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About CISCO
Established in 1984
Primary product was Router
In 1997 entered into elite club of fortune 500
Among top 5 companies in return on investment and in return on assets
Exceptional growth in 1998 as companies market capitalization passed $100 billion mark
IT Department at CISCO
WHY ERP
Company was able to sustain an annual growth rate of 80% and legacy system was not
This was the defining moment for the company as after this top management decided to
implement ERP. About a month after the shutdown they created a team to do an investigation to
replace the application.
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software
Great technical skills and industry knowledge was must
DECISION Chose KPMG as integration partner. KPMG gave their best
people for this project. i.e. Program manager for this project was their director of
IT.
c) Which software to select
i.
One of the most important decision
ii.
Approach
i. Took help from large corporates
ii. Guidance of research sources like Gartner group
iii. By tapping existing user of package
iii.
Vendor selection process
i. Systematic and standard procedure
ii. RFP
iv. DECISION Oracle was selected as vendor
i. Strong and better manufacturing capability
ii. Promise Long term sustainable relationship
iii. Flexibility as office was very near by
By Systematic thinking and involvement of all partners, taking all factors into consideration they
approached board and convinced for project.
Cost: $15 million
Duration: 9 months
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DECISION
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Implementation of Oracle
1.CRP0
2.CRP1
4.GO LIVE
Issue of hardware
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No.1 agenda for the company, gave priority across all functional area
Company believe in standardization
Best people across the industry in the project
Team organization and culture
Systematic and structured approach in selection of vendor and software
Correct estimation and high class project management
Highly centralized and top to bottom approach by the company
Company adaptability changed its process where it was difficult to modify the
software
9. GAP Analysis, except volume testing they did a good gap analysis
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