Business Information and Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

Course contents in chronological order:
Basics of ERP systems 3 hours
Training of the use of the SAP ERP system 4h+2h
Purchasing an information system (preparing a tender request) 10h
Making an information system quotation 6h
Deploying and customizing Odoo ERP system 4h
Exam and presentation of exercises 4h

Objective

After completing the course the student:
- Knows different types of business information systems
- Understands the relationship between business and information systems
- Understands benefits and challenges related to information system integration
- Knows the main concepts and principles of ERP systems
- Can use an ERP system
- Can participate in ERP and IS procurement projects

Content

- Introduction to business information systems
- Introduction to ERP systems
- Using an ERP system in practise
- IS procurement process, tasks and documents

Materials

SAP UA:n SAP S/4HANA reading material and a case study. Available in digital form through the course environment.

The Odoo part uses a few chapters from the book:


Learn Odoo 12
Author: Greg Moss
Pages: 488 Size:
Publisher: Packt Publishing
Published: 31 October, 2019
eISBN-13: 9781789531480

The book is available in electronic form from our Ebook Central library.

Other material given by the instructors during the course, especially related to system procurement and development.

Teaching methods

Doing practical exercises and theory exercises in the classroom and at home.
Attending lectures
Working in groups
Reading literature and materials

Exam schedules

Exam in the last week of the course

Pedagogic approaches and sustainable development

The course introduces sustainable development related to the acquisition of an information system.

Completion alternatives

Not available

Student workload

Doing practical exercises and theory exercises in the classroom and at home 40 t
Attending lectures 40 t
Working in groups 40 t
Reading literature and materials 20 t

Evaluation methods and criteria

The course is graded as follows:

ERP: personal practice and theory exercises 30 p
Various information systems assignment 10 p
IT customer part of teamwork 20 p
IT supplier part of teamwork 20 p
Exam 20 p

A total of 100 p

Grade scale:

30 points -> grade 1; points 45 -> grade 2; points 60 -> grade 3; points 75 -> grade 4; 90 points -> grade 5.

Prerequisite: the student's points must be at least 10 points from Group work.

Failed (0)

The student has not managed to accumulate enough points to pass the course during the time of the course. Consequently, they have not been able to demonstrate the kind of competence on the basis of which an acceptable grade could be given.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

The student knows what an enterprise resource planning system is and understands its importance in business
The student knows what a business process is
The student knows the concepts master data and a transaction
The student understands the stages of acquiring information systems and knows how to act in them.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

The student knows what an enterprise resource planning system is and understands its importance in business
The student knows the possible benefits and problems of enterprise resource planning systems
The student knows what a business process is and how an enterprise resource planning system can support its execution
The student knows the concepts master data, transaction, and their characteristics
The student knows the questions related to the selection and deployment of an enterprise resource planning system
The student has an understanding of why enterprise resource planning systems are often customized
The student has experience using an enterprise resource planning system
The student knows how to describe the operating environment and processes as required by the information system procurement, prepare prioritized system requirements and understand the evaluation criteria for tenders

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student knows what an enterprise resource planning system is and understands its importance in business
The student knows the possible benefits and problems of enterprise resource planning systems
The student knows what a business process is and how an enterprise resource planning system can support its execution
The student knows the concepts master data, transaction, and their characteristics
The student knows the questions related to the selection and deployment of an enterprise resource planning system
The student has an understanding of why enterprise resource planning systems are often customized
The student has experience using an enterprise resource planning system
The student has experience in deploying and customizing an enterprise resource planning system in a small-scale
The student knows how to prepare comprehensive system requirements and justified tender comparison criteria, as well as utilize other quality-enhancing elements, such as sustainable development criteria, in the request for tenders.
The student knows how to communicate with the customer about the request for a quote and prepare a tender document and a demo implementation that meet the customer's requirements.

Qualifications

Projektihallinta, Liiketoiminnan perusteet

Further information

The teaching environment of the course with information and materials is itsLearning.
Applications such as Odoo and SAP are used during the course.

Teaching is carried out on site on campus. Practical ERP exercises (SAP and Odoo) require attendance in the classroom. The practice work is done in a small group and also requires attendance on the lessons on site.