Fundamentals of Information Systems (E)

level of course unit

First cycle, Bachelor

Learning outcomes of course unit

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 and co-requisites

not applicable

course contents

• 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 or required reading

 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