Introduction ATLAM, Akademi Teknikal Laut Malaysia is an educational institution focused on training and preparing Malaysians for maritime industry. It was established on 15 August 1891 and on 1st January 1997 it was privatized and brought into the field of Petra Group of Companies. It was then realized, the IT infrastructures were outdated compare to its competitors and they were asked to upgrade their accounting system to PETRA group-wide SAP system. SAP was an integrated business application package that covered most functions of an organization like Financial Accounting, Controlling, Asset Management, Sales & Distribution, Material Management, Human Resource and so on. Implementing SAP for ATLAM was not easy as they were …show more content…
| Accountant's time & efficiency | | | 400,000 | 800,000 | 1,200,000 | 1,600,000 | 2,000,000 | Technical expertise cost saving | | 600,000 | 1,200,000 | 1,400,000 | 1,600,000 | 1,800,000 | 2,000,000 | Process & Procedures cost saving | | | 500,000 | 900,000 | 1,200,000 | 1,500,000 | 1,800,000 | Total cash in flow | | 600,000 | 2,100,000 | 3,100,000 | 4,000,000 | 4,900,000 | 5,800,000 | Average SAP license cost | | | 150,000 | 200,000 | 225,000 | 250,000 | 250,000 | Cost to convert old data to new data | | 100,000 | 160,000 | 180,000 | 560,000 | 600,000 | 640,000 | Cost of overheads | | 300,000 | 420,000 | 490,000 | 560,000 | 600,000 | 640,000 | cost of system maintenance & firewalls | | 60,000 | 120,000 | 130,000 | 140,000 | 150,000 | 160,000 | cost of hardware expansion | | | 260,000 | 300,000 | 340,000 | 380,000 | 400,000 | cost of training | | 500,000 | 800,000 | 900,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,100,000 | 1,300,000 | Depreciation (34%) | | 1,817,093 | 1,199,281 |
This process reduced not just customer’s satisfaction but also profit; there is a need for a financial information management to integrate all their business processes. SAP (System Applications Program) was introduced to the company to ensure efficient communication among the different modules of the business process.
Keda’s SAP Implementation is the restructuring that the company needed to go through to expand and be more productive with the products they were creating. At first the company had a lot of problems with keeping track of inventory and how much a product cost to be made. The system they had could not keep up with the growth of the company. They needed a new system or they would continue to lose money fast. To start off they looked at where the system that they had went wrong. It was that fact that the system didn’t cover multi-product production. This was killing them in the long run so they decided they needed a change. They looked at 20 different management systems and had them all come in to present their product. Keda also had them give reverences that proved that the product worked. Keda used this as a learning opportunity to figure out what work and didn’t with other companies. They wanted a system that was customizable to their products and the system that they wanted. There were nine systems that could work for their company they decided on SAP as the winner. They then start to work their way through the system so that it would work with ever department so everyone knew what their job was and who they need to work with to do it. They created a management structure for each department, they then invited those heads to work with the IT department to make the system able to talk between each department. The manager didn’t like this at first because they had to work
During my time here at CSN I’ve had a few extenuating circumstances arise while in school which took away from my performance in my classes causing me to either fail or withdraw out of courses and eventually be placed on SAP suspension. My mother was a single parent for a number of years and once I graduated from High School she asked of me to assist with bills in the home since I still resided with her, so I began working for Moneytree which to my surprise was very time demanding and at the time I was without reliable transportation and a manager who was not very flexible with my school schedule. Then in 2010 my family and I became homeless for some time due to the recession which caused my sister to lose her job in 2008, and then my mother in 2010. This left me as the sole provider for my family since I was the only one working full-time with the ability to work additional hours if needed due to the demand of my employer at the time, and my position within the company. Then in 2013 my father who resided in Illinois was diagnosed with Bladder cancer which led to me traveling to
The IT staffs were certain that the existing SAP software will provide all necessary computer support. They believed that even if the SAP would not fit their business processes precisely, it may be an investment that provides greater long-term flexibility and better solutions to the company’s problem.
c. To manage sales and inventory, UA recently adopted a new SAP system which will make future product expansion easier.
The company had been using a shared-services vision, where purchasing, finance, and information resources were provided via shared services that left the divisions with the customer-facing work. Therefore, Mead used the entire suite of SAP modules except human resources and installed a recent module, Advanced Optimization Planning (AOP), which handles all planning and scheduling. However, SAP was not the perfect solution as it unified the company, but it was a large and complex system and it required strict adherence to its rules. ERP was experimental in 1995; reverse auctions and Web applications were experimental in 2002. Implementing ERP has leveraged resources and central design and thus solved many of the problems and issues the company used to struggle with. ERP helped in easy decision-making as if a business unit wanted to make a change, they needed to have conversations with the others, in terms of what was good for the whole. "The answer might not be reached as quickly, but it is a more effective answer," states McGrane. Standardization and globalization has forced real business discussions to occur as well as
I had exceeded the Maximum Credits for SAP requirements. I started college after graduated from high school. I was taken many classes at once and had withdrawal them because I was overwhelmed. I did not learn how to balance school and work; therefore, my grades dropped. I transferred to Louisiana State University Shreveport for summer classes in 2011. My grades dropped quickly, and it was too late withdrawal the classes. Reality did not strike home until I failed my classes. I had let myself down for failing my classes and overall my college experience. I began to take college seriously and started a goal for myself.
The research problem could be considered as a gap between the desired SAP platform implementation indicators and the current ones.
Each day during my internship with Hapag-Lloyd, I used SAP, which is an enterprise software that the company used as its global financial system. This software allowed me to pay storage, chassis, transportation, and terminal invoices. In addition, SAP had programs that I learned to utilize, which helped me lookup financial information to solve issues and retrieve data. Each of the programs that I used on a daily basis will be discussed below.
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SAP Americas is a subsidiary of SAP AG, overseeing the company's business operations in the U.S., Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean. SAP has 115 companies with research and development facilities in Germany, Turkey, Canada, China, Hungary, India, Israel, Bulgaria and North America. In addition, SAP have laboratory centers in France, Sofia, Hungary, Sao Leopoldo, Brazil, Palo Alto, California, Bangalore and Gurgaon, India, Ra' Anana and Karmiel, Israel, Vancouver, Canada and Shanghai, China. SAP targets six industry sectors including consumer industries, discrete industry, financial services, process industries, public services, and service industries. SAP focuses on vertical industries, such as media, which helps provide growth as these industries expand. A potentially large area of growth could come in the relatively new services-oriented architecture (SOA), which enables the customers to link and connect its various applications. SAP expects its SOA, called NetWeaver, to be well received by its large installed customer base. Many of the industries SAP operates in are fragmented in terms of the software brands used. SAP offers more than two dozen industry solution portfolios and more than 550 resolutions for small and mid-size companies. SAP primary marketing areas are products, consultation and training. A significant part of SAP AG's success is making it easy for customers, partners, vendors, and the
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Akademi Laut Malaysia(ALAM) is the nerve centre and they also premier training institution for an exciting and explorative maritime career. ALAM has trained thousands of Malaysians, through a structured training and education system unique to the Academy in over 30 years. ALAM have good
ATLAM, Akademi Teknikal Laut Malaysia is an educational institution focused on training and preparing Malaysians for maritime industry. It was established on 15 August 1891 and on 1st January 1997 it was privatized and brought into the field of Petra Group of Companies. It was then realized, the IT infrastructures were outdated compare to its competitors and they were asked to upgrade their accounting system to PETRA group-wide SAP system.