MIS Group Assignment Project Proposal

BUSINESS PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF M.I.S IN A MANUFACTURING UNIT. Organization / Company Under Study: D LINK (INDIA) LTD. Engineering Department Verna, Goa

BRIEF COMPANY PROFILE: D-Link (India) Ltd. is a part of the multinational D-Link Corporation, which has a presence in over 100 countries. D-Link India's Group revenue is Rs.308 crores (FY05). Its core business is in the area of networking and communications. DLink India is present in the high-end enterprise segment with a complete range of co-branded products from Foundry Networks, Inc. of USA in India and present in the PC hardware and PC peripherals space through a JV with Gigabyte Technology, Taiwan. D-Links product range has a substantial market share in India and ranks among the leaders in Switches, Structured Cabling, Leased Line Modems, NICs, Hubs and Modems. With convergence of technology, it has entered into newer segments like high-end Carrier Class Products, VoIP, Firewalls, NAS, Digital Home products and Built-in LAN Motherboards and has become a name for all Communication, LAN, WAN, Wireless, MAN, VPN, Intranet and Extranet needs. D-Link (India) has three state-of-the-art ISO 9002 and ISO 14001 certified plants in Goa, Software and R&D Centres at Goa & Bangalore and Global Tech Support Call Centre in Mumbai.

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The high-speed automatic SMT lines at the D-Link (India) plants at Goa are highly flexible and versatile. This enables the company to make changes in the product mix as per market demands at a fast pace and meet stringent delivery schedules. Sophisticated Surface Mount Technology provides an important advantage to D-Link (India) and its customers. The production efficiency and resulting quality is virtually certain. These advanced processes also allow D-Link (India) to deliver higher volume of products more quickly than other competing manufacturers. To increase the core equity and future capability of the Company, D-Link (India) has continually invested in sophisticated manufacturing and testing equipment. D-Link (India) has a nationwide network infrastructure of 16 offices, 20 territory distributors, 300 dealers and 3000 resellers along with 3 overseas distributors in SAARC countries providing active sales and service support. D-Links commitment to world-class quality, design, development,

manufacturing and marketing remains the hallmark of the Company. Today, D-Link is a brand with maximum visibility and penetration in its market segment in India. It has a strong and distinct brand image in networking, internetworking and structured cabling products. INFORMATION SYSTEM ALREADY IN OPERATION: (OPTIONAL, ONLY IF IS IS PREEXISTING) The company utilizes Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, which is a ORACLE based system. ERP delivers a single database that contains all data for the software modules, which would include:

MIS Group Assignment Project Proposal 1. Manufacturing Engineering, Bills of Material, Scheduling, Capacity, Workflow Management, Quality Control, Cost Management, Manufacturing Process, Manufacturing Projects, Manufacturing Flow 2. Supply Chain Management Inventory, Order Entry, Purchasing, Product Configurator, Supply Chain Planning, Supplier Scheduling, Inspection of goods, Claim Processing, Commission Calculation 3. Financials General Ledger, Cash Management, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Fixed Assets 4. Projects Costing, Billing, Time and Expense, Activity Management. 5. Human Resources Human Resources, Payroll, Training, Time & Attendance, Rostering, Benefits. 6. Customer Relationship Management Sales and Marketing, Commissions, Service, Customer Contact and Call Center support. 7. Data Warehouse various Self-Service interfaces for Customers, Suppliers, and Employees. Benefits From Implementation Of This MIS System: 1. Design engineering (how to best make the product) 2. Order tracking from acceptance through fulfillment 3. The revenue cycle from invoice through cash receipt

MIS Group Assignment Project Proposal 4. Managing interdependencies of complex Bill of Materials 5. Tracking the 3-way match between Purchase orders (what was ordered), Inventory receipts (what arrived), and Costing (what the vendor invoiced) 6. The Accounting for all of these tasks, tracking the Revenue, Cost and Profit on a granular level.

Shortcomings: 1. Customization of the ERP software is limited. 2. Re-engineering of business processes to fit the "industry standard" prescribed by the ERP system may lead to a loss of competitive advantage. 3. ERP systems can be very expensive 4. ERPs are often seen as too rigid and too difficult to adapt to the specific workflow and business process of some companiesthis is cited as one of the main causes of their failure. 5. Many of the integrated links need high accuracy in other applications to work effectively. A company can achieve minimum standards, then over time "dirty data" will reduce the reliability of some applications. 6. Once a system is established, switching costs are very high for any one of the partners (reducing flexibility and strategic control at the corporate level). 7. The blurring in of company boundaries can cause problems in accountability, lines of responsibility, and employee morale. 8. Resistance sharing sensitive internal information between departments can reduce the effectiveness of the software. 9. Some large organizations may have multiple departments with separate, independent resources, missions, chains-of-command, etc, and consolidation into a single enterprise may yield limited benefits.

MIS Group Assignment Project Proposal 10. The system may be too complex measured against the actual needs

of the customer.

VARIOUS PROCESSES INVOLVED: 1. Marketing: This department seeks to study the demand ion the market and forecast further demand based on their present statistics and strategies and inform the Engineering department of the same so that development can be made accordingly. 2. Engineering Department (R & D): This department undertakes research and development of new products. 3. Planning Department: The planning department prepares purchase orders of the quantity and the type of material to be purchased depending upon the amount of material present in stock and the quantity to be purchased. This intent is sent to the procurement department. 4. Procurement: This department purchases the material given by the planning department in the purchase intent and sends it to Vendors and procures the material from the most economical vendor available in the market. This information is conveyed to the finance department, which pays, and asses need for the material purchased. 5. Quality Inspection: This department checks the quality of material coming inside factory for production and sends the material to production department after accepting it. If the material is rejected it goes back to the vendor.

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6. Production Planning: This department prepares the daily scheduling and route sheets on the basis of which production activities are carried out on the steel components. A material requisition form is given by the production department to this department and after approval from planning department can only it fetch the material from the raw yard and bring it to the shop floor for production. 7. Inspection of Finished Materials: The finished goods are made available to the quality assurance and systems for final inspection and clearance. 8. Finished Goods: This department prepares an invoice of the finished goods and sends it to the relevant departments. 9. Shipping& Payment: The billable lot of the finished goods is sent to the client and final payment is received within a period of 6 months to the finance department. We intend to study the operation of the engineering (R&D) cycle and then devise a Management Information System for the same.

GROUP DETAILS:
-Saeesh

Pai Vaidya (Roll no. 2007039) -Vinayak Bhende (Roll No. 2007054) -Charmaine Abreu Lobo (Roll No. 2007001)
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MIS Group Assignment Project Proposal -Zelda

Fernandes (Roll No. 2007058) -DiAnne Soares (Roll No. 2007011)