Migrating to a Standardized ERP System in a Cloud Computing Environment at ABC Corporation

Migrating to a Standardized ERP System in a Cloud Computing Environment at ABC

Corporation

Abstract

The business problem to be solved is how to improve operational efficiencies, reduce IT

costs related to ERP systems, and improve insight into the financial management aspects of the

company for improved strategic planning and performance monitoring.

Company Background

ABC Corporation (ABC) is a twelve billion dollar ($12B), publicly traded, global

management consulting and technology company headquartered in the United States. ABC has

two business units, a public service sector that focuses on supporting federal, state and local

government needs, and comprises eighty-nine percent (89%) of corporate revenues; and a

commercial service sector that supports all other types of industry and accounts for the remaining

eleven percent (11%) of corporate revenues. The company has over 52,000 employees globally.

ABC is the product of rulings by the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the

late 1990’s that forced large public accounting organizations to divest themselves of their

consulting branches due to perceived conflicts of interest. Examples of the divestitures include

Arthur Anderson who spawned Accenture, or KPMG that spun off KPMG Consulting (later to

become BearingPoint). ABC spun off from its “Big 5” accounting parent in 1999, taking all of

the parent company’s non-accounting related work with it. By 2000, they were fully

independent of their parent company and began to grow within their U.S. based operations.

During 2002, Arthur Anderson filed for bankruptcy protection and ABC decided to purchase

assets in foreign countries, thereby creating an immediate global presence and also tripling their

revenue base. By virtue of this rapid growth, the existing IT infrastructure was not closely

reviewed and has created redundancy as well as a question as the reliability and accessibility to

Migration to a Standardized ERP System 4

critical global financial data. In order to overcome these issues, “stove-piped” IT solutions that

are unstable or not well integrated with a main system, as well as other solutions that require

manual transference of critical data have been developed.

 

Looking for a similar assignment? Our writers will offer you original work free from plagiarism. We follow the assignment instructions to the letter and always deliver on time. Be assured of a quality paper that will raise your grade. Order now and Get a 15% Discount! Use Coupon Code "Newclient"