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Enterprise Wide Information Systems Course Overview Instructor: Richard W. Vawter

Enterprise Wide Information Systems Course Overview Instructor: Richard W. Vawter. Course Description:.

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Enterprise Wide Information Systems Course Overview Instructor: Richard W. Vawter

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  1. Enterprise Wide Information SystemsCourse OverviewInstructor: Richard W. Vawter

  2. 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.

  3. 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

  4. Course Syllabus:

  5. 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

  6. SAP - World Leader in Enterprise Business Solutions

  7. 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 • CibaGeigy •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• OxfordUniversity • 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-Customers R/3-Customers

  8. 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

  9. Sales Presales Activity Sales Order Inventory Sourcing Delivery Customer Billing Customer Payment Production M P S M R P Planned Order Production Order Shop Floor Control S O P Purchasing Requi- sition Vendor Selection Purchase Order Goods Receipt Invoice Verification Vendor Payment Example of the Integration available w/ SAP R/3 Financial Controlling Resource Controlling Logistics Controlling Sales, Production, Purchasing, Warehouse

  10. 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

  11. 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

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