What are some of the emerging technologies that should be considered in solving the problem(s) related to the case?

Problems related to the case are as follows:1. Shift to distributed processing that accompanied SAP introduced a new set of challenges SAP R/3 version 4.5F 2. SAP did not provide full functionality ,particularly for manufacturing. The bolt-ons can be used which would interface with SAP/R3 to provide capabilities that SAP had not provided. There are many vendors who were building software for the functions of production planning, electronic data exchange, Bar coding. Examples are Nakissa for Talent Management , Visiprise a manufacturing bolt on, Taleo for eRcruitment. 3.Highly integrated nature of the software , one has to recognize how their configurations impacted, and were impacted by , other areas.

4. Biggest technical challenge was doing backups , database reorganizations and upgrades A hot site can be used that would mirror the operations and had developed some programming logic that would keep both systems in sync during maintenance procedures. Products for this problem are InterSystems Cach Database Mirroring , MS SQL 2005, with mirrored database 5. Time zone functionality , multiple languages capability , scalability requirements. Inconsistent units of measure across related manufacturing and warehousing sites , inaccurate paperwork accompanying orders shipped ,inability to accept the customers color selections SAP R/3 version 4.5F , the required features are not in version 3.0