Brose Groups Case
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1. What is the Brose Groups business and what are the critical success factors (CSF’s) in a business like Brose’s? [lists]
a. Supplies windows, doors, seat adjusters, and related products for more than 40 auto brands
b. Facilities in more than 48 locations in 25 different countries
c. World-wide workforce of 14,000 employees
The critical success factors:
a. Strong communication between suppliers, plants, and customers
b. Efficient enterprise capabilities because of the standardized businesses processes
2. What operational, management and control, and corporate learning/innovation challenges were faced by Brose during its rapid expansion over the last two decades? [table]
Classification Challenges
Operational ➢ Communication hampered among customers, suppliers and factories
➢ No standard in information system
➢ On-time inventory control
➢ Demand for raw materials
➢ International transportation of raw materials and products
➢ Optimization of resources
Management ➢ Disintegration of information systems
➢ Communication hampered among customers, suppliers and factories
➢ No standard in information system
➢ Because of its huge expansion, there is problem to manage a larger number of employees
➢ Complex business processes
Control & Innovation ➢ The conflicts between SAP and a wide range of functional software application
3. What would be the benefits and the risks of retaining the functional application software found in each Brose location prior to the move to SAP? [table]
Benefits Risks
➢ Brose Group doesn’t need to transfer information into SAPA ➢ The functional software application are out of data and cannot
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