M.B.A. DEGREE EXAMINATION, APRIL 2017
Fourth Semester
ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING
(2013 onwards)
Time 3 Hours Maximum 75 Marks
Part A x 3 15)
Answer all questions.
All questions carry equal marks.
1. State any three limitations of ERP.
2. What do you understand Just-In Time?
3. What is the order cycle time?
4. State the end users criteria in ERP.
5. What is an application platform?
Part B x 10 50)
Answer all questions choosing either or
6. Elaborate the structure of ERP.
Or
Explain the technologies applied in ERP.
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7. Explain the ERP applications in JIT.
Or
Elaborate the applications of six sigma.
8. Explore the process of production lead time
reduction.
Or
Cycle time reduction gives life productivity-
Comment on this.
9. Enumerate the uses and limitations of gap analysis.
Or
Elucidate the pros and cons of in-house
implementation of ERP.
10. Explain the current directions in ERP.
Or
Elaborate the faster implementation methodologies
in ERP.
Part C x 10 10)
(Compulsory)
11. Case study
Read the following case and answer the questions given
at the end.
Introduction
No aspect of business today is subject to more
governmental regulation than the development,
manufacture, approval, sale and marketing of
pharmaceuticals. Products that customers rely on for
their well-being have to be right. At present, the
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pharmaceutical industry is experiencing declining profits
because of increased competition from generic brands and
errors within the manufacturing process. In order to
improve this situation, many pharmaceutical companies
are attempting to increase efficiency by optimizing their
resources, controlling inventory and reducing waste and
errors. Pharmaceutical companies generally rely on ERP
software to help them meet the highest standards of
efficiency, traceability and quality assurance.
Business Challenges
Recent changes in federal regulations require
pharmaceutical companies to provide more granular
product labeling.
Besides the benefit of simplified dosage instructions,
improved product labeling may make it easier to identify
manufacturing defects. Our client is a global
pharmaceutical and consumer products company that
was challenged to find a solution to reform package
labeling world-wide. It wanted to address the new
regulations as well as help with the identification of
defects in product manufacturing.
Solution INSYS Group was engaged to develop a
workflow that would integrate labeling software with an
existing SAP system that could serialize the package
coding and labeling scheme. This would let the company
improve regulatory compliance and reduce risk by
making it easier to identify manufacturing defects on a
lot-number basis.
Benefits
The labeling workflow helped the company improve its
compliance with industry and government regulations,
increase traceability and integrate quality control and
product safety document management
Why INSYS Group
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INSYS Group's Pharma and Biotech practice develops
workflows that result in the kind of thorough, complete
documentation that addresses the demands of both
internal compliance specialists and regulators throughout
the world.
On this engagement, the INSYS team included seniorlevel
business and product manufacturing professionals
with experience developing work flows related to
assembly, tracking and documentation for product
packaging, as well as integration with ERP and supply
chain systems. Since initiating the project, INSYS Group
has been engaged to provide additional workflow and
integration services throughout the company's global
marketplace. INSYS Group is a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Luxoft Holding, In.
Enumerate the issues and suggest some useful solutions.
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