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Enterprise Business Processes and Re porting ( IS 6214 ). MBS MIMAS 31 th Jan 201 1. Fergal Carton Bu siness Information Systems. Two week s ago. Research view on integration and BPM Control objectives of integration undermined by process inflexibility Key ERP modules
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Enterprise Business Processes and Reporting(IS 6214) MBS MIMAS 31th Jan 2011 Fergal Carton Business Information Systems
Two weeks ago • Research view on integration and BPM • Control objectives of integration undermined by process inflexibility • Key ERP modules • Types of data (static and dynamic) • Latency and response times in entreprise reporting • Refresh rates • The requirement for real time information • Exercise for afternoon session
Today • Key ERP modules • Real time reporting • Cucina exercise regarding reporting requirements • Cucina deliverables 4th Feb
What are benefits of integration? • Why not just build the prototype? • How far does a web interface need to go? • Using interfaces to other technologies? • Sage, Zebra, InvoiceIt, ... • Consistency in process mapping • Professional quality of work done
Real time information • Up to date • On-line • Actual data • Live feed • Decisions made on what basis?
Cucina System design • Data model (or Entity Relationship Diagram) depicting the tables of data that you will manage (customers, products, orders, ...) • Functionality specification (to-be processes, assumptions, navigation through main functionality, screenshots, ...) • User interface design (what the system will look like to users) • Report design (samples of sales, unit cost, product and customer profitability reports)