Elective II:ERP Systems

1)Introduction to ERP. Evolution of ERP. What is ERP? Reasons for the growth of ERP,
Scenario and Justification of ERP in India, Evaluation of ERP, Various modules of ERP,
Advantages of ERP

2) An overview of Enterprise, Integrated Management Information, Business
Modeling, ERP for Small Business, ERP for Make to Order Companies, Business
Process Mapping for ERP Module Design, Hardware Environment and its Selection
for ERP Implementation

3) ERP and Related Technologies, Business Process Reengineering (BPR),
Management Information System (MIS), Executive Information System (EIS),
Decision Support System (DSS), Supply Chain Management (SCM)

4) ERP Modules, Introduction, Finance, Plant Maintenance, Quality Management,
Materials Management

5) ERP Market. Introduction, SAP AG, Baan Company, Oracle Corporation, People
Soft, JD Edwards World Solutions Company, System Software Associates, Inc.
(SSA), QAD, A Comparative Assessment and Selection of ERP Packages and
Modules

6) ERP Implementation Lifecycle, Issues in implementing ERP packages, Preevaluation
Screening, Package Evaluation, Project Planning Phase, Gap Analysis,
Reengineering, Configuration, Implementation, Team Training, Testing, Going Live,
End-user Training, Post-implementation (Maintenance mode)

7) Vendors, Consultants and Users, In-house Implementation-Pros and Cons,
Vendors, Consultants, End- users