Enterprise Resources Planning Systems: Bombardier

Harpreet Kalsi TO 300 001 WN 2018

Session 4: Jan 22 (Monday) - Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) Systems - Bombardier - Part - 1

This class was interesting because it was the first time we got into an actual technology system rather than technology in general. The enterprise resource planning system was really cool because it kind of integrates technology in a way to make business more effective. It's a concept that students are pretty familiar with because it has a similar concept is Google Docs and the Google suite, where no matter where we are we can access the files that we have associated with our Google account. With and ERP if a sales representative puts in an order, it will be visible to the engineers who can start to prepare the

They have so many changes and so much they had to do to implement a system like this it was overwhelming to read about. Before this case, I questioned why a company would not just implement a system like this because the upside is so obvious, but now that I understanding the cost, resource allocation, and the trouble it puts everyone in the organization through and makes a lot more sense now. In addition to this, there are situation like the one that waste management faced where they claim to have been scammed by a fake ERP system after investing millions of dollars and years of time. I still think that the pros outweigh the cons of a system. The ability for a company to integrate its marketing, financial, HR, operations, and losticial departments and the cohesion of these units is essential for a business. Like in the Bombardier case, what an ERP does is it makes “one company”. In the Bombardier case this was not only just different parts of the same company, but many companies that bombardier has acquired over the

Looking at how these concepts were implemented into a business revolutionizing an industry was really cool because the cases, even though their recent, are in the past. Looking at how the company is currently using data made thee class contents feel slightly more relevant and relatable. I think it's interesting how data can be put into every single industry. Health Care in general is a very anti-technology sector and has been for a very long time. Especially doctors. I remember shark tank video where doctors explained how they still use pdas to communicate and pagers on a daily basis. Now companies that are working with doctors to not only give doctors technology that is mobile but technology that gives doctors huge amounts of data that a doctor wouldn't have access to otherwise and well as a system that is able to analyze big data in order to help specialized treatment for specific patient is a huge step forward in the treatment of these cancers. Those really cool I'm looking forward to seeing more of those