellers to interact
with each other and trade more efficiently online
• Benefits
– Increases efficiency and effectiveness in the supply
chain
– Provides opportunities for sellers and buyers to
establish new trading partnerships
– Provides a single platform for prices, availability, and
stock levels that’s accessible to all participants
14
MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
E-marketplaces (cont’d.)
– Solves time constraint problems for international
trade and makes it possible to conduct business
around the clock
– Makes it easy to compare prices and products from a
single source instead of spending time contacting
each seller
– Reduces marketing costs more than traditional sales
channels can
15
MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
E-marketplaces (cont’d.)
• E-distributor
– Marketplace owned and operated by a third party that
provides an electronic catalog of product
– Maintenance, repair, and operations (MROs) services
• Includes services from different vendors
• E-distributor coordinates them into one package
for customers
– Example of a horizontal market
16
MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
Online Auctions
• Bring traditional auctions to customers around
the globe
– Make it possible to sell far more goods and services
than at a traditional auction
• Brokerage business model
• Reverse auctions
– Invite sellers to submit bids for products and services
17
MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and
Replenishment
• Coordinate supply chain members through point-
of-sale (POS) data sharing and joint planning
• Any data collected is shared with all members of
the supply chain
• Coordinating the supply chain can be difficult
• CPFR ensures that inventory and sales data are
shared across the supply chain
– So that everyone knows the exact sales and inventory
levels
18
MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and
Replenishment (cont’d.)
• Costs for each partner are shared or minimized
• Unforeseen problems can crop up
19
MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Exhibit 11.2 The CPFR Process
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MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
Customer Relationship Management
• CRM
– Consists of the processes a company uses to track
and organize its contacts with customers
• Main goal of a CRM system
– Improve services offered to customers
– Use customer contact information for targeted
marketing
• Marketing strategies in a CRM system
– Focus on long-term relationships with customers
instead of transactions
21
MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
Customer Relationship Management (cont’d.)
• Identifies segments of customers
• Improves products and services to meet
customers’ needs
• Improves customer retention
• Identifies a company’s most profitable (and
loyal) customers
• Helps organizations make better use of data,
information, and knowledge to understand
customers
22
MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
Customer Relationship Management (cont’d.)
• Gives organizations more complete pictures of
their customers
– Integrates demographic and other external data with
customers’ transaction data to better understand
customer behavior
• Pays external agencies for additional data about
you that might be public or semiprivate
23
MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
Customer Relationship Management (cont’d.)
• With a CRM system, organizations can:
– Provide services and products that meet customers’
needs
– Offer better customer service through multiple
channels
– Increase cross-selling and upselling
– Help sales personnel close deals faster by offering
data on customers’ backgrounds
– Retain existing customers and attract new ones
24
MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
Customer Relationship Management (cont’d.)
• CRM systems include:
– Sales automation
– Order processing
– Marketing automation
– Customer support
– Knowledge management
– Personalization technology
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MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
CRM in Action
• Time Warner Cable Business Class
– CRM system from Salesforce.com
– Analyze business data, improve the accuracy of
forecasts, improve problem solving, and monitor sales
and business activities
• Important features of the system include:
– Dashboards, features for “drilling down,” Web-based
knowledge base for employees and customers, and
Web log for sales personnel communication
• Has increased productivity by 10%
26
MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
CRM Applications
• On-premise CRM or Web-based CRM (SaaS)
• Several software packages are available for
setting up a CRM system:
– Amdocs CRM, Optima Technologies ExSellence, Infor
CRM, SAP mySAP, Oracle PeopleSoft CRM, and Oracle
Siebel
27
MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
CRM Applications (cont’d.)
• Features:
– Salesforce automation
– eCRM or Web-based CRM
– Survey management
– Automated customer service
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MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
Personalization Technology
• Personalization
– Satisfies customers’ needs, builds customer
relationships, and increases profits
– Designs goods and services that meet customers’
preferences better
• Customization
– Allows customers to modify the standard offering
• Such as selecting a different home page to be
displayed each time you open your Web browser
29
MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
Personalization Technology (cont’d.)
• Using personalization requires gathering a lot of
information about customers’ preferences and
shopping patterns
• Amazon
– Known for using personalization to recommend
products to customers
• Nordstrom.com
– Suggests shoes or a tie that go with the suit or a
similar suit in the same category
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MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
Personalization Technology (cont’d.)
• Apple iTunes
– Other songs that listeners like you purchased are
suggested
• Google account holders
– Personalized search results that are reordered based
on their searching histories
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MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
Personalization Technology (cont’d.)
• Implement a personalization system
– Internet, databases, data warehouse/data marts,
data-mining tools, mobile networks, and collaborative
filtering
• Collaborative filtering (CF)
– Searches for specific information or patterns, using
input from multiple business partners and data
sources
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MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
Knowledge Management
• Improve CRM systems by identifying, storing,
and disseminating “know-how”—facts about how
to perform tasks
• Knowledge is an asset
– Should be shared throughout an organization to
generate business intelligence and maintain a
competitive advantage in the marketplace
• Knowledge is more than information and data
– Also contextual
33
MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
Knowledge Management (cont’d.)
• Knowledge repository
– Stores knowledge of experts
• Example: knowledge base of typical customer
complaints and solutions
• Motivates employees to share knowledge
– Offer reward
• Simple knowledge management system
– Using groupware
• Other tools and technologies include:
– DBMSs, data-mining tools, decision support systems
34
MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
Knowledge Management (cont’d.)
• Knowledge management system should help an
organization to:
– Promote innovation by encouraging free exchange of
ideas
– Improve customer service by reducing response time
– Increase revenue by reducing the delivery time for
products and services
– Improve employee retention rates by rewarding
employees for their knowledge
35
MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
Enterprise Resource Planning
• Integrated system
• Collects and processes data
• Manages and coordinates resources,
information, and functions
• Many components, including:
– Hardware, software, procedures, and input from all
functional areas
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MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
Enterprise Resource Planning (cont’d.)
• Well-designed ERP system benefits:
– Increased availability and timeliness of information
– Increased data accuracy and improved response time
– Improved customer satisfaction
– Improved employee satisfaction
– Improved planning and scheduling
– Improved supplier relationship
– Improved reliability of information
– Reduction in inventory costs
– Reduction in labor costs
– Reduction in order-to-fulfillment time
37
MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
Enterprise Resource Planning (cont’d.)
• ERP systems are available as modules
• Organization can purchase only the components
it needs
– Keeps costs down for organizations
• More than 40 vendors offer ERP software
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MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
ERP Streamlines Operations at Naghi Group
• Naghi Group implemented an ERP system to integrate its
major functional areas, including finance, sales, and
supply chain management
• Using ERP, the firm’s managers are able to view financial
data, keep track of inventory status, and analyze its
customers’ purchasing activities in real-time
• The ERP system has streamlined operations and
improved customer service; it has also contributed to
more timely business decisions
39
MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Table 11.1 ERP Components
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MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
Global ERP in Action
• Jabil Circuit
– One of the top five electronic manufacturing service
providers worldwide
• Integrate information from all branch plants
• Teamed with IBM Business Consulting Services
to migrate all branch sites to a global ERP
system
• Reduced the time needed to integrate
information and generate reports by 60%
41
MIS, Chapter 11
©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning
Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems
Summary
• Enterprise systems
• Supply chain management (SCM)
– Technology
• Customer relationship management (CRM)
– Personalization
– Customization
• Knowledge management and enterprise
resource planning (ERP)

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Enterprise Systems Types.ppt

  • 1. 1 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS MIS
  • 2. 2 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning LO1 Describe the purpose of an enterprise system. LO2 Explain how supply chain management is used. LO3 Summarize the challenges in supply chain management. LO4 Describe customer relationship management systems. LO5 Explain knowledge management systems. l e a r n i n g o u t c o m e s
  • 3. 3 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning LO6 Explain how personalization technology is used to improve customer service. LO7 Describe enterprise resource planning systems. l e a r n i n g o u t c o m e s (cont’d.)
  • 4. 4 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems Supply Chain Management • Supply chain – Integrated network – Consisting of an organization, its suppliers, transportation companies, and brokers – Used to deliver goods and services to customers – Exist in both service and manufacturing organizations
  • 5. 5 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Exhibit 11.1 A Supply Chain Configuration
  • 6. 6 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems Supply Chain Management (cont’d.) • Supply chain management (SCM) – Process of working with suppliers and other partners in the supply chain to improve procedures for delivering products and services – Coordinates: • Procuring materials • Transforming materials into intermediate and finished products or services • Distributing finished products or services to customers
  • 7. 7 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems Supply Chain Management (cont’d.) • In manufacturing firm, information in an SCM system flows between the following areas: – Product flow – Information flow – Finances flow • Four key decisions in supply chain management: – Location – Inventory – Production – Transportation
  • 8. 8 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems Supply Chain Management (cont’d.) • Vendors offer comprehensive solutions: – SAP – Oracle – JDA Software – Manhattan associates
  • 9. 9 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems Dell Computer’s Supply Chain • Modified its supply chain from a “push” to a “pull” manufacturing process – Also known as “built to order (BTO)” • Main sales channel is direct sales to customers • Dell has been able to reduce costs by eliminating intermediaries and shortening delivery time
  • 10. 10 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems SCM Technologies • Information technologies and the Internet play a major role in implementing an SCM system • Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) – Enables business partners to send and receive information on business transactions – Expedites delivering accurate information – Lowers the cost of transmitting documents – Advantage of being platform independent and easy to use
  • 11. 11 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems SCM Technologies (cont’d.) • Using EDI has some drawbacks – Uses the X.25 standard – Beneficial when more companies are in the EDI network – Often was not affordable for small suppliers and distributors • Open EDI – Based on XML – Traditional EDI has declined in popularity
  • 12. 12 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems Internet-Enabled SCM • Improves information sharing throughout the supply chain • Can improve the following SCM activities: – Purchasing/procurement – Inventory management – Transportation – Order processing – Customer service – Production scheduling
  • 13. 13 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems E-marketplaces • Third-party exchange – Provides a platform for buyers and sellers to interact with each other and trade more efficiently online • Benefits – Increases efficiency and effectiveness in the supply chain – Provides opportunities for sellers and buyers to establish new trading partnerships – Provides a single platform for prices, availability, and stock levels that’s accessible to all participants
  • 14. 14 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems E-marketplaces (cont’d.) – Solves time constraint problems for international trade and makes it possible to conduct business around the clock – Makes it easy to compare prices and products from a single source instead of spending time contacting each seller – Reduces marketing costs more than traditional sales channels can
  • 15. 15 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems E-marketplaces (cont’d.) • E-distributor – Marketplace owned and operated by a third party that provides an electronic catalog of product – Maintenance, repair, and operations (MROs) services • Includes services from different vendors • E-distributor coordinates them into one package for customers – Example of a horizontal market
  • 16. 16 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems Online Auctions • Bring traditional auctions to customers around the globe – Make it possible to sell far more goods and services than at a traditional auction • Brokerage business model • Reverse auctions – Invite sellers to submit bids for products and services
  • 17. 17 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment • Coordinate supply chain members through point- of-sale (POS) data sharing and joint planning • Any data collected is shared with all members of the supply chain • Coordinating the supply chain can be difficult • CPFR ensures that inventory and sales data are shared across the supply chain – So that everyone knows the exact sales and inventory levels
  • 18. 18 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment (cont’d.) • Costs for each partner are shared or minimized • Unforeseen problems can crop up
  • 19. 19 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Exhibit 11.2 The CPFR Process
  • 20. 20 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems Customer Relationship Management • CRM – Consists of the processes a company uses to track and organize its contacts with customers • Main goal of a CRM system – Improve services offered to customers – Use customer contact information for targeted marketing • Marketing strategies in a CRM system – Focus on long-term relationships with customers instead of transactions
  • 21. 21 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems Customer Relationship Management (cont’d.) • Identifies segments of customers • Improves products and services to meet customers’ needs • Improves customer retention • Identifies a company’s most profitable (and loyal) customers • Helps organizations make better use of data, information, and knowledge to understand customers
  • 22. 22 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems Customer Relationship Management (cont’d.) • Gives organizations more complete pictures of their customers – Integrates demographic and other external data with customers’ transaction data to better understand customer behavior • Pays external agencies for additional data about you that might be public or semiprivate
  • 23. 23 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems Customer Relationship Management (cont’d.) • With a CRM system, organizations can: – Provide services and products that meet customers’ needs – Offer better customer service through multiple channels – Increase cross-selling and upselling – Help sales personnel close deals faster by offering data on customers’ backgrounds – Retain existing customers and attract new ones
  • 24. 24 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems Customer Relationship Management (cont’d.) • CRM systems include: – Sales automation – Order processing – Marketing automation – Customer support – Knowledge management – Personalization technology
  • 25. 25 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems CRM in Action • Time Warner Cable Business Class – CRM system from Salesforce.com – Analyze business data, improve the accuracy of forecasts, improve problem solving, and monitor sales and business activities • Important features of the system include: – Dashboards, features for “drilling down,” Web-based knowledge base for employees and customers, and Web log for sales personnel communication • Has increased productivity by 10%
  • 26. 26 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems CRM Applications • On-premise CRM or Web-based CRM (SaaS) • Several software packages are available for setting up a CRM system: – Amdocs CRM, Optima Technologies ExSellence, Infor CRM, SAP mySAP, Oracle PeopleSoft CRM, and Oracle Siebel
  • 27. 27 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems CRM Applications (cont’d.) • Features: – Salesforce automation – eCRM or Web-based CRM – Survey management – Automated customer service
  • 28. 28 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems Personalization Technology • Personalization – Satisfies customers’ needs, builds customer relationships, and increases profits – Designs goods and services that meet customers’ preferences better • Customization – Allows customers to modify the standard offering • Such as selecting a different home page to be displayed each time you open your Web browser
  • 29. 29 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems Personalization Technology (cont’d.) • Using personalization requires gathering a lot of information about customers’ preferences and shopping patterns • Amazon – Known for using personalization to recommend products to customers • Nordstrom.com – Suggests shoes or a tie that go with the suit or a similar suit in the same category
  • 30. 30 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems Personalization Technology (cont’d.) • Apple iTunes – Other songs that listeners like you purchased are suggested • Google account holders – Personalized search results that are reordered based on their searching histories
  • 31. 31 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems Personalization Technology (cont’d.) • Implement a personalization system – Internet, databases, data warehouse/data marts, data-mining tools, mobile networks, and collaborative filtering • Collaborative filtering (CF) – Searches for specific information or patterns, using input from multiple business partners and data sources
  • 32. 32 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems Knowledge Management • Improve CRM systems by identifying, storing, and disseminating “know-how”—facts about how to perform tasks • Knowledge is an asset – Should be shared throughout an organization to generate business intelligence and maintain a competitive advantage in the marketplace • Knowledge is more than information and data – Also contextual
  • 33. 33 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems Knowledge Management (cont’d.) • Knowledge repository – Stores knowledge of experts • Example: knowledge base of typical customer complaints and solutions • Motivates employees to share knowledge – Offer reward • Simple knowledge management system – Using groupware • Other tools and technologies include: – DBMSs, data-mining tools, decision support systems
  • 34. 34 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems Knowledge Management (cont’d.) • Knowledge management system should help an organization to: – Promote innovation by encouraging free exchange of ideas – Improve customer service by reducing response time – Increase revenue by reducing the delivery time for products and services – Improve employee retention rates by rewarding employees for their knowledge
  • 35. 35 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems Enterprise Resource Planning • Integrated system • Collects and processes data • Manages and coordinates resources, information, and functions • Many components, including: – Hardware, software, procedures, and input from all functional areas
  • 36. 36 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems Enterprise Resource Planning (cont’d.) • Well-designed ERP system benefits: – Increased availability and timeliness of information – Increased data accuracy and improved response time – Improved customer satisfaction – Improved employee satisfaction – Improved planning and scheduling – Improved supplier relationship – Improved reliability of information – Reduction in inventory costs – Reduction in labor costs – Reduction in order-to-fulfillment time
  • 37. 37 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems Enterprise Resource Planning (cont’d.) • ERP systems are available as modules • Organization can purchase only the components it needs – Keeps costs down for organizations • More than 40 vendors offer ERP software
  • 38. 38 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems ERP Streamlines Operations at Naghi Group • Naghi Group implemented an ERP system to integrate its major functional areas, including finance, sales, and supply chain management • Using ERP, the firm’s managers are able to view financial data, keep track of inventory status, and analyze its customers’ purchasing activities in real-time • The ERP system has streamlined operations and improved customer service; it has also contributed to more timely business decisions
  • 39. 39 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Table 11.1 ERP Components
  • 40. 40 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems Global ERP in Action • Jabil Circuit – One of the top five electronic manufacturing service providers worldwide • Integrate information from all branch plants • Teamed with IBM Business Consulting Services to migrate all branch sites to a global ERP system • Reduced the time needed to integrate information and generate reports by 60%
  • 41. 41 MIS, Chapter 11 ©2011 Course Technology, a part of Cengage Learning Chapter 11 Enterprise Systems Summary • Enterprise systems • Supply chain management (SCM) – Technology • Customer relationship management (CRM) – Personalization – Customization • Knowledge management and enterprise resource planning (ERP)