Contents

• Introduction
• Barden UK and BPIC
• Business problem and solutions
• The Implemented System and Technology
• Management and Organizational Issues
• Conclusion
• References

Description

– In the last decades on 20th century and in the 21 century, the product life cycle is slowly decreasing (Lo, Tsa & Li, 2005). The factors that contribute to the decreased product life cycle are newer inventions and improvements happening at the drop of the hat. This trend is making even a year old product obsolete. Such scenario puts a lot of burden on the manufacturing industry that needs to keep on inventing, adapting to new technology and to recycle the obsolete products (Lo, Tsa & Li, 2005). ERP or Enterprise Resource Planning has come as a boon for industries to manage changing IT needs of the organization as well as to plan human resource requirements, to do costing, organizational restructuring etc. ERP implementations can be seen as a holistic solution to keep organizations abreast in the competitive and ever changing market needs (Zoonky & Jinyou, 2000). These paper analyses ERP implementation needs, factors amounting to successful implementation and the positive benefits that could be derived out of the investment based on a case study of implementation of ERP solutions in Barden Corporation, Plymouth, UK (Case Study Source: Phil Robinson, 1999). SAP R/3 an ERP solution was implemented at Barden UK by BPIC or Business Performance Improvement Consultancy based in Hove, England. The paper uses theoretical framework of ERP implementation as a reference to analyzing the case study.