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Exam prep. IS 6006. Exam type. 3 hours Must attempt 4 out of the 6 questions in paper My section is 2 out 3 Questions are either Essay type (Short) Scenario type Multi-part with specific marking indicated. Topics. What is an enterprise wide application Definition Family tree
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Exam prep IS 6006
Exam type • 3 hours • Must attempt 4 out of the 6 questions in paper • My section is 2 out 3 • Questions are either • Essay type • (Short) Scenario type • Multi-part with specific marking indicated
Topics • What is an enterprise wide application • Definition • Family tree • A bit of history etc.. • Introduction to ERP (general) • Key characteristics / modules • Problems and potential benefits • Goals of implementations • Detailed history of Enterprise Integration • EOQ, MRP, MRPII, ERP, SCM, CRM, XRP, ERPII etc • Diagrams • Buying software and buying ERP • Case studies • Analysing fit • Team creation • Business integration – illustrations and examples • Communication • Buying process: The ITT,….. • Integration of business processes • ERP implementations • training • Communication • Data transfers • Go live • Managing change • What happens to competitive advantage • ERP market • Project Management for ERP • Digging deeper in ERP • Analogy with Taylorism • Sorcerer’s apprentice or Trojan horse • Extending ERP • How ERP is moving on / pressures to change • ERP and Outsourcing arrangements • Managing exceptions • PPARS case study • Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) • Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)
Example of question on ERP implementations A number of key problem areas emerge in most ERP implementations. Some of them require specialist expertise to be added to the ERP team on a full time basis because they are so important for the success of an ERP project (parts a and b below carry equal marks): • Change Management Specialist: Focusing on the issues related to changes in work practices for operators and managers and changes in the organisation of functional areas (eg: loss of autonomy, centralization, etc…), discuss the change management problems faced by implementing firms and the solutions can be proposed to tackle these problems successfully. (13 Percent) • Training Specialist: Focusing on training issues, discuss the problems that can be faced by implementing firms and what solutions can be applied to tackle these problems successfully. (12 Percent) • Could have a number of other factors in question… • Eg: bringing together IT and business expertise, integration (*), project management (*,**), communication about the project…