- JOSEPH’S COLLEGE OF COMMERCE (AUTONOMOUS)
END SEMESTER EXAMINATIONS –April 2012
M.COM – IV Semester
Enterprise Resource Management (ERM)
Time: 3 Hrs Max. Marks : 100
Section – A
I)Answer SEVEN questions out of Ten. (7 x 5 = 35)
- Define the term ERP. Discuss the ERP Life Cycle.
- Write down the history of ERP and enlighten its disadvantages.
- What do you mean by Supply Chain Management? Discuss its nature and principles.
- Define Logistics. Elucidate the elements of Logistics.
- Discuss the Four Basic Constituents of ERP.
- What is the Vendor Role in Implementing ERP Systems? Demonstrate with flow chart.
- Discuss the various Post Implementation factors of ERP.
- What is Business Process Reengineering (BPR)? Discuss its four dimensions.
- Elucidate the success and failure factors of Business Process Reengineering (BPR)
- Write short notes on: (a) Organizational Data (b) Transactional Data.
Section – B
- II) Answer THREE questions out of five. (3 x 15 = 45)
- Discuss the various Challenges of implementing ERP systems.
- Assume that you are the personality selected by your management for implementing an enterprise resource planning package in a sports car industry. Explain briefly the different phases involved ERP implementation lifecycle. Discuss it with flow chart.
- Discuss the present and future Growth of ERP Market in Indian Industrial scenario.
- Write short notes on the following:
- Gap Analysis (b) 3 Rs of Re-Engineering (c) Order Management System
- What are the components of Supply Chain Management (SCM)? And also discuss the SCM’s various tasks.
Section – C
III) Compulsory Case study (1 x 20 = 20)
You have been appointed as an ‘ERP consultant’for an MNC organization. The top management requires you to give a written proposal on the following before your implementation of ERP:
(a) Benefits of ERP.
(b) Process modeling for ERP.
(c) Characteristics of ERP systems.
(d) ERP implementation plan.
(e) Factors to make ERP effective.
How would you give the proposal?