IBE700 Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP-systems) (Spring 2021)

About the course

The development of ERP-systems over the last decades has been one of the key advancements in organizations' use of information technology. An ERP-system supports and automates business processes across functional areas by integrating the organization's functional areas, and sharing information across the organization in real time. This course is a practical hands-on course giving an introduction to how business processes are executed with the support of an ERP system. Students will use a commercially available ERP-system (SAP) to build an understanding of the functional capabilities of such systems. Students will participate in two role plays. One address the operation of a global supply chain spanning several companies, while in the other role play students act as sellers and buyers of an ERP system for a company.

The course is connected to the following study programs

• Master of Science in Logistics
• Master in Change and Management
• Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration
• Master of Science in Sustainable Energy Logistics

The student's learning outcomes after completing the course

Students will get:

• practical skills in operation of the SAP ERP-system modules; Material Management, Sales and Distribution, Production Planning and Financial Accounting
• theoretical knowledge of; business processes, business process modeling and the history and evolution of ERP systems
• an understanding of how ERP- systems support and automate business processes

Forms of teaching and learning

3 hours of lectures and guided exercises per week. Some weeks will be planned for more intensive hands-on training.

Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam

• Mandatory coursework: Other - please specify in the comments
• Courseworks given:
• Courseworks required:
• Presence: Not required
• Comment: Presence in 80 % of the lectures is required. All exercises are mandatory.

Examination

• Form of assessment: Written school assessment

• Proportion: 70%

• Duration: 3 Hours

• Grouping: Individual

• Grading scale: Letter (A - F)

• Support material: Only general dictionary in mother tongue/Norwegian/English in paper version

 

• Form of assessment: Home assessment

• Proportion: 30%

• Grouping: Individual

• Grading scale: Letter (A - F)

• Support material: All printed and written supporting material

• Comment: In addition: an oral defence

Syllabus