ERP Course Outline TH PDF

Course Outline Cover Page
Course Title
Enterprise Resource Planning
Short Title
ERP
Course Code
Course Description:
This course is aimed at introducing foundation understanding of enterprise systems and

how these systems fit into todays business operations. Enterprise Systems are now essential
infrastructure to both large corporate entities, as well as to small-to-medium organization,
as they remove the need to have a large number of separate individual computer-based
applications.
Lecture
Hours per Week
No. Of Weeks
Total Hours
Semester Credits
14
42
Prerequisite Course(s): None
General Objective:
This course is to provide students with an overview of the concepts and fundamentals of
Enterprise Resource Planning systems. Topics to be covered include: Introduction to
Enterprise Resource Planning, ERP and Related Technologies, ERP Marketplace and
Functional Modules, ERP Implementation and ERP- Present and Future.
Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course the student will be able to:
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Describe the concept of ERP.

Define key terms as they relate to ERP.
State the benefits of ERP.
Describe the technological infrastructure concerns in
implementing ERP.
Describe the strategic use of technology in ERP.
Describe project management and its use in implementing an
ERP system.
Describe steps necessary to successfully implement an ERP
system .
Describe the roles and responsibilities of the key organization
players.
Outline of Content: This course contains

1 Introduction to Enterprise Resource Planning
No of Lect 8, Marks: 16
a. Introduction: A brief history of ERP, Reasons for the growth
of the ERP market, The advantages of ERP.
b. Enterprise- An Overview: Business functions and business
processes, Integrated management information, The role of
the Enterprise, Business modeling, Integrated data model.
c. Benefits of ERP: Information integration, Reduction of leadtimes, on-time shipment, Reduction in cycle time, improved
resource utilization, Better customer satisfaction, Improved
supplier performance, Increased flexibility, Reduced quality
costs, Better analysis and planning capabilities, Improved
information accuracy and decision making capability, Use of
latest technology.
ERP and Related Technologies

a. ERP Related Technologies:
Business process reengineering(BPR), Business intelligence(BI), Business
analytics(BA), Data Warehousing, Data Mining, On-line
analytical
processing
(OLAP),
Product-life
cycle
management(PLM), Supply chain management (SCM),
Customer relationship management (CRM), Geographic
information systems (GIS), Intranets and Extranets.
b. ERP Security: Technological advancements, Computer
Crimes, ERP and security, Computer security, Crime and
security.
ERP Marketplace and Functional Modules

a. ERP Marketplace and Marketplace Dynamics: Market
overview,
ERP
market
Tiers,
Saas,
Iaas
and
Paas,
Marketplace dynamics- on-premise ERP and on-demand

ERP, Industry-wise ERP market share, ERP: The Indian
scenario.
b. Business Modules of an ERP Package: Functional modules of
ERP software, Integration of ERP, Supply chain and customer
relationship applications.
4
ERP Implementation
a. ERP Implementation Basics:
Why ERP?, Technical,
operational and business reasons for implementing ERP,

Challenges
to
successful
ERP
implementation,
The
implementation challenges.
b. ERP Implementation Life Cycle:
Objectives of ERP
implementation, Different phases of ERP implementation,
Why do many ERP implementation fails?
c. ERP Package Selection:
Why many ERP package
implementations fail?, ERP package evaluation and selection,
The selection process, ERP packages: make or buy?
ERP- Present and Future

a. ERP and E-Business: ERP and E-Business, E-Business: supply
chain
integration,
The
E-Business
process
model,
Components of the E-Business supply chain, ERP/E-Business

integration.
b. ERP, The Internet and WWW-ERP II: The Internet explosion,
ERP, the Internet and WWW, ERP to ERP II: bringing ERP to
the entire enterprise, Best practices of ERP II.
c. Future Directions and Tends in ERP: New markets, New
Channels, Faster implementation methodologies, Easier
customization tools, Reduction in implementation time,
Growth of third party service providers, Growth of Saas and
Cloud ERP market, Industry specific solutions, Mobile ERP
solutions.
d. ERP Case Studies: SAP, Oracle JD Edwards, Oracle Peoplesoft,
QAD.
Text Books:
1. Alexis Leon, Enterprise Resource Planning, Third Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, 2014.
2. Vinod Kumar Garg, N.K Venkitakrishna, ERP Concepts and Practice, PHI
3. S. Sadagopan, ERP A Managerial Perspective, Tata McGraw Hill
Reference Books:
1. V.K. Garg, N .K. Venkita Krishnan, ERP Ware: ERP Implementation Framework , PHI.
2. Henandez, The SAP R/3 Handbook, 2nd ED., Tata McGraw Hill
3. Ravi Shankar , S. Jaiswal, Enterprise Resource Planning, Galgotia.
4. Annetta Clewwto and Dane Franklin, Guide to Planning ERP Application,McGRawHill, 1997.
5. Dr. Ravi Kalakota, E-Business Network Resource planning using SAP R/3 Baan and
Peoplesoft : A Practical Roadmap For Success.

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This course is aimed at introducing foundation understanding of enterprise systems and

Hours per Week

Prerequisite Course(s): None

Describe the concept of ERP.

Outline of Content: This course contains

ERP and Related Technologies

ERP Marketplace and Functional Modules

Marketplace dynamics- on-premise ERP and on-demand

operational and business reasons for implementing ERP,

ERP- Present and Future

Components of the E-Business supply chain, ERP/E-Business

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