Question (a): The possible aspects which could be associated with Business Information are that Dow Corning Corporation gained efficient opportunities to do transactional processes by being able to extract the superior functionalities of the SAP BI and the system performed well and faster. The company also got benefits such as the full automation and integration of their business processes and the sharing of common data practices around the world. The SAP Software also gave great benefits to the company like the capabilities to merge the internal and external information and made the company take the advantage of its Strategic Enterprise Management tools and processes.
Question (b): The potential challenges which a large organisation can face in the future regarding the development of a Business Information approach are that they can face challenges in processing and analyzing large amounts of data and in turn make them to generate profits. Another challenge could be the up gradation of the Business Intelligence products by the vendors’ which are basically sets of tools and technologies developed to efficiently to exploit useful information from vast amounts of data. Another challenge which can occur is the adoption of this Business Information software. Challenges include high costs and the need for the BI systems to incorporate and interoperate with many corporate data sources.
Question (c): In my opinion, Dow Corning Corporation can be a suitable candidate for a shared services approach because the company had previous sucess with their SAP Business Information Software and achieved great beneifts and competitiveness. The company has the capability to leverage its skills and technology to get connected with R/3 implementation to benefit the speedy scale-up of data warehouse capabilities. The company has opportunities to explore software-evaluation process. According to the company, the data warehouse is seen as an important infrastructure and it can help businesses connect the gap between operations and strategies.
