This document provides instructions for MBA students on how to complete their assignments for the course 'Information Systems for Managers' at NMIMS. It includes guidelines on individual work, limitations on word count for answers, and an overview of case studies relating to software development in various industries, emphasizing the importance of system integration and supply chain management. Students are encouraged to avoid copying and express their answers in their own words while being allowed to reference various materials.

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School for Continuing Education (NGA-SCE)
Course: Information Systems for Managers
Assignment Marks: 30
Instructions:
All Questions carry equal marks.
All Questions are compulsory
All answersto be explained in not more than 1000 words for question 1 and 2 and for question 3 in
not more than 500 wordsfor each subsection.Use relevantexamples,illustrationsasfaras possible.
All answers to be written individually. Discussion and group work is not advisable.
Students are free to refer to any books/reference material/website/internet for attempting their
assignments, but are not allowed to copy the matter as it is from the source of reference.
Students should write the assignment in their own words. Copying of assignments from other
students is not allowed
Question. 1. Consider you are the owner of a software company
and a Gym chain has approached you todevelop a software for
their gyms. From the gym owner’s perspective what are the inputs
thatyou will provide to the software developer and what are the
steps you undertake to develop thesoftware to ensure its success.
Elaborate on the steps in detail. (10 marks)

2. Answer:: The gym industryisgrowingdaybyday because most of the people are focusing on their
healthdevelopment.Butof course, when we talk about the development of gym business for best
resultsthenthe primarybusinessnecessityisthe advancementof gymstrategiesandadoptinglatest
technological preferencesforthe developmentof advancedsoftware. The software developmentis
one of the most preferable options for the business success because it enhances the efficiency of
business and reduced the time expenditure requirement as well!
Question.2.Ranpharma drugs limited is operating in the pharmaceutical industry with a
number of drug formulations in the form of tablets, capsules, powder and syrup. These drugs are
available to the patients on prescriptions of registered practitioners only. Besides, the company
has some over the counter products that are available to any person without prescriptions. The
company markets its products through a network of wholesalers, who in turn have their retailer
network. The company is finding it difficult to maintain the inventory of the raw materials, stocks
that it has at its disposal. The legacy standalone systems make it difficult for the systems of
different departments to integrate with the other departments, as a result the systems fail to
capture the real market scenario.
In order to streamline its operations to achieve efficiency, the
company is planning to invest in an ERP system. How would this
help the company in achieving its objectives? What are the risks in
implementing the same? (10 marks)
Answer:Ranpharmatranquilizes restricted will require center and appropriate investigation of the
circumstance to reachthe best answer for this matter. This will require legitimate arranging and in
particular, this will require right basic leadership abilities.
EndeavorResource Planning(ERP),as characterized by Computerworld, is "an arrangement of uses
that computerize back and HR offices and help makers handle occupations, for example, request
preparing and generation booking." In more detail, an "ERP framework oversees capacities and
exercisesasvariousasthe bills of materials, request section, acquiring, creditor liabilities, HR, and
stock control,[finance]…a couple of the 60 modulesaccessible.Asrequired, ERPislikewisereadyto
impart the information from these procedures to other corporate programming frameworks."
Question.3.Zara is the flagship brand of the Spanish retail group, in
Inditex, one of the superstars in the fashion retail industry in the
recent years. In2005, Inditex reported 21 percent sales growth to
$8.51 billion. That puts Inditex ahead of H&M, the world leading
purveyor of cheap-chic apparel, which posted $7.87billion in sales.
Zara has more than 1000 stores in 31 countries.

3. The fashionindustryisa special industry.The productstheydeal withare highlyperishable,andthey
are susceptibletoseasons- grossmarginis meaningless if the product does not sell as planned. For
many retailers, 35 to 40 percent of the total merchandise being sold at hefty discount is quite the
norm. Zara contributes around 80 percent of group sales by concentrating on three winning
formulas on which to base its fresh fashions: short-lead time, lower quantities, and more styles.
With an in-house design team based in La
a) Discuss the role of Zara’s SCM system. Suggest how it can be
improved. (5 marks)
Answer:Zara's prosperityisall the all the more astonishinginlight of the fact that at any rate half of
itsindustrial facilitiesare inEurope,where agesare commonly higher than those in Asia and Africa.
To keep up its snappy stock turnover, nonetheless, the organization should decrease transporting
time to a base.The quickdesignapproachadditionally helps Zara decrease its introduction to mold
blooper. The organization create bunches of attire in such little amounts that regardless of the
possibility that it draws out a plan, that nobody will purchase, which happened amid an
unseasonably warm harvest time in 2003, it can cut its
b) Discuss the role of SCM in retail industry as mentioned in the
case. (5 marks)
Answer:The fashionbusinessisanuncommonindustry.The itemstheymanage are very perishable,
and theyare powerlesstoseasons-grossedge isnegligible if the itemdoesnotofferas arranged. For
some retailers,35to 40 percentof the aggregate stockbeingsoldat powerful rebateisanincredible
standard. Zara contributes around 80 percent of gathering deals by focusing on three winning
recipesonwhichto base its fresh fashions: short-lead time, lower amounts, and more styles. With
an in-house outline groupsituatedin La Coruna, Spain, and a firmly controlled manufacturing plant
and a disseminationsystem,the organizationsaysit can take an outline from the planning phase to
store retire in only two weeks. That gives Zara a
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