In the first week of class we learned about the different functional areas in a business process and the importance of a cross functional structure. Having no experience in the field of ERP, during the course of the week I understood the significance of an ERP system, how it can be used to track the different business processes, and also about the end to end activities that take place in a business process.
The purpose of an ERP system is to make life easier for an organization and also help save costs. The Nestle case study is a great example of how a well implemented ERP system can reap benefits and how a bad implementation can be disastrous. The consolidation of the different factories due to the ERP system helped Nestle save over $325 million and more than the costs, it helped Nestle to come together as an organization. The ERP classes made it easier for me to understand the case study, and due to which I learned what it means to implement an ERP system, functioning of an ERP system, the benefits of a successful implementation and what are the challenges faced during implementation.
References
http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/wresch/ERPNestle.htm