This thesis work was developed following an internship experience at the SME Makeitalia. In particular, the project focuses on the implementation of two modern digital technologies (an ERP system and a Supply Chain Collaboration platform) in the company's organizational processes, with an emphasis on organizational impacts and the verification of the economic and financial sustainability of the investment for the company. The organizational repercussions were analyzed using the Time Driven Activity Based Costing method, through mapping the AS IS (pre-implementation) and TO BE (post-implementation) scenarios of the purchasing process within the SME in question. For examining the economic and financial convenience of the investment in digital technologies, a cost/benefit analysis model was proposed, which took into account the costs and benefits characteristic of an implementation project. From the presented path, it emerges that the implementation of modern digital technologies creates value for the SME in question, fostering efficiency and improving the company's purchasing process performance, both in terms of time reduction and cost savings. The results of the cost-benefit analysis model (the ROI is positive in the second year post go-live, in the context of public incentives supporting digital transition) also demonstrate that the company's investment choice is sustainable from an economic and financial standpoint.
Il seguente lavoro di tesi è stato sviluppato a seguito dell’esperienza di tirocinio nella PMI Makeitalia. In particolare, il progetto verte sull’implementazione di due moderne tecnologie digitali (un sistema ERP e di una piattaforma di Supply Chain Collaboration) nei processi organizzativi aziendali, con focus sugli impatti organizzativi nonché sulla verifica della sostenibilità economico-finanziaria per l’azienda dell’investimento nel complesso. Le ricadute organizzative sono state analizzate utilizzando la metodica Time Driven Activity Based Costing, attraverso la mappatura dello scenario AS IS (ante implementazione) e TO BE (post implementazione) del processo di purchasing all'interno della PMI in questione. Per l’esame della convenienza economico-finanziaria dell’investimento in tecnologie digitali è stato proposto un modello di analisi costi/benefici, che ha tenuto conto dei costi e dei benefici caratterizzanti un progetto di implementazione. Dal percorso esposto, emerge che l’implementazione di moderne tecnologie digitali crea valore per la PMI in questione, favorendo l’efficientamento e il miglioramento delle performance aziendali del processo di purchasing, sia in termini di riduzione di tempo che di costi. I risultati del modello analisi costi-benefici (il roi risulta positivo in corrispondenza del secondo anno post go-live, a fronte di incentivi pubblici a sostegno della transizione digitale) testimoniano inoltre che la scelta aziendale d’investimento risulta sostenibile sul fronte economico-finanziario.
Implementation of digital technologies in a context of a SME: the Makeitalia case study
SIMION, ALESSIA
2022/2023
Abstract
This thesis work was developed following an internship experience at the SME Makeitalia. In particular, the project focuses on the implementation of two modern digital technologies (an ERP system and a Supply Chain Collaboration platform) in the company's organizational processes, with an emphasis on organizational impacts and the verification of the economic and financial sustainability of the investment for the company. The organizational repercussions were analyzed using the Time Driven Activity Based Costing method, through mapping the AS IS (pre-implementation) and TO BE (post-implementation) scenarios of the purchasing process within the SME in question. For examining the economic and financial convenience of the investment in digital technologies, a cost/benefit analysis model was proposed, which took into account the costs and benefits characteristic of an implementation project. From the presented path, it emerges that the implementation of modern digital technologies creates value for the SME in question, fostering efficiency and improving the company's purchasing process performance, both in terms of time reduction and cost savings. The results of the cost-benefit analysis model (the ROI is positive in the second year post go-live, in the context of public incentives supporting digital transition) also demonstrate that the company's investment choice is sustainable from an economic and financial standpoint.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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