MGT2320 Online Assignment 6

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1 Page 1 of 6 MGT2320 Online Assignment 6 This assignment has 30 marks and is worth 5 % of your final grade and consists of 2 questions. 1. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) ( 10 marks) Find a news item within the past 6 months about a company that has benefitted from enterprise resource planning. (i) Describe the company briefly product/services, locations, customers (ii) Describe the company s operations briefly type of process (iii) Describe how ERP has benefitted the company Complete in WORD. 2 pages. 12 point font line spacing. 1 margins.

2 Page 2 of 6 Ajinomoto Althea, Inc is a biotechnology company based in San Diego, California. It is a fully integrated contract development and manufacturing organization providing clinical drug process development and manufacturing services to global biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. Althea is a leading expert in aseptic filling of drug producers in vials and syringes. Their focus and capabilities make them one of the industry s top leaders for cgmp microbial fermentation of recombinant proteins and plasmid DNA. Their cgmp (current good manufacturing practice) facilities have produced 250 cell banks, 180 bulk purified protein lots, 136 bulk plasmid DNA lots, and over 2,100 fill and finish lots. Over the past two decades, they have successfully completed more than 25 FDA drug approvals, 20 FDA audits, and 40 audits by international agencies. Customers are very pleased with their services, and contacting the company is fairly simple and easy as they have a way of contact on their site. Althea is a fully integrated, contract development and manufacturing organization providing clinical and commercial drug product development services. Althea offers comprehensive services, such as upstream and downstream process development, analytical development, ICH-compliant stability testing, and various others. QAD s ERP Life Sciences Edition supports Althea by helping them meet DQSA (outlines critical steps to build an electronic, interoperable system to identify and trace certain prescription drugs as they are distributed in the United States) serialization requirements, improve project costing, streamline RF data collection and provide label printing services to automate the production process and reduce errors. According to Althea Senior Director of Operational Excellence, after a comprehensive review of ERP companies in the life science industry, Althea chose QAD Enterprise Edition ERP solution because of it s industry-specific functions and because it s easy to use. They also liked the fact QAD had an impressive track record and it allows Althea to operate in a compliant environment which is very important in the manufacturing of life science products.

3 Page 3 of 6 QAD s helps Althea with the automation of critical quality requirements, including quality control testing, CAPA, and complaint handing. It also provides a qualified environment and the necessary standard operating procedures required to comply with current (cgmp) validation requirements. QAD also offers Alther esignature support, which helps meet the validation mandate. Althea is one of many (400 to be exact) life science manufacturing sites that have used QAD Enterprise Applications. They assure that they can help life sciences contract manufacturers become more effective enterprises while meeting regulatory demands. QAD Inc. is a leading provider of enterprise software and services designed for global manufacturing companies. For more than 35 years, QAD has provided global manufacturing companies with QAD Enterprise Applications, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system that supports operational requirements, including financials, manufacturing, demand and supply chain planning, customer management, business intelligence and business process management. QAD Enterprise Applications is offered in flexible deployment models as on-premise software, in with QAD Cloud ERP or in a blended environment. QAD customers and partners operations are more easily and effectively done. Works Cited: "Ajinomoto Althea, Inc. Chooses QAD Enterprise Edition ERP Solution." Ajinomoto Althea, Inc. Chooses QAD Enterprise Edition ERP Solution. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Mar "Company Profile & History - Althea." Althea. N.p., n.d. Web. 16 Mar

4 Page 4 of 6 2. MRP (25 Marks) Specialty Bikes Inc (SBI) assembles road bikes for recreational use. There has been a surge in road cycling with the baby boom generation. The assembly of the bike has the following BOM: A HB (1) W (2) C (1) G (5) A = Finished assembled bike HB = Handle bars W = Wheels C = Chain set with pedals G = Gear set The assembly department already has the frame which includes the seat. Orders for bikes and parts schedules to be received are as follows: Orders for Bikes Week Bikes Ordered The inventory 7 status 400 is as follows: Current on Order HB 300 in week 3 W 200 in week 4 Inventory Status Part A HB W C G On Hand Lead Time (Weeks) Lot Size LFL 300 LFL 250 LFL Safety Stock

5 Page 5 of 6 Requirement: Complete the MRP Records

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