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Information Systems Portfolio

Information System Portfolio


TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Introduction 1
1.1 Purpose 1
1.2 Scope 1
1.3 Format 1
2 Business Environment 2
• Example 1 - PepsiAmericas Inc 2
• Example 2 – Parmalat Australia Ltd 3
• Example 3 – Coca Cola Bottling Company Egypt 6
3 Enterprise Systems Portfolio 9
• Example 1 - PepsiAmericas Inc 9
• Example 2 – Parmalat Australia Ltd 12
• Example 3 – Coca Cola Bottling Company Egypt 16
• In General 18
4 Analysis 19
• Example 1 – PepsiAmericas Inc 19
• Example 2 – Parmalat Australia Ltd 21
• Example 3 – Coca Cola Bottling Company Egypt 24
5 Conclusion 26
6 References 27


1 Introduction
1.1 Purpose
The purpose of this report is to analyse the impact of Enterprise Systems (ES) in contemporary organisations in the Beverage Industry and to determine the most popular and suitable solution. In doing so it will provide insight into role that ES plays by analysing the Information System Portfolio of three different organisations – all in the Beverage Industry – but on four different continents, each with different markets and cultures.
It will be shown in this report that Enterprise Systems are critical to the operational success of any organisation in these markets, and that no matter where they are geographically they face similar challenges and use similar architectures.
1.2 Scope
The report is designed to provide the reader with a basic understanding of the business structure, products and services of the example organisations. It will then go on to discuss each organisations Enterprise System history, implementation phase, standard software and extended software. This will provide the reader of an overview of there Information System (IS) portfolio.
The report does not discuss the technical aspects of the implementations, it is limited to the purpose, strategic ‘fit' and the impact the systems had on the operations of the company.
1.3 Format
The report is divided into 3 main sections, Business Environment...