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Title ENTERPRISE SYSTEMS WITH SAP
Code EBUS612
Coordinator Dr X Xing
Operations and Supply Chain Management
X.Xing3@liverpool.ac.uk
Year CATS Level Semester CATS Value
Session 2024-25 Level 7 FHEQ Second Semester 15

Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements):
 

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Teaching Schedule
  Lectures Seminars Tutorials Lab Practicals Fieldwork Placement Other TOTAL
Study Hours           30

 30
Timetable (if known)              
Private Study 120
TOTAL HOURS 150

Assessment
EXAM Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
             
CONTINUOUS Duration Timing
(Semester)		 % of
final
mark		 Resit/resubmission
opportunity		 Penalty for late
submission		 Notes
Practical individual assignment report of 15 pages of SAP case implementation and extensions. There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous   0    50       
Individual assignment. There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. Marked anonymously.  0    50       

Aims

To focus on introducing strategies, approaches and technologies of enterprise systems, e.g. ERP systems, and business information management integrating with business processes within and cross organisational boundaries;

To provide students with knowledge of enterprise system architecture and technologies in general, and roles and functions of enterprise systems and business information management for digital business and supply chain management in particular;

To introduce students to the development history, promising technologies for next generation, functional characteristics and real cases of enterprise information systems in a digital business and supply chain environment, e.g. applications based on SAP, Oracle, etc.;

To help students to understand how enterprise systems and business information management functions with learning from real-time case-based SAP S4/HANA implementation;

To help students to understand how SAP S4/HANA is in tegrated with business processes, supports business automations, and optimises business decision-making technologies for business process integration, automation, and optimisation.

To help students to understand how machine learning and AI-enabled tools are applied in modern ERP systems to improve operational performance and assist decision-making.

Learning Outcomes

(LO1) Students will be able to recommend a range of enterprise system architectures and their appropriate applications with the integration of AI tools.

(LO2) Students will be able to integrate ERP tools to digital business and supply chain management in the international context.

(LO3) Students will be confident in the use of commercially available enterprise information systems, eg SAP, Oracle, etc.

(LO4) Students will be able to propose integration approaches and technologies for ERP systems, including machine learning applications in real-life operations.

(LO5) Students will be able to critically evaluate different modelling and optimisation approaches for generic enterprise information systems considering AI technologies.

(S1) Adaptability
Students will develop adaptability by engaging with case studies for their assignments in order to understand the features of enterprise systems and technology evolution.

(S2) Problem solving skills
Students will develop problem solving skills through research and case studies as part of their assignment.

(S3) Commercial awareness
Students will develop knowledge of commercial contexts of technology applications.

(S4) Teamwork
Students will be expected to work together in groups for the group assignment.

(S5) Organisational skills
Students will be expected to work together in groups for the group assignment.

(S6) Communication skills
Students will develop communication skills by engaging with case studies, report writing and working in groups.

(S7) IT skills
IT skills will be developed during practical lab sessions.

(S8) International awareness
Students will develop international awareness through case studies of business and technologies in an international context.

(S9) Lifelong learning skills
Students will develop skills of lifelong learning through preparation for their assessments and self directed study of cases in preparation for class discussions.

(S10) Ethical awareness
Students will develop their awareness of ethical issues through research and preparation for assessment.

(S11) Leadership
Leadership skills will be developed during group work tasks.

Teaching and Learning Strategies

3 hours combined lectures & labs x 10 weeks
120 hours self-directed learning

Students will be expected to make use of self-directed learning time to read reference material, research cases provided in classes, practice with the practical tool, and work on assessment preparation.

Syllabus
 

Introduction to EIS;

History and applications;

Introduction to ERP - Architecture/Component/Function;

Introduction to commercial packages – SAP;

Enterprise system and Business integration on SAP S4/HANA;

Case study for material management;

Case study for production and planning;

Case study for sales & distribution;

Industrial guest speaker about AI and ERP integration.

Recommended Texts
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