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 .
Section 1 : Written ERP Solution
Write a ten to fifteen ( 10-15 ) page paper in which you :
Conduct a Strengths , Weaknesses , Opportunities , and Threats ( SWOT ) analysis to identify the values of using ERP solutions as a way to turn around this company .