University of Southern California Enterprise Wide Information Systems Course Overview Instructor: Richard W. Vawter

University of Southern California Course Description: This course is designed to provide the student with a thorough understanding of both the role that Information Systems (IS) play in an organization and the challenging task of implementing and managing the IS function. During the semester, projects will be assigned to afford the opportunity to work through several real-life business situations using the SAP R/3 system and explore the interaction among the different business processes. The hand’s-on exercises, coupled with the in-class discussions of IS, will prepare the student with the knowledge sought by businesses looking to use technology to maintain their competitive edge in the market place.

University of Southern California Course Content Enterprise Wide Information Systems (aka ERP’s) Their Impact on Today’s Organizations The Technological Architecture of ERP’s Using ERP’s to Coordinate Business Processes Sales Procurement Manufacturing Accounting Implementing and Managing ERP’s

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University of Southern California Enterprise Wide Information Systems What is an Enterprise Wide Information System? Also referred to as Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP System) Functions of ERPs: To integrate the many business functions into one seamless application. To run on top of an established database management system. To replace 100s of legacy systems in organizations who use computers to coordinate their operations. SAP is an example of an ERP

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University of Southern California SAP Customers: ABB Adidas AEG Aerospatiale AGFA AGIP Airbus Industry Akzo Alcatel Allianz American Airlines Apple Aral Autodesk BASF Bayer Bertelsmann BHP BMW Bosch British Rail Carlsberg Chevron Ciba Geigy The Coca-Cola Company Compaq Danone Deutsche Bahn Deutsche Bank Deutsche Lufthansa Digital Equipment Dow Chemical DuPont Eastman Kodak Esso Exxon Flughafen Frankfurt Fuji General Electric Goodyear Hapag-Lloyd Henkel Hercules Hewlett-Packard Hitachi Hoechst Hoffmann-La Roche IBM ICI Kommission der Europäischen Gemeinschaften Krupp-Hoesch Lego Mannesmann Mercedes Benz Merck Metro International Micrografx Miele MIT Mitsubishi Mobil Motorola Nestlé Nissan Europe Oxford University Petrofina Philips Philip Morris Pirelli Polygram Procter & Gamble Rhone Poulenc Rolex Rothmans Royal LePage RTL Sandoz SAT 1 Schindler Schlumberger SEAT Shell Siemens Solvay Statoil Swissair Tchibo Texaco Thyssen Toyota Total Oil Unilever Varta Vattenfall Wuerth ZDF R/2-CustomersR/3-Customers

University of Southern California SAP R/3... Is an integrated business enterprise software model... Which is flexible and 3rd party compliant And supports real time processing Covers all the major business processes such as: Customer order management Operations planning and execution Materials management and procurement Financial management reporting and controls Integrates support processes as well such as: Human Resource management Quality control Plant maintenance

University of Southern California Example of the Integration available w/ SAP R/3 M P S S O P Production M R P Planned Order Production Order Shop Floor Control Sales Order Presales Activity Sales Inventory Sourcing Delivery Customer Billing Customer Payment Purchasing Requi- sition Vendor Selection Purchase Order Goods Receipt Invoice Verification Vendor Payment Logistics Controlling Sales, Production, Purchasing, Warehouse Financial Controlling Resource Controlling

University of Southern California In Summary, Why is R/3 So Important? Adopted by most large companies Forces a consolidation of diverse IS Systems Total change in doing business - redesign business process around the information system Main vehicle for re-engineering business processes using best practices ERP’s are described by some as the second major revolution in computer history

University of Southern California What is our Focus ? To understand how best business practices govern an organization’s operations in a REAL environment To use SAP to demonstrate these processes and to show how information flows among the departments of a company To provide students with highly demanded market skills To closely knit the College of Business curriculum together To keep the University current on emerging technologies and share these technologies with the students