#5

5. Imagine that you are conducting a field based research project for your ERP class in a small local    business. Assume that the business is a custom furniture manufacturer. In the course of your project, you tell the owner that you are using SAP B1 in your ERP class. The owner asks if he should be using SAP or some other ERP system in his business. What would be your response? What questions would you ask or what information would you need to answer that question?

                First and foremost, with regards to question if the owner should really use any of the SAP or ERP systems. For me, it depends upon the situation but with this example assuming that the furniture business has a lot of branches and considered as high grossing company I should say they will really need a SAP or any ERP systems, because with that kind of company it needs to be automated and since it has a lot of branches the transaction of any information must be accurate and on time.

                Most probably, the questions needed to be ask on this kind of situation are the basic and common thing they’re doing on their processing. Like for example, the nature of the company, the vision and mission, the data from their products to the data of their employees and other important things particularly the supplier. But to capture a very good analization with your system to be created is to observe regularly the daily process of the company.