Maxi-Dental Systems Had Grown Rapidly from a Regional Distributor of Dental

Maxi-Dental systems had grown rapidly from a regional distributor of dental equipment to the largest dental equipment manufacture,rental,distributor and wholesaler by acquiring a variety of competitors and other associated companies.But,their accounting systems were very disjointed and it was almost impossible to integrate sales with supply chain and manufacturing logistics.An ambitious plan was promoted by the CIO to implement SAP throughout the company within eighteen months as an integrated enterprise relationship planning system.In terms of potential business value,this could be very rewarding,but the time frame and resources to accomplish this project were questioned.The company should do an analysis on the risk of failure to the system.