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Epistemy Press books use a fictitious company called Global Bike Inc. (GBI) to illustrate complex concepts in a simple, pragmatic way. The following is an overview of GBI's structure, business processes, products, customers, and vendors. Although GBI is a fictitious company, it very closely resembles the challenges that a real-world company faces on a daily basis.
John Davis is a world-renowned bicyclist and a mountain racing champion. He created a company in the United States to produce trail bikes. Peter Weiss of Germany is an engineer who not only races road bikes but also designs bike frames. He formed a company to manufacture lightweight touring bike frames. John and Peter met in 2000 and merged their two companies to form GBI.
GBI serves the professional and "prosumer" cyclist market for mountain (off-road) and touring (road) bikes. GBI is known for its carbon composite frames, which are strong, lightweight, and low maintenance. These frames are features in the professional line of bikes. In contrast, the deluxe line of bikes uses an aluminum frame. Figure 2 shows the Professional Touring Bike in Black. This bike features a carbon composite bike frame. It typically sells for 3,200 USD in the United States.
Assuming you are using SAP ERP system analyse Global bike company:
1. Discuss two opportunities and two challenges for SD and MM processes in using ERP systems to support organizational processes and to enhance organization's social and environmental performance.
2. Suggest two new features that could be added lo SAP ERP in future releases to further enhance its support to organizations.