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Additionally, you may create and / or assume all necessary
ssumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.
Imagine that you are a solution architect that specializes in ERP
solutions and implementation. You are assigned to work in a
midsize company that has over fifty (50) grocery stores in eight
(8) states in U.S. This company started as a single store in a
small town. It grew quickly in the past ten (10) years with its
competitive price and excellent service. However, in the recent
two (2) years, its profit margin reduced, vendor base has
increased by 50% and store gross sales declined. Executives in
the company have been considering many options to improve its
earnings. One of the options is to implement an ERP solution to
provide the holistic view of the company’s performance, such as
its supply chain, marketing effectiveness, customer services, and
so on. Your main task is to find and quantify an ERP solution
for this company, and help the management team establish a
project plan to implement your solution. You need to consider
its organizational maturity and in-house skill sets since it is not a
technology company. You also need to evaluate new
technologies that can accelerate the implementation with less
cost. Since this company does not have a formal project
management office, you need to develop a project plan to
demonstrate the key tasks, milestones, expected timelines,
deliverables, and high-level cost and resources plans. As part of
the assignment, you need to include the project charter and
conduct a return on investment (ROI) analysis. Finally, you
need to construct a systems architecture that shows the
interactions among the ERP modules and other existing
applications / systems.