Zaidi Oil: the SAP ERP dilemma

Date
2014
Authors
Acosta, Freddie Racosas
Acosta, Arlene Suson
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Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Abstract
On a beautiful October morning in 2011, the CEO of a mid-size oil marketing company located in Nairobi, Kenya has to make a tough decision whether to upgrade their current B1 system to a bigger version of SAP. Abbas, the new Information Communications Technology (ICT) Director of Zaidi Group, was worried that Zaidi was building a bigger and bigger company on top of a more and more small enterprise resource planning system. Abbas’s fears also include RedLock’s past inefficiencies. Kariuki, the Finance Director, on the other hand was into the fear of overspending in a huge information technology (IT)system where current functionalities required can be addressed by a smaller system through add-ons, customization and development.
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Keywords
Oil and Gas, Energy Sector, ERP, SAP, Kenya
Citation
Acosta, F. R., & Acosta, A. S. (2014). Zaidi oil: The SAP ERP dilemma. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, 4(8), 1–18. doi:10.1108/eemcs-01-2014-0023
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