Blog #3 

This Blog Post will go over two organizations and their two (ESI) Enterprise System Implementations 

Hershey's Enterprise Implementation

Hershey's in the late 1990s would attempt to launch an Enterprise Planning strategy shortly before the halloween season. Where the project was rushed entirely even with eh employees not having a full understanding of the new software. Because of this, Hershey's would not be able to process orders on time, which would ultimately lead to a shortage of candy during their most important sales period. From this incident, the stock of Hershey would drop, and this example from Hershey's would become a known example of an incorrect enterprise implementation. 

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Nikes Enterprise Planning

Nike would be found to attempt a huge enterprise planning  strategy in the early 2000s. This would be to connect their supply chains , global orders to provide efficiency and increased demand. Since this plan was then rushed without any test, Nike would be stuck with an over stock of shoes and not enough orders which would cost the company over $100 million dollars in negative profit. This would be considered unsuccessful since not only was the system not ready for launch. From here, the Nike company would find a supportive system that would allow their supply chain and global orders to become more efficient, allowing for more clear decision making within the company.

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Hershey and Nike

Even both of the companies have seen major setback regarding their implementation strategies, they both can persevere important lessons. Within both of these examples, the system was not the issue more so the timing, lack of structure and testing to find a successful variable on the implantation of the strategy. Because of these examples, successful enterprise system implementation depends solely on timing, organization, and a thought out plan which weighs out timing and management .  Allowing for these examples to provide overall benefit to future companies or strategies to now focus on efficiency within planning and timing will provide less risk and a more positive output for their end goal.