Assignment title: Management


Read the Real World Case 3-1 - Nestle's ERP Implementation (Motiwalla & Thompson 2012, p.58-59). Task: You are to write a report that looks at ERP implementation strategy.Ensure you cover the following in your report: Provide description about Nestle, organisation size, their strengths, suppliers and customers. Describe the challenges faced by businesses in Food & Beverage industry. Describe the reasons for studying business processes prior to adopting ERP. What are the different ERP implementation approaches and the role of stakeholders? Discuss about the importance of involving users in the implementation processes with supporting arguments. What was wrong with the initial approach at Nestle? Provide recommendations to minimise rebellion and manage change. Support your arguments with at least ten references from reputable sources (academic quality) such as books and journal articles relevant to the subject. Do not use sources that were published before 2009. Presentation of your assignment You must include the following in your report: Title Page, clearly setting out the title of your assessment, your name, your student ID, the course name, course code and the name of the lecturer. Executive Summary. Provide one page summary. Table of Contents (auto generated using the word processor). Introduction - this section should introduce the general aims, backgrounds of topics and areas/issues you will discuss in the report. Body - this is where you discuss your findings in detail, where appropriate, headings and sub-headings should be included with the logical progression of your report from one idea to the next. Do not use the word 'Body' as a heading - identify words that relate to your report for the heading. Recommendations - in this section you need to describe the recommendations you would make to Nestle.All recommendations need to be supported by sources. Do not write these recommendations as dot points. Conclusion - in this section you need to summarise your work and findings. You should introduce no new points in your conclusion. References - this is a list of all the books and articles you have cited in your assessment. Use Harvard (author-date) referencing style for your in-text citations as well as your list of references.