Department of Information Systems

 

Subject 615-260
Enterprise Systems
Semester 2, 2004

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 General Information

Lecturers

Peter Seddon, Room 3.49, Phone 8344-1576, p.seddon@unimelb.edu.au

Jennie Carroll, Room 5.46, Phone 8344-1527, jcarroll@unimelb.edu.au

Senior Tutor

Laurens Skelly, Room 3.65, Phone 8344-1487, lskelly@unimelb.edu.au

Lecture Location & Times

 ICT, Lecture Theatre 1, ground floor, 111 Barry St. Carlton
ilectures: http://harangue.lecture.unimelb.edu.au/ilectures/ilectures.lasso?ut=624&embed=1&header=1&footer=1&enabled=1

Monday       9:00-10:00am, Wednesday 9:00-10:00am

Weekly lab classes
(hands on SAP R/3)

ICT, Laboratory UG24, 111 Barry St. Carlton
Mondays       10:00am – 11:00am, Mondays       11:00am – 12:00noon, Wednesdays 10:00am – 11:00am,
Wednesdays 11:00am – 12:00noon, Wednesdays   2:15pm – 3:15pm

Prescribed
Reading Pack

Seddon, P.B. and Carroll (2004). 615-260 Enterprise Systems Subject Notes Semester 2, 2004. Available at the University of Melbourne Bookroom

References
(these are not Texts)

*

Shanks, G., Seddon, P.B., and Willcocks, L.P. eds., Second-Wave Enterprise Resource Planning Systems: Implementation and Effectiveness, Cambridge University Press, 2003 ISBN: 0521819024

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News

5 June 04

For DIS individual assignment submission coversheet, click here

5 June 04

For DIS group assignment submission coversheet, click here

25 June 2004

615-260 Subject Notes, 2004 (these, many readings, and the hands-on SAP exercises will be available in the Bookroom by the start of semester)

23 July 2004

Get your SAP Accounts here

8 Sept 2004

Check your results here

27 Oct 2004
"Answers" to 2003 exam Q.1-5


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Week

Week begin

Detailed Subject Outline
(numbers in square brackets “[..]” refer to readings in the Subject Notes)

Research Stream

SAP Stream

SAP R/3 Laboratory Classes

1

26/07

Administration: Subject outline, assessment, etc.

Topic 1: Introduction to Enterprise Systems

Ref.: Davenport. T.H., HBR (1998)[1]

SAP 1: Topic 4: Overview of the SAP stream

What is R/3?  The SAP product suite. Using R/3, logon, help, user profiles

Brehm et al. (2001) [2]

No laboratory classes in the first week (except Wed 10am in UG24 for those who are keen to get started).

2

02/08

The importance of process: TQM, BPR, ERP.

Ref.: El Sawy (2001), Ch.2 (615-150 Notes)

SAP 2: What is R/3?

Lab1: Module 1 Getting Started

3

09/08

CRM, SCM, eProcurement

Ref: Siebel.com, i2.com, and Ariba.com

SAP 3: What is R/3?

Lab2: Module 3: General Ledger

4

16/08

Topic 2: Implementing ERP systems
The ERP Implementation Process Ref. Ross and Vitale (1998) [3]

SAP 4: Topic 5: Accounting in R/3 (Calvert)

Lab3: Module 3: General Ledger

5

23/08

Critical Success Factors for ERP Project Implementation, Ref.: Parr et al. (1990) [4]

SAP 5: Accounting in R/3 continued (Calvert)

 

Lab4: Module 4: Procurement

6

30/08

Implementing ERP Systems: Organizational Learning

Ref.: Robey et al. (2002) [5]

SAP 6: Accounting in R/3 continued (Calvert)

 

Lab5: Module 5: Accounts Payable

7

06/09

NIBCO’S “BIG BANG” A teaching case study, Brown and Vessey (2000) [6]

 SAP 7: Feedback on Project 1 & Preparing for Project 2
Figures that might be useful for Project 2

Lab6: Module 6: Sales & Distribution

8

13/09

Learning from ES implementation failure, Ref. Seddon and Shanks “RMIT” (2003) [8]

SAP 8: Topic 6: Implementation, Configuration, and Customization, Ref.: Bancroft et al.(1998) Ch.4 [7]  Lecture 16A; Lecture 16B (both parts will be discussed in this lecture)

Lab7: Module 6: Sales & Distribution

Tips for Question 4 in Project 2.

 

 

Mid-semester break (20 Sep – 1 Oct 2004)

 

 

9

04/10

Guest Lecture: SAP Implementation Projects

Oxygen Business Solutions

SAP 9: Implementation, Configuration, and customization continued.

Lab8: Module 9: G/L Configuration

10

11/10

Topic 3: Benefits from Enterprise Systems

Success in ERP Systems, Ref.: Shang & Seddon (2002) [9], Davenport et al., Accenture (2002) [10]

Guest lecture:

Oracle's Vision for the Future of Enterprise Application Systems, Oracle Corp.

Lab9: Module 9: G/L Configuration

11

18/10

Realizing benefits from ES. Ref. Shang and Seddon “Realizing benefits” (2003) [11]

SAP 11: Topic 7: Key success factors for PEAS vendors: Integration and Tailorability

Lab10: Tutorial

12

18/10

Maximizing benefits from Enterprise Systems Ref.: Shang and Seddon “Strategies” (2003) [12] Shang & Seddon “Maximizing benefits” (2003)[13]

SAP 12: Topic 8: Subject wrapup

Lab11: Tutorial

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Assessment

Assessment

Details

Percent

Due date

1

Project 1: Services-Oriented IT Architecture and SAP Netweaver

10

 

2

Project 2: Understanding Sales Order Processing in SAP R/3 (Module 6)

20

 

3

Project 3: Configuration in SAP R/3 General Ledger (Module 9) Marking guide

20

 

Exam

End-of-Semester Examination (120 minutes, questions based mainly on lectures)

50

 


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References   (provided in the reading pack)

Copyright Notice

Subject designed by Peter B. Seddon, Jennie Carroll, and Cheryl Calvert, 2004
Department of Information Systems
The University of Melbourne