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Fundamentals of Information Systems (E)

Niveau

First cycle, Bachelor

Learning outcomes of the courses/module

e students are able to:
• Understand the history and fundamentals of information systems, analyze and recognize the specifics of today’s companies.
• Classify them through a broad knowledge of different information systems.
• Understand the technical structure of an information system and be able to classify it on the basis of certain advantages and disadvantages.
• Classify and analyze ERP lifecycles.
• Specify a broad overview of requirements to perform the selection of an ERP system using tools and methods learned.
• Understand quality requirements and test an ERP system.
• Identify ERP enterprise architecture and terminology and transfer them to a company.
• Understand the complexity of an integrated ERP system and the most important interfaces.

Prerequisites for the course

not applicable

Course content

• ERP lifecycle management
• ERP enterprise resource planning
• SCM supply chain management
• CRM (customer relation management)
• Production planning and control
• Application integration, long-term archiving
• PDM (Product data management)
• PLM (Product Lifecycle Management)

Recommended specialist literature

 Sendler, Wawer (2007): CAD und PDM: Prozessoptimierung durch Integration, 2. Aufl., Carl
Hanser Verlag München
 Frick (2007): Grundkurs SAP ERP: Geschäftsprozessorientierte Einführung Mit
Durchgehendem Fallbeispiel, Vieweg+Teubner Verlag Wiesbaden
 Gronau (2010): Enterprise Resource Planning: Architektur, Funktionen und Ma-nagement von
ERP-Systemen, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag München
 Kurbel (2010): Enterprise Resource Planning und Supply Chain Management in der Industrie,
Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag München
 Scheer (1998): ARIS vom Geschäftsprozess zum Anwendungssystem, 3. Aufl., Springer
Verlag Berlin

Assessment methods and criteria

final Exam

Language

English

Number of ECTS credits awarded

1.5

Share of e-learning in %

10

Semester hours per week

1.0

Planned teaching and learning method

integrated Lecture

Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered

2

Name of lecturer

Dr. Richard Mayr

Academic year

Second year of studies

Key figure of the course/module

vzINF3

Type of course/module

integrated lecture

Type of course

Compulsory

Internship(s)

not applicable