Vinsun, An Indian Civil Engineering Company Case Study

Introduction With the significantly increasing demand of electrical and civil services of the country resulting from the urbanization of India, VINSUN, an Indian civil engineering company, has expanded rapidly to meet market demand. Due to the growth of the company, VINSUN has experienced problems, such as information overloading and lack of accessibility to data when needed; VINSUN needs a data management system to manage their business information. The existing information management system is not well set up to fulfill VINSUN’s needed. Employees currently save their work on their local computers while VINSUN has unconnected workstations; it requires enormous effort to gather all data needed every time when there is a project. Sunil†¦show more content†¦Besides, security is another element that VINSUN has to be aware of. Business information and data are always company’s most valuable assets. VINSUN has to make sure that the system offers a sufficient level of security to prevent leakage of data stored on the servers. Lastly, VINSUN should also take the past experience of the solutions into account. A new data management system is a large investment to VINSUN; the company would want to a smooth and successful implementation, or otherwise there will be tremendous amount of resources, time and money wasted. Therefore, an experienced program would be beneficial. Alternatives VINSUN has decided to adopt an ERP solution that the company determined will be the best resolution to help them in better management of their valuable data with the integration feature of ERP. There are 3 alternatives that the company is considering based on the pros and cons of each of the programs, given that functionality and cost-effectiveness are the main focusing components, followed by ease of use, security and risk, and records of successful implementation. Bluechip Corporation ERP on premise In terms of functionality, Bluechip’s ERP on premise system offers comprehensive features that perfectly meet VINSUN’s needs. As a primary provider of ERP solutions, this program has the history of successful implementation that the risk of investment is low. However, it has high initial setup and ongoing maintenance costs of