Q1. Evaluate the SAP project management of Vandelay. What are the…

MegaMoonGrouse21 Q1. Evaluate the SAP project management of Vandelay. What are the…Q1. Evaluate the SAP project management of Vandelay. What are the main issues? The project budget of $20M seems insufficient for this engagement, propose a more suitable budget. Show your calculations and state the assumptions for your proposal. Q2. If you were Kramer, what would you do to balance out the tension between centralization and autonomy? What approach should you choose to improve SAP’s best practices and make them fit with Vandelay’s needs? (review the three options on page 13 of the case). Image transcription textVERON ITAS Harvard Business School 9-697-037 Rev. April 16,1997 Vandelay Industries, Inc. On a Monday morning in January,1996, Elaine Kramer was in her Philadelphia office cat… Show more… Show moreImage transcription text697-037 Vandelay Industries, Inc. network be encouraged tomodify their local set-up of the new computer system once it hadbeen installed? Project Background Vandelay had deci… Show more… Show moreImage transcription textVandelay Industries, Inc. 697-037 remain with Vandelay for a longtime, taking advantage of generous pay and benefits and astimulating work environment. The company began to … Show more… Show moreImage transcription text697-037 Vandelay Industries, Inc. required almost a full day. Noother inputs were allowed during the week, and the plant wasdeluged with complaints about its responsiveness. For… Show more… Show moreImage transcription textVandelay Industries, Inc. 697-037 there. By the time I got there,no job had a prayer unless it had some kind of tag on it and therewere at least a half-dozen color combinations in play. … Show more… Show moreImage transcription text697-037 Vandelay Industries, Inc. More open standards. Theoperating systems most used for client-server computing werenon-proprietary, so hardware from different manufact… Show more… Show moreImage transcription textVandelay Industries, Inc. 697-037 A full SAP implementation,including all standard functions, incorporated hundreds ofpossible transactions. Most common business process… Show more… Show moreImage transcription text697-037 Vandelay Industries, Inc. the order taker should have theability to override the product’s ‘price’ field on the order entryscreen. During an implementation, this configuration a… Show more… Show moreImage transcription textVandelay Industries, Inc. 697-037 every year since its inception.SAP had also named ICS as an ‘ R/3 Global Logo Partner.’According to SAP5, The aim of these partnerships is to… Show more… Show moreImage transcription text697-037 Vandelay Industries, Inc. Clean Sheet Implement No NoCreate Create ‘To-Be’ “To-Be” Yes Select Yes ProcessTechnology solution Gap? Process Critical? Detail Mo… Show more… Show moreImage transcription textVandelay Industries, Inc. 697-037 reflected the fact that theproject would begin by establishing the need for business changeand setting performance targets, rather than installing… Show more… Show moreImage transcription text697-037 Vandelay Industries, Inc. might sacrifice some qualityand depth on the team, it could also help to ensure that each sitewould have a project champion from the outset. Mana… Show more… Show moreImage transcription textVandelay Industries, Inc. 697-037 change agents in place, mostpeople did not completely accept a new system until they reallybelieved that it was inevitable. She found this paradoxi… Show more… Show moreImage transcription text697-037 Vandelay Industries, Inc. Exhibit 1: World’s largestsoftware companies Vertical and Cross-Industry ApplicationsWorldwide Software Revenue, Top 10 Vendors World… Show more… Show moreImage transcription textVandelay Industries, Inc. 697-037 Exhibit 2: Functions included inSAP’s R/3 system SD FI Sales & Financial DistributionAccounting MM CO Materials Controlling PP Mgmt. A… Show more… Show moreImage transcription text697-037 Vandelay Industries, Inc. Exhibit 3: Sample SAP screen”2 Create Standard order: Overview – Single-Line Entry -6 XSales document Edit Overview Header Item Environm… Show more… Show more BusinessBusiness – Other