Hershey Chocolate Corporation was the first company that produced milk chocolate in America. With the passage to time, it focused only on chocolate production, and manufactured many innovative products. After the Second World War, it managed to export its products to 90 countries. In2006, its sales reached 5 billion dollars, and employed over 14,300 people.  

The objective of the project is to deploy an ERP system covering sales and procurement process. The following is the required schedule of the event.  

• Mention which approach should be used to execute this project and why? 
• Out of the three phases, which phase/ phases can you identify from given scenario? 

• Write the scope of this project in two lines. 
• Use CPM to identify the critical path and the length of this project.  Also provide table to mention slack of each activity. 

– Hershey Chocolate Corporation was the first company that produced milk chocolate in America. With the passage to time, it focused only on chocolate production, and manufactured many innovative products. After the Second World War, it managed to export its products to 90 countries. In2006, its sales reached 5 billion dollars, and employed over 14,300 people.

The objective of the project is to deploy an ERP system covering sales and procurement process. The following is the required schedule of the event. (Marks-10)

• Mention which approach should be used to execute this project and why?
• Out of the three phases, which phase/ phases can you identify from given scenario?
• Write the scope of this project in two lines.
• Use CPM to identify the critical path and the length of this project. Also provide table to mention slack of each activity.

Question-2- Hershey Chocolate Corporation was the first company that produced milk chocolate in America. With the passage to time, it focused only on chocolate production, and manufactured many innovative products. After the Second World War, it managed to export its products to 90 countries. In2006, its sales reached 5 billion dollars, and employed over 14,300 people.

The objective of the project is to deploy an ERP system covering sales and procurement process. The following is the required schedule of the event.

Activity
Duration- Weeks
Immediate Predecessors

A–Select consultant for selecting system
2
_____________

B–Meet with consultant to discuss ERP
4
A

C–Meet with Board of Directors to explain proposal
1
A

D–Develop request for proposals to give to vendors
3
B,C

E–Obtain vendor proposals
4
D

F–Develop organization business cases including training
8
E

G–Present business cases to Board of Directors
1
F

H–Redo estimates in light of board requests for changes
3
G

I–Initiate installation project
1
H

Mention which approach should be used to execute this project and why?
Out of the three phases, which phase/ phases can you identify from given scenario?
Write the scope of this project in two lines.
Use CPM to identify the critical path and the length of this project. Also provide table to mention slack of each activity.