Putting the Enterprise into the Enterprise System
9 Tips for Selecting and Implementing an ERP System
The Decision-Making Process, Cliff Notes
How NBA Player Analytics Opened Up a Whole New Business for SAP
The Real Reason Organizations Resist Analytics
Build Vs. Buy: How to Know When You Should Build Custom Software over
Canned Solutions
Hidden In the Long Tail
Leagues See Real Benefits In Daily Fantasy Sports
CEA’s 5 Tech Trends for 2015: From Big Entertainment to Small Business
After you read each article, try
to write down a few key take-aways, and try to think back to what we discuss in
class. Here are some questions you might ask while reading these articles:
What is an enterprise system?
What businesses should consider
implementing an enterprise system?
What are some implications that
enterprise systems impose on the business?
Who is responsible for mediating
the imperatives of the technology and of the business?
What does a system implementation
involve?
What factors can prevent a
successful implementation?
When should you buy a system
(canned solution) and when should you build it (custom)?
What are some methods to measure
the value of an enterprise system?
What is analytics?
Analytics- is the art and science of examining raw data for
the purpose of gaining insight and drawing actionable conclusions about
business problems.
How can analytics be beneficial?
What are some implications of
analytics?
Who is affected by analytics?
What is the difference between a
problem and a symptom (in decision making)?
What does it mean if a company
has more revenue in the long tail?
What is tacit knowledge?
How do organizations approach
knowledge management?
What are some projected
technology trends?
What are some measureable effects
of fantasy sports?
