Module 1-2: Systems Integration and the ERP

They are basically compartmentalized operating units isolated from their environment. They can improve productivity, but they often lead employees to achieve departmental goals rather than overall organizational goals.

Classification of organizations into departments like Accounting and Human Resources reflects the breaking of complex tasks into smaller manageable tasks that could be assigned to a group of people who could then be held responsible.

Organizations have also divided roles into hierarchical layers from strategic planning to management control and operation control.

They are systems that are a critical component of a successful organization today. They play a major role in the primary and secondary activities of an organization’s value chain. They can be computers, people, procedures, and software that store, organize, and deliver information

Enumerate the 6 (6) Information system (IS) Functional and Hierarchical Models.

Enumerate the two (2) approaches in Systems Integration.

It is a systems integration approach that aims to develop information systems that would allow organizations to share data with all of their stakeholders based on need and authorization.

It is a systems integration approach that aims to provide seamless connectivity between heterogeneous systems.

Enumerate the four (4) given benefits of systems integration.

Enumerate the four (4) given limitations of systems integration.

They are the first generation of enterprise systems meant to integrate data and support all the major functions of organizations. The goal is to integrate departments and functions across an organization into a single infrastructure sharing a common database and serving the needs of each department. Additionally, They refer to a type of software that organizations use to manage day-to-day business activities such as accounting, procurement, project management, risk management and compliance, and supply chain operations

Enumerate the 5 stages of the timeline evolution of ERP.

Enumerate the five (5) ERP Systems Components

It is a blueprint of the actual ERP system and helps the implementation team build the ERP system.

Enumerate the two (2) types of ERP Architecture.

Its implementation is very risky, and using a well-defined project plan with a proven methodology will assist in managing those risks.

It is one of the most critical points in a project’s success.

It must provide strong leadership, which is a clear and understood implementation plan, and close monitoring of the budget, in order for an ERP system to be implemented successfully.

They are implementation partners used by organizations without much ERP implementation experience.

This helps prepare for changes to how business is done. In implementing new systems, communicating, preparing, and setting expectations is as important as providing training and support.

Business processes will need to be changed, adjusted, or adapted to the new system to use the functionality of an ERP system fully.

Outsourcing overseas, ethical issues and problems with system security have also attracted a lot of attention in ERP implementation.

Enumerate the five (5) given ERP Vendors.

They are activities specific to a functional area of operation.

It is a collection of activities that takes some input and creates an output that is of value to the customer.

It involves performing financial accounting to provide summaries of operational data in managerial reports, and it is also responsible for tasks such as controlling accounts, planning and budgeting, and cash-flow management.

They are formal systems devised for the management of people within an organization. The responsibilities of a human resource manager fall into three major areas: staffing, employee compensation and benefits, and defining/designing work. Essentially, the purpose of HR is to maximize the productivity of an organization by optimizing the effectiveness of its employees.

It is an architecture that has evolved from centralized mainframe architecture to personal computers with distributed or client–server architecture.

Enumerate the five (5) involved people and organization in project management.

It allows a heterogeneous (hodgepodge) IS to communicate or integrate and share information (or data) seamlessly with one another. It binds information systems at information and service levels.

Enumerate the four (4) Systems Integration Approaches.

It is a system integration approach that refers to the integration of two or more systems by allowing simple exchanges of data between applications.

Enumerate the two (2) Integration Concepts in Information-Oriented approach.

It is an integration concept in information-oriented approaches that binds applications together in such a way that they are dependent on each other, sharing the same methods, interfaces, and perhaps data

Allows common business processes to be reused.

It is an integration concept in information-oriented approaches that refers to the “Act or state of sticking together” or “the logical agreement”.

Enumerate the three (3) categories of information-oriented solutions.

It is a category of information-oriented solutions that refers to moving data between two or more databases

It is a category of information-oriented solutions that refers to integrating multiple databases into a single virtual database.

It is a category of information-oriented solutions that refers to the use of well-defined application interfaces to focus on the integration of both packaged and custom applications.

It is a system integration approach that allows integration not only by sharing information but also by managing the sharing of that information with easy to use tools.

It is the ability to define a common business process model that addresses the sequence, hierarchy, events, execution logic and information movement between systems.

It provides mechanism to bind applications together at service level.

It is a system integration approach that integrates applications by allowing them to share business logic and methods.

It allows viewing a multitude of systems (both internal and external enterprise systems) through a single user interface or application.

It is a system integration approach that integrates applications through single user interface or application.

Enumerate the three (3) portal categories.

It is a portal category where single enterprises have their user interfaces extended to the web.

It is a portal category that extends single-system portal architecture to multiple enterprise systems.

It is a portal category that extends multiple-enterprise system portal to include systems that exist within many companies.

Enumerate the five (5) components of portal architecture.