Case Name :      VINSUN Infra Engineering: ERP on Premise or on Cloud

Authors :           Sumedha Chauhan, Sangeeta Shah Bharadwaj

Source :             Ivey Publishing

Case ID :            W13329

Discipline :        General Management

Case Length :    09 pages

Solution Sample availability : YES

Plagiarism : NO (100% Original work)

The managing director of a small- to medium-sized electrical firm faces a major challenge: he realizes that the firm he founded has grown so significantly that information management has become very difficult. For solving issues of data integrity, redundancy, incompleteness and backup, he obtains quotations for implementation of enterprise resource planning from different vendors. Meanwhile, he discusses the issue of implementing the new system with his management team, who respond in different tones, leaving him confused. He also has to ensure that the initiative does not put strain on the firm’s finances. He ponders various options such as whether to adopt enterprise resource planning on premise or on cloud and whether to go with the safe but costly option of engaging a well-established firm or to risk dealing with a start-up.