PD4002 Enterprise Resource Planning and Management Syllabus:

PD4002 Enterprise Resource Planning and Management Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

OBJECTIVES:

1. Students will be able to identify the needs of Enterprise resource planning.
2. Students will be able to understand the various technologies of ERP.
3. Students will be able to distinguish the various ERP packages.
4. Students will be able to understand the various architecture of ERP.
5. Students will be able to identify the issues in ERP procurement.

UNIT I ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING AND VALUE CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Principle – ERP framework – Business Blue Print – Business Engineering vs Business process Re-Engineering – Tools – Languages – Value chain – Supply and Demand chain – Extended supply chain management – Dynamic Models –Process Models

UNIT II TECHNOLOGY AND ARCHITECTURE

Client/Server architecture – Technology choices – Internet direction – Evaluation framework – CRM – CRM pricing– chain safety – Evaluation framework.

UNIT III ERP SYSTEM PACKAGES

SAP, People soft, Baan and Oracle – Comparison – Integration of different ERP applications  ERP as sales force automation – Integration of ERP and Internet – ERP Implementation strategies – Organizational and social issues.

UNIT IV ERP ARCHITECTURE

Overview – Architecture – AIM – applications – Oracle SCM.SAP: Overview – Architecture – applications -Before and after Y2k – critical issues – Training on various modules of IBCS ERP Package-Oracle ERP and MAXIMO, including ERP on the NET

UNIT V ERP PROCUREMENT ISSUES

Market Trends – Outsourcing ERP – Economics – Hidden Cost Issues – ROI – Analysis of cases from five Indian Companies.

OUTCOMES:

Upon completion of the course, the students will be able to
1. Able to acquire integrated view of the various facets of business, including planning, manufacturing, sales, finance and marketing.
2. Able to understand the development of software to integrate business activities such as inventory management and control, order tracking, customer service, finance and human resources.
3. Awareness on the software applications and tools that are available to business to use to drive out costs and improve efficiency.
4. Understand the architecture of various ERP packages available in the market.
5. Ability to learn the outsourcing concepts of ERP and its economics.

REFERENCES:

1. ERPWARE, ERP Implementation Framework, Garg & Venkitakrishnan, Prentice Hall, 1999.
2. Jose Antonio Fernandez , The SAP R/3 Handbook, Tata Mcgraw Hill, 1998.
3. Sadagopan.S , ERP-A Managerial Perspective, Tata Mcgraw Hill, 1999.
4. Thomas E Vollmann and BeryWhybark , Manufacturing and Control Systems, Galgothia Publications, 1998.
5. 5.Vinod Kumar Crag and N.K.Venkitakrishnan ,Enterprise Resource Planning – Concepts and Practice, Prentice Hall of India, 1998.