Enterprise Resource Planning (BTES 501-18)

Course Details

UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION

• ERP: An Overview
• Enterprise – An Overview
• Benefits of ERP
• ERP and Related Technologies:
  • Business Process Reengineering (BPR)
  • Data Warehousing
  • Data Mining
  • OLAP
  • SCM

UNIT II: ERP IMPLEMENTATION

• ERP Implementation Lifecycle
• Implementation Methodology
• Hidden Costs
• Organizing the Implementation
• Vendors, Consultants and Users
• Contracts with Vendors, Consultants and Employees
• Project Management and Monitoring

UNIT III: THE BUSINESS MODULES

• Business modules in an ERP Package
• Finance
• Manufacturing
• Human Resources
• Plant Maintenance
• Materials Management
• Quality Management
• Sales and Distribution

UNIT IV: THE ERP MARKET

• ERP Market Place
• SAP AG
• Peoplesoft
• Baan
• JD Edwards
• Oracle
• QAD
• SSA

UNIT V: ERP – PRESENT AND FUTURE

• Turbo Charge the ERP System
• EIA
• ERP and e-Commerce
• ERP and Internet
• Future Directions

Course Outcomes

The students at the end will be able to:

• CO1: To know the basics of ERP
• CO2: To understand the key implementation issues of ERP
• CO3: To know the business modules of ERP
• CO4: To be aware of some popular products in the area of ERP

Text Book

• Alexis Leon, “ERP Demystified”, Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi, 2000

References

• Joseph A Brady, Ellen F Monk, Bret Wagner, “Concepts in Enterprise Resource Planning”, Thompson Course Technology, USA, 2001.
• Vinod Kumar Garg and Venkitakrishnan N K, “Enterprise Resource Planning – Concepts and Practice”, PHI, New Delhi, 2003