FIT3012 Enterprise systems is introduced as a new unit for the Bachelor of Business Information Systems (BBIS) at Clayton campus.

Specifically, FIT3012 will be a core unit of the Enterprise Systems and e-business stream in Bachelor of Business Information Systems (Coursework and IBL) at Clayton campus.

One objective of the Bachelor of Business Information Systems, is to familiarise students with existing dominant enterprise resource planning systems technologies. Such familiarity boosts the immediate productivity of students entering the work place and is particularly critical for Industry Based Learning students who enter the workplace before graduation.

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) represents a broad set of activities supported by a multi-module application software that helps an organisation manage its business, including production or service planning, purchasing, maintaining inventories, interacting with suppliers (or customers), providing customer service, and tracking orders. ERP systems integrate inventory data with financial, sales, and human resources data, allowing organisations to price their products, produce financial statements, and manage resources.

Many of the larger corporations (including most of our IBL partners) have implemented ERP systems. These corporations employ many of our graduates on completion of their studies.

Sunway has been added as a location of offering following the noting of a new general BITS at the Sunway campus in 2010 (refer to UGPC 5/09, item 5.1). This change requires urgent approval, for implementation Semester 1, 2010.

30/11/2017 - Unit disestablished at FEC 5/17 Item 7.3.

This is a third level core unit of the e-Business ERP stream in Bachelor of Business Information Systems (BBIS). Together with FIT2006, this unit aims to provide students with enough knowledge to enter the ERP/Process Design and Management workforce, as well as undertake advanced study/research in these areas.

The unit responds to the present demand in the local and international market for IT professionals with ERP knowledge. Working as an IT professional in modern organisations, our graduates require organisational and technological skills. This unit equips graduates with an understanding of integrated business processes and the required technological skills to support such processes. In addition, the unit provides a sound theoretical foundation upon which research activities in the ERP and Process Management fields can be based.

At the completion of this unit students will be able to:

• describe the characteristics of an Enterprise system that distinguishes it from other software systems. This focus is particularly on the concept of an integrated enterprise solution;
• explain the benefits of enterprise systems in terms of integration, world-wide flexibility, interactive processing, client-server platform, open systems, and the capacity to be configured for all business types;
• explain the application modules and system architecture of an enterprise system;
• describe an enterprise systems features and functionality that support business processes;
• explain the stages of an enterprise systems implementation lifecycle;
• describe the technical architecture and integration of enterprise systems;
• explain the planning and implementation approaches for enterprise systems;
• discuss the communication, people handling and team management skills required of an enterprise systems implementation manager;
• explain implementation project team responsibilities using examples from actual business cases;
• discuss the major factors behind the success and failure of enterprise systems implementation projects using both theoretical knowledge and actual business cases;
• demonstrate a capacity to describe and perform navigation functions of an enterprise systems system;
• describe system-wide concepts such as workflow, archiving, reporting, and the exchange of information between business partners and employees;
• explain system-wide features including the customisation of organisational elements, master data, configuration and security;
• identify and critically discuss the impact on implementation of external influences, organisational structure, and stakeholders;
• describe four main business processes and how they integrate with each other to represent an entire enterprise;
• explain the processes and issues involved in configuration of an enterprise system.

020305

This unit provides both a theoretical and practical overview of Enterprise Systems. Enterprise Systems are configurable information systems packages that integrate information and information-based processes within and across functional areas in an organisation. Topics include systems and technology background, ES evolution, ES lifecycle, implementation and configuration, ES and electronic commerce and ES success and failure factors. The theoretical component will be augmented by detailed case studies which focus on problems faced by real-life companies. For the practical component, laboratory exercises using a well-known Enterprise System will be used to deepen student understanding.

On-campus

Examination (2 hours): 60%; In-semester assessment: 40%

2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hrs laboratories/wk

FIT

Completion of 12 points from FIT