Embracing Change by

Combining BI with Flexible

Information System

By: Group 6
Citra Laras
Kautsar Tanjung
Kemas Rahmat

Companys Background
Basically, the name 'LEGO' is an abbreviation
of the two Danish words "leg godt", meaning
"play well.
The name then become a company named LEGO
Group and founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk
Kristiansen and passed to son his son Godtfred
Kirk Kristiansen, and from his son to his
grandson and now owned by Kjeld Kirk
Kristiansen, a grandchild of the founder.

The original Lego toys started with a wooden

duck. But the first LEGOs automatic binding
brick is their most important product.The
products have developed over the years but the
foundation remains the traditional LEGO brick.
The Lego Group began in the carpentry workshop
of Ole Kirk Christiansen, in Billund, Denmark
1916. In 1961, Lego wished to expand sales to
North America, United States and Canada. Then,
on 7 June 1968 the first Legoland Park was
opened in Billund.

With

such a vast international expansion, Lego

needs to keep track of its operations
efficiently. Lego uses the SAP business suite
system for this purpose. SAP Business Suite
is a bundle of business applications that
provide integration of information and
processes, collaboration, industry-specific
functionality, and scalability. SAP Business
Suite is based on SAP's technology platform
called NetWeaver.

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Case Study Questions

1.

Explain the role of the database in SAPs threetier system.

In the first tier, a client interface or a browser

type graphical user interface (GUI) running on
either a laptop, desktop, or mobile device.

The second tier is; the applications servers send

the processed demand to the database receiving
system.

The last is, main role of the database as an

information storage system.

2. Explain why distributed architectures are flexible.

A distributed database can reside on network servers on
the Internet, on corporate intranets or extranets, or on
other company networks. Because they store data across
multiple computers, distributed databases can improve
performance at end-user worksites by allowing transactions
to be processed on many machines, instead of being limited
to one.
They are also more flexible for purposes of expansion of
the database and transparency, as the data can be
monitored on site of the specific computers as the data is
potentially stored within the departments they relate to.
The existence of local autonomy or site autonomy.

3. Identify some of the business intelligence features

included in SAPs business software suite.

Supply Chain Management (SCM)

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)

Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP)

4. What are the main advantages and disadvantages of

having multiple databases in a distributed
architecture? Explain.

Advantages
Multiple database contains the tables that store
data on product, daily operation, supply chain and
thousand of employees. Then, managers can easily
use the SAP query tool to obtain reports from the
database because it does not require any technical
skills. Distributed architecture enables authorized
personnel to have direct access to database system
from the companys various location including in
Europe, North America and Asia.

Disadvantages

The additional overhead of these transactions can

be a performance penalty when the total amount of
data in the network is small. Users also see slower
performance when accessing data that is not local.
Increased the use of database space. Every tables
must exist in every database. When the number of
tables is very large, the amount of space used can
be significant. Administrators must use database
storage parameters to size tables and reduce
database space consumption.

Thank You....

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