Talking Rain Case Study

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In this report, I will discuss the various aspects of an ERP system and how my choosen organisation, Talking Rain had gained competitive advantages via the ERP system.
Without ERP, organizations will be running on many different kinds of software and this affects the function of their business activities negatively which causes them to face many hardship in many areas while functioning.
With ERP, it allows information to be in a single database which enables the interaction of marketing, sales, quality control, process of products, supply and other. Information will be registered in the database which can flow constantly in the organization which allows anyone to process processes at any time. It also allows close monitoring over these activities …show more content…

It is based on the amount of competitors and how their prices, quality, profits are compared to the business being examined. This determines their ability to lower their costs even more. If substitution is easy and substitution is viable, this weakens your power. Example: Talking Rain products are packaged in patented on-the-go bottle design with eye catching labels with their quality beverage and these are their strengths. This ensures that large companies would not jump into their ideas easily because of their many innovative and cutting-edge products making substitution of their products in the beverage industry …show more content…

With Financial Management in the ERP system, it ensures that organisations can keep track, record and consolidate their sales and information on their operations in a central accounting system.
E-Human Resource Management includes payroll, management of performance, tracking of work hours, benefits, compensation and workforce planning. With Human Resource Management in ERP, it allows the company to be more productive and the staffs being more contented at work.
E-Manufacturing Resource Operations includes work orders, quality control, process of manufacturing, manufacturing flow and product life cycle. With Manufacturing Resource Operations in ERP, manufacturing operations can be more efficient through product configuration, job costing and bill of materials management.
E-Customer Relationship Management refers to the way companies using strategies, technologies and practices to manage and analyse the company 's interactions with the customer and the data throughout their customer 's lifestyle. With Customer Relationship management in ERP, it helps to assist them in retaining customer, drive growth in sales and improve business relationships with

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