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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

Semester hours per week

Planned teaching and learning method

integrated Lecture

Semester/trimester in which the course/module is offered

4

Type of course/module

Type of course