INFO 245

Introduction to Enterprise Resource Planning

 

OVERVIEW

This is an introductory course in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and is normally taken in the second  year  by Information Systems or Business Students. This course requires INFO102 and BSAD 102. Students without the background may request permission from the instructor to take the course. 

This course is intended to provide students with an introduction to the concept of business processes: the way that organizations perform work to add value and how Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems support business processes.  At the end of the course, students will have an understanding of the importance of ERP systems to modern organizations as well as an understanding of the complexity associated with developing and implementing ERP solutions.   Students also gain some hands-on experience, through lab exercises, with a leading ERP packages, SAP and Syspro.

 

LOCATION

SCHW156

 

 

TEXTBOOK

Olson, D.L.: Managerial issues of enterprise resource planning systems

Magal and Word:  Essentials of Business Processes and Information Systems

 

 

WEBSITES

Some useful websites:

CIO Magazine: http://www.cio.com

Technology Evaluation:  http://www.technologyevaluation.com/

Computerworld:  http://www.computerworld.com/

IT Toolbox:  http://erp.ittoolbox.com/

 

GRADING

Item

Percent of Grade

Quizzes (2)

30

Final Exam

25

Term Paper / presentations - teams

20/5

Assignments

10

Class Attendance, lab completion, participation

10

Topics

Course Overview, Introduction to ERP (Chapter 1- Olson); ERP Modules and Historical Development (Chapter 2- Olson); Business Functions and Processes (Chapter 1- Magal); Enterprise Systems/ ERP Systems (Chapter 2- Magal); Procurement Process (Chapter 3- Magal); Fulfillment Process (Chapter 4- Magal); Production Process (Chapter 5- Magal); Integrated Processes (Chapter 6- Magal).

 ERP and Business Intelligence (Chapter 8- Olson); Business Process Reengineering (Chapter 4- Olson); ERP Selection Process (Chapter 3- Olson); ERP Project Management (Chapter 6- Olson); ERP Implementation and Training (Chapter 7- Olson).

 

Class Schedule and Notes

Week

Topic

Class Notes

Class preparation

Sep 9

Course overview

Introduction to ERP

 

 

Thursday

Course Overview
 

Introduction to ERP

 ERP_Definition_and_Solutions

Sep 14

ERP Modules and Historical Development

 

 

Tuesday

Intro to ERP- Olson

FoxMayer Case

Thursday

ERP Modules

 

Sep 21

 Business Functions and Processes

 

Tuesday

Thursday

 Organizations, Processes, and IS

 

Sep 28

SAP Lab 

 

Tuesday

Lab 1- NH352

 

SAP Login  Details

 

SAP Introduction

 

SAP Navigation Exercises

Thursday

 

Oct 5

Fulfillment Process  

 

 Tuesday

Lab 2- NH352

Sales Order Process Exercises

Quiz 1 Details

 

Thursday

 The Fulfillment Process

 

Oct 12

 

 

Tuesday

Lab 3- NH352

Thursday

** Quiz 1 **

 Quiz 1 Answers

Oct 19

 

 

Tuesday

Lab 4- NH352

Thursday

 

Friday


The Procurement Process

Enterprise Systems

Purchasing - SAP

 

Oct 26

 

 

Tuesday

Lab 5- NH352

Term Paper Topic Selection - Due

 

** Assignment 1 Due - 5PM **

 

Purchasing Cycle (Procurement Process) Exercise

Thursday

Sales Order Process Lab Exercise Due by 5 P.M.

Production Process

 

Nov 2

 

 

Tuesday

Lab 6 - NH352

 

Quiz 2 Details

 

Sample Accounting Transactions

 

Accounting Exercise

 

Thursday

Production Planning 

Nov 9

 

 

Tuesday

** Quiz 2 **  Quiz 2 Answers

Thursday

Remembrance Day (No classes)

Nov 16

 

 

Tuesday

Accounting

 

Thursday

 

Integrated Processes

 

Procure for Sales Order - Integration

Nov 23

 

 

Tuesday

Accounting Exercise Due in the class.

 

ERP System Options & Selection Methods

 

Case Study

 

ERP Selection Methods

Thursday

 

ERP and Business Intelligence

 

Case Study

 

Business Intelligence - Part 2

   Nov 30

 

 

Tuesday

** Assignment 2 Due  **

Presentations

Thursday

Presentations

Dec 7

 

 

Tuesday

Presentations

***Term Papers Due:  Dec 2 in class***

 

Final Exam Details

Assignments

Term Papers

Presentation Instructions

Enterprise System Fact Sheet (Office 2003)

Instructions

Topics
 

The Harvard System of Referencing

Teams

Topic

Team

Presentation

 Supply Chain Management

 Amanda Robertson, Brent MacKinnon, Mitch H. and Ben Cormier

 Tuesday, Nov 30

  Supply Chain Management

 

Nicole McLean, Katie MacKenzie,

Aaron Welsh, Edward Rogan

 Tuesday, Nov 30

 Supplier Relationship Management

Chen Yang, Yue Wu, Yi Wu and Hao Yixi.

 Tuesday, Nov 30

 Business Intelligence and Business Performance Management

 Cedric Wasamba, Subodh Chetri, Shaun Lovell, and Jason Neary

 Tuesday, Dec 7

 Customer Relationship Management

 Mengtao Ji, Mengdu Li, Yuting Xi, and Sheng Wang

 Thursday, Dec 2

 Human Resource Management

 Tongyang Zhou, Di Lei, and Han Wang

 Thursday, Dec 2

 Enterprise Asses Management

 Mark Digout,  Jie Cui, and Xi Chen

 Thursday, Dec 2

 Business Intelligence

 Andrea Hanifen

 Thursday, Dec 2

 Customer Relationship Management- 2

 Jennifer Poirier , Marc

 Tuesday, Nov. 30

 Information Security

 Cody Baxter, Adrian Nickerson, Matt Groucher, Kevin D'Costa

 Thursday, Dec 2