Cross-Functional System
Not what you're looking for?
The Clambake Case:
The Clambake Company has been providing seafood to the northeast region of the United States for over 30 years. They started as a small family business and have grown to more than 30 employees. They first installed a small accounting system to take care of their finances, payroll, and tax reporting. About seven years ago they installed a sales program to track sales. They are now considering buying out a competing company that would increase their sales 80% and their workforce 40%. They realize that it will require more time in the office to administer the company, especially since they are now branching out into other areas. One concern they have is
what to do about their information systems. They anticipate strong growth over the next 10 years and cannot afford to make a mistake with their IS. They wonder if they should add two other functional systems to go with the two they have or to spend more resources, which might stretch them now, in order to go to one cross-functional system that would be more than sufficient to accommodate the anticipated growth.
They have hired you as a consultant to make a recommendation on what they should do. Make your recommendations.
Purchase this Solution
Solution Summary
Discusses cross functional information system such as ERP for an organization which anticipates strong growth over the next 10 years and thus, needs a suitable system to address the information system challenges/needs associated with such growth of the organization.
Solution Preview
I would recommend the company to certainly go for a one cross-functional system, such as an organization wide ERP or enterprise resource planning system. Even though this system would be costly to acquire, the longer term benefits of the system would outweigh the initial costs and make it much more beneficial and cost effective for the company on a longer term basis. A comprehensive ERP or cross-functional platform would integrate the entire operations, divisions and branches of ...
Education
- BComm, University of Delhi
- Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Equivalent to MBA), All India Management Association
Recent Feedback
- "Thanks"
- "Thanks"
- "Very good! "
- "thanks"
- "Thank you!"
Purchase this Solution
Free BrainMass Quizzes
Understanding the Accounting Equation
These 10 questions help a new student of accounting to understand the basic premise of accounting and how it is applied to the business world.
Employee Orientation
Test your knowledge of employee orientation with this fun and informative quiz. This quiz is meant for beginner and advanced students as well as professionals already working in the HR field.
Business Processes
This quiz is intended to help business students better understand business processes, including those related to manufacturing and marketing. The questions focus on terms used to describe business processes and marketing activities.
Team Development Strategies
This quiz will assess your knowledge of team-building processes, learning styles, and leadership methods. Team development is essential to creating and maintaining high performing teams.
Six Sigma for Process Improvement
A high level understanding of Six Sigma and what it is all about. This just gives you a glimpse of Six Sigma which entails more in-depth knowledge of processes and techniques.