I. Introductiona. BackgroundBefore sweat-filled Under Armor cotton t-shirts were used repeatedly in every game under pads were essential for every footballer. The problem is that you feel really uncomfortable and may not play your A game in the process. A college football player named Kevin Plank, captain of the University of Maryland's special teams, thought about this and wanted to change the way athletes dressed. forever. After examining some clothing items in Maryland fabric stores, he built a prototype that he called #0037. He then distributed his prototypes to his NFL teammates and friends to hear their opinions on the product. After making some changes to the prototype, he made sure the shirts were comfortable for players in whatever weather conditions they encountered. Armed with an exemplary T-shirt in hand, he set up his own office in his grandmother's basement and went all over the East Coast to pitch his product to several athletes and sports equipment managers everywhere. He made his first sale 12 months later to Georgia Tech in the amount of $12,000 and the rest is all history with him now expanding his product line from footwear to women's clothing line Under Armor is now a force to be reckoned with .b. Purpose of the StudyThe purpose of the study is to be able to know what kind of software Under Armor uses in its system which is useful in the daily operations of the company.II. Challenges2008 is the year of the economic recession in the United States 7.9 million people lost their jobs in the United States (Isidore, 2010) so requests to purchase clothing and sporting goods decreased much like any other c ...... paper ......use 100 times faster and get a more productive IT landscape that reduces waste and becomes more efficient, and a business community that makes faster decisions, which is the main objective of Under Armour.c. Big Data Predictive and Textual Analytics – Be able to predict data and analyze business-critical information. These are the Applications in which HANA specializes;a. Cost Process Accelerators: It has many modules: FICO (finance and control), SD (sales and distribution), MM (materials management), PP (production planning), QM (quality management), WM (warehouse management ), LE (Logistics Execution), HR (Human Resources), PS (Project Systems), EHS (Environmental Health and Safety), and PLM (Product Lifecycle Management). This may depend on different companies depending on the company's requirements.
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