IBE700 Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP-systems) (Spring 2024)

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

Knowledge

• understand the concepts of business processes and business process modeling
• know the history and evolution of ERP systems
• know how ERP-systems support and automate business processes

Skills

• practical skills in operation of the SAP ERP-system modules; Material Management, Sales and Distribution, Production Planning and Financial Accounting

Competence

• contribute to the application and evaluation of ERP-based information systems

Forms of teaching and learning

4 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: Assignment(s)
• Courseworks given: 9
• Courseworks required: 9
• Presence: Required
• Comment:

• Mandatory coursework: Report(s)
• Courseworks given: 1
• Courseworks required: 1
• Presence: Required
• Comment: The project report has to be submitted within a deadline, and will be the focus of the oral examination.

• Mandatory coursework: Attendance for teaching
• Courseworks given: 100%
• Courseworks required: 80%
• Presence: Required
• Comment: Mandatory presence is 80 %

Examination

• Form of assessment: Report and presentation of report

• Proportion: 100%

• Grouping: Individual

• Grading scale: Letter (A - F)

• Supported material:None allowed

• Comment: Examination will focus on the mandatory project report.

Syllabus

The current reading list for 2024 Spring can be found in Leganto