INFS2621 Star Slides

Week 1
Week 1 Star Slides: 8, 12, 17, 25, 26, 27, 28, Question 1a for final exam is slide 12. Divided in 2 parts. Below is part 1. An enterprise system has 4 parts (identified in bold): is an off the shelf package that contains a suite of business applications that cater for the strategic, managerial, technical and operational cohorts across common core business processes such as F.I, Accounting, CO(), PP(Production Planning), SD(Sales and Distribution), HR(Human Resources), MM(Material Management) in standardises format in integrated fashion & in real time. Internal stakeholders have an direct investment interest are internal stakeholders. Indirect invested are internal stakeholders. Government Competitors Suppliers Customers / Consumers / Clients / Buyer Shareholders General Public / Community Taken care of by CRM functions.

Week 2
Week 2 Star Slides: 5, 11, 12, 14, 15, 18, 19, 22, 23, 30, 37 ERP Productivity life cycle (Ross and Michael 2002) Implementation and Design (Dipping) Shakedown (Trough) Analysis and Assessment for improvement of system and next cycle (Rising) What kind of implementation method suites scenario in exam Either phased or big bang

 Big bang: Everything at once at the same time across everything. Effects everyone Phased: Implemented in phases. Certain functions implemented once at a time From diagram: Dip: Go-Life of the current system. Dip in performance in productivity. Degree of dip depends on risk management. Rise: Getting value from the system implemented

Week 3
Week 3 Star Slides: 9 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 22, 24, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 39 2nd question off final exam: Describes an ERP architecture. Has 4 levels Client (Gets data from DB) Application Application Hosting Centre Server Space DB Customisation changing code or configuration changing code ?? Client No# represents the business for the server space. Code 200 are global bytes inc. Focusing on the functional aspect for architecture for the final exam Supply chain is the changing of raw materials to the finished products. ERP Modules BOM: The parts that make-up the product MRP (Materials Requirements Panning): Raw materials Master Scheduling: Means who needs to be at where, doing what and what resources they need Purchasing / Procurement: Buying raw products for manufacturing Slide 18 deals the architecture question. Can modify the existing memory. DB changed to in-memory meaning faster data access. Learn the 3-tier architecture and the relationship between them. Web

 Application Data Required to draw slide 24 for the 3-tiers

Week 4
Week 4 Star Slides: 5, 7, 9, 21, 24, 31, 32 There are 3 questions 3 or 4 sub questions Customisation is changing code, not configuration. Question will as how to increase fit of a system for an organisation. Talk about configuration and customisation. Legacy systems are: Old software Have done job well in past years Require new add ons Generally expensive to maintain Constantly updated Study the first 2 paragraphs of the lab for the finals Don't just study star slides for the mid-exam The depth of the hierarchy directly affect the implementation of an ERP. Tall structures are more complex as there are more levels in the business. For systems integration, if putting down cost as a factor, must explain it carefully. For sales diagram Client Company Code Purchasing Organisation Plant

 Storage location Shipping

Week 5
Week 5 Star Slides: 5, 10, 11, Mid Quiz - There are 30 questions, next week Read beginning of every lab, need to know the process of procurement Software vendor sells the complete package, software supplier supplies the raw or semicomplete product SME's are firms that comprise of less that 250 employees Organisational Diagram Client Company Code Smallest entity for accounting and taxation purposes Has own charted accounts Business Area Goods and Services Plant Where products are delivered Purchasing Organisation Represents business in negotiating the best deal for clients Storage and Location Where products are stored Shipping Point Distribution Channel Retail Wholesale

 Direct Requirements Analysis List of function requirements From these, identify and rank and compare to vendor Gets Analysis Represents the current capabilities and functionalities that the company does not have currently Companies believe that paying a consultant is higher quality than government free advice There are 3 strategies in an IT project Business Strategy IS Strategy IT Strategy Exam question on FIT. 80-20 means that implemented software will only meet 80% of the needs of the client and only 80% is ever used, 20% is surplus to requirements. FIT deals with this issue. Strategies to overcome this are: 1 Tolerate mismatch 2 Conduct business process re-engineering 3 Add new functionality (new modules, new software add-ons) 4 Configuration and customisation Differences between data and transactional data Master Data: Data that you rarely changed Vendor Customer Product Transactional Data: Changes per transaction TMS: Top Management Support CCC: Communicate Communicate Communicate