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Enterprise Wide Information Systems

Course Overview

Instructor: Richard W. Vawter

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Course Description:

This course is designed to provide the student with a thorough understanding of both the role that Information Systems (IS) play in an organization and the challenging task of implementing and managing the IS function. During the semester, projects will be assigned to afford the opportunity to work through several real-life business situations using the SAP R/3 system and explore the interaction among the different business processes. The hand’s-on exercises, coupled with the in-class discussions of IS, will prepare the student with the knowledge sought by businesses looking to use technology to maintain their competitive edge in the market place.

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Course Content

Enterprise Wide Information Systems (aka ERP’s)

Their Impact on Today’s Organizations

The Technological Architecture of ERP’s

Using ERP’s to Coordinate Business Processes

Sales Procurement

Manufacturing Accounting

Implementing and Managing ERP’s

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Course Syllabus:

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Enterprise Wide Information Systems

What is an Enterprise Wide Information System?

Also referred to as Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP System)

Functions of ERPs:

To integrate the many business functions into one seamless application.

To run on top of an established database management system.

To replace 100s of legacy systems in organizations who use computers to coordinate their operations.

SAP is an example of an ERP

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SAP - World Leader in Enterprise Business Solutions

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SAP Customers:ABB • Adidas • AEG • Aerospatiale • AGFA • AGIP • Airbus Industry • Akzo • Alcatel • Allianz • American Airlines • Apple • Aral • Autodesk • BASF • Bayer • Bertelsmann • BHP • BMW • Bosch • British Rail • Carlsberg • Chevron • Ciba Geigy • The Coca-Cola Company • Compaq • Danone • Deutsche Bahn • Deutsche Bank • Deutsche Lufthansa • Digital Equipment • Dow Chemical • DuPont • Eastman Kodak • Esso • Exxon • Flughafen Frankfurt • Fuji • General Electric • Goodyear • Hapag-Lloyd • Henkel • Hercules • Hewlett-Packard • Hitachi • Hoechst • Hoffmann-La Roche • IBM • ICI • Kommission der Europäischen Gemeinschaften • Krupp-Hoesch • Lego • Mannesmann • Mercedes Benz • Merck • Metro International • Micrografx • Miele • MIT • Mitsubishi • Mobil • Motorola • Nestlé • Nissan Europe • Oxford University • Petrofina • Philips • Philip Morris • Pirelli • Polygram • Procter & Gamble • Rhone Poulenc • Rolex • Rothmans • Royal LePage • RTL • Sandoz • SAT 1 • Schindler • Schlumberger • SEAT • Shell • Siemens • Solvay • Statoil • Swissair • Tchibo • Texaco • Thyssen • Toyota • Total Oil • Unilever • Varta • Vattenfall • Wuerth • ZDF

R/2-CustomersR/2-Customers R/3-CustomersR/3-Customers

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SAP R/3 . . .

Is an integrated business enterprise software model . . .

Which is flexible and 3rd party compliant

And supports real time processing

Covers all the major business processes such as:

Customer order management

Operations planning and execution

Materials management and procurement

Financial management reporting and controls

Integrates support processes as well such as:

Human Resource management

Quality control

Plant maintenance

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Example of the Integration available w/ SAP R/3

M P SS O PProduction M R P Planned

Order Production

Order Shop Floor

Control

SalesOrder

PresalesActivity

Sales InventorySourcing

Delivery Customer

Billing CustomerPayment

Purchasing Requi-sition

Vendor Selection

PurchaseOrder

Goods Receipt

Invoice Verification

Vendor Payment

Logistics Controlling Sales, Production, Purchasing, Warehouse

Financial Controlling

Resource Controlling

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In Summary, Why is R/3 So Important?

Adopted by most large companies

Forces a consolidation of diverse IS Systems

Total change in doing business - redesign business process around the information system

Main vehicle for re-engineering business processes using best practices

ERP’s are described by some as the second major revolution in computer history

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What is our Focus ?

To understand how best business practices govern an organization’s operations in a REAL environment

To use SAP to demonstrate these processes and to show how information flows among the departments of a company

To provide students with highly demanded market skills

To closely knit the College of Business curriculum together

To keep the University current on emerging technologies and share these technologies with the students