Chapter 1 of the document provides an overview of enterprise solutions, emphasizing the importance of leadership vision in both the creation and establishment of enterprises. It discusses the evolution of business computing from early scientific solutions to modern integrated systems, highlighting the challenges of compatibility and data management. The chapter concludes by addressing the significance of IT governance and the role of automation in enhancing management information systems within enterprises.

1. Enterprise Solutions
Chapter 1
Overview Enterprise Solutions

2. Overview Enterprise
Solutions
Introduction
Creating Enterprise is always an entrepreneur's cup
of tea .Establishing an enterprise includes managing
and maintaining for substance and growth is the
challenge for the board & executive management.
Both creation and establishment of an enterprise
comes from leadership vision,such as leading a
particular line of business of being recognized by
the community or society at large
A creation of an enterprise depends on the human
necessity & the level of urgency

3. Overview Enterprise
Solutions
Both creation & establishment of an enterprise
comes from the Leadership vision such as leading
in a particular line of business or being recognized
by the community or society at large.
We buy money, we sell money. Business is
just about how we govern all our
Transaction under known & unknown
environment

4. Overview Enterprise
Solutions
Historically business developed from Human skills
and therefore categorized under profession or
services where the infrastructure is fixed to cater the
needs of a fixed number consumers and have
presumed type of transaction
The success of enterprise depend upon how best it
is rolled out as a project and how well it is governed
by the board and the executive management
When river valley civilization moved towards
industrial revolution, the leadership of these Skilled
people played a major roll

5. Overview Enterprise
Solutions
When Automation took over industrialization, all
most all presumed processes became predetermined
processes with clear-cut measure for output
identified.
This automation established an overall framework
of control over the Internal process ,Associated
employees, Service providers.customers of different
kinds(extranet,Intranet) linked with the enterprise.

6. History:
Where did the business solutions begin?
Initial computers were built for providing scientific
solutions during war
The technology was adopted for business
computing
Each computer manufactures created there own
business system which has its own Operating
System ,Applications built over this development
tools Cont…..

7. History:
When any enterprise wants to buy a computer
from another manufacture they will need rework the
entire thing again as the system or business
applications don’t Support each other
The business centric & organization centric
computing was working successfully
Enterprise solutions then moved to Open
Architecture as promoted by OSI to support
desktops & multi servers

8. History:
Establishing Compatibility of data between two
systems was always a challenge
Specifications to bring all Computer manufacture
& software user were brought by International
Organization for Standards
OSI is used to support desktops & multi servers
across Executive management & operations
management discovered issues like
1) Inventory do not match with the stores, purchase
2) Order booked is not money collected
3) The reports generated by different departments
were different

9. History:
In order to have currency of information at each of
these functional area, the use of Spread sheet, Word
processor, Database a became common with in each
department.
The advent of internet led to net centric computing
which provided high availability of System across
the enterprise
The era brought the Management information
System (MIS) & Executive Information
system(EIS).The advent of internet led to net
centric computing

10. The Concept of business solutions
The Computerization was more industry driven and
the kind of IT infrastructure and the business
applications was dependent upon Nature of business
The Computerization was more industry driven and
the kind of IT infrastructure and the business
applications was dependent upon Size of operations,
Capability to use large size business system
Program Development ,Data Entry, Operating
System become essential requirements within the
Enterprise

11. The Concept of business solutions
The Productized business applications were
procured by companies who realized that the cost
to develop an application was not justifiable against
line of business they were into.
The customer of the enterprise realized the need for
a business application verses Cost of building
The Demand for the product with financial
planning integrated with other modules such as,
Sales, Purchase, Inventory become common
The data entry was from multipoint, processing
was still done from single EDP room

12. The Concept of business solutions
The evolution of data centers, outsourcing of
software development, came into force
EDP centers requires High availability , Integrity
Reliability
The IT/IS was a support function to the business,
but now it is Integral of enterprise.
About 30% programs are legacy & critical
programs on mainframe computer which are
difficult to transport

13. The Concept of business solutions
The IT& IS Strategy Committee within the
enterprise not only look for the Technology to meet
today’s requirements but also aspire for taking on
tomorrow’s business challenges.
We live in the world of complex business models,
where customer can reach several other Supplier,
Services ,Product providers
Market place has increased and with opportunities
open to competitors as well business may not be
certain

14. The HIT
There is nothing permanent except change
The first wave of wealth was related to Agriculture
& therefore land was primary asset.
The Second wave brought in Global
Industrialization & therefore Physical buildings
were primary asset.
Change is certain but rate of change is exponential
The Third wave belong to Information Age where
knowledge is primary asset

15. Business Realization
With the word electronics added to business
boundaries have gone beyond the Physical area
Controls applicable to one location may not be
same for all customers across the world
An enterprise derives the benefit from not only
from the Supplier known to them but also could be
chosen beyond this
To suit customers delivery objective, today this is
called as Business Realization

16. Business Realization
In order to facilitate the smooth operations of
Business Realization hardware manufactures have
created several newer devices such as
1) Bar code reader
2) Portable digital assistances
3 3) Optical sensors
The system software vendors such as IBM
Microsoft & others have created Point of sale units
such as Cash dispenser, ATM, Credit Card reader

17. Business Realization
In order to facilitate the smooth operations of
Business Realization hardware manufactures have
created several newer devices such as
1) Bar code reader
2) Portable digital assistances 3) Optical sensors
The system software vendors such as IBM
Microsoft & others have created Point of sale units
such as Cash dispenser, ATM, Credit Card reader
Some of the state of art utility software can be
clubbed with Operating System to support the
challenging e-biz operations

18. Business Realization
In order to facilitate the Distance operations with
the customers ATM is used
The system software vendors such as IBM,
Microsoft has created dedicated systems such as
point of sale (POS) systems
The Enterprise solution software, Utilities cuts
across various operations within the enterprise
The use of automation with advent of technology
made provided opportunity for the software
development companies to bring in Management
Information Systems

19. Business Realization
The reports provided by Management Information
systems are too many that enterprise had to appoint
several experts to go through that
The reports provided by Management Information
systems take Management Decision from such
reports.
The automation percolated to bring Inventory
Management Systems.
The automation percolated to bring ,Production
planning System, Sales Management Systems,
Purchase Management Systems

20. Enterprise solution or business IT/IS
There will be always difference in figures between
provided by the finance with that of sales, purchase
& inventory this complexity was overcome by
introducing ERP.
Prior to Using integrated systems, there will be
always difference in figures between provided by
the finance with that of sales ,purchase & inventory
Inventory Management Sales& marketing
management & financial management are integral
part of ERP
Telecom sector has changed there voice handling
technology to digital or IP based Technology

21. Enterprise solution or business IT/IS
Today, application companies have brought the
web ennoblement of these systems as
1) eERP
2) eSCM
3) eSRM
Enterprise solutions involves
1) Decision
2) Corporate governance
3) IT governance

22. Enterprise solution or business IT/IS
Enterprise solutions involves
1) Reporting
2) Certification
3) IT –BSC
4) Warehouse
5) Inventory
6)Production
The extent of usage of various business system
has created multiple points for data entry, data
editing in master files

23. Enterprise solution or business IT/IS
Enterprise solutions involves
1) Supplier
2) Purchase
3) Sales
4 ) Dispatch Tracking
5) Dealers agents
6) Outsourcing
7)Quality
8) Audit
9) Security

24. Corporate Governance & IT
Governance
The introduction of Corporate Governance
necessitated the acceptance & use of
1) Balanced Scorecard
2) Dash board
Changing designation doest fix IT technology
problems
The challenges to monitor IT itself is a Herculean
task
The recognition for IT governance is playing a
significant role in the business performance

25. Corporate Governance & IT
Governance
The Management sees a major role of
IT governance in
1) Planning
2) Organizing
3) Acquiring
4)Implementing
5) Delivering
6) Maintaining
7)Monitoring
8) Evaluating
9) Overriding

26. Enterprise Solutions
End of Chapter 1

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