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Chapter 7

0. Chapter 7. Enterprise Business Systems. Enterprise. An undertaking, especially one of some scope , complication, and risk. A business organization. Industrious, systematic activity, especially when directed toward profit: Private enterprise is basic to capitalism.

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Chapter 7

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  1. 0 Chapter 7 Enterprise Business Systems

  2. Enterprise • An undertaking, especially one of some scope, complication, and risk. • A business organization. • Industrious, systematic activity, especially when directed toward profit: Private enterprise is basic to capitalism. • Willingness to undertake new ventures;

  3. Perspective • Enterprise Systems are ones that have a large scope • involve or integrate all parts of an organization. • Remember that we’ve already studiedEnterprise Collaboration Systems • For an ECS, like Outlook, both the grunts and the President use it... • Its not specific to the functional areas. • Its not specific to the operations level, tactical level, or strategic level

  4. Perspective • In the software world, Enterprise is a buzz word, which usually implies that the system is very expensive, but can do a lot • In the e-commerce era, an Enterprise is often more than one company and the boundaries are unclear...virtual companies, etc. • Sometimes Enterprise implies that more than one company is involved.

  5. Supply Chain – Value Chain • Enterprise Systems come from a need to streamline the value chain in a company. • Functional areas, from Manufacturing to Marketing, need to be connected. • Multiple functional business systems are being replaced by one Enterprise Systems • Or, Enterprise System are built on top of several functional systems.

  6. Enterprise System Enterprise System Manufacturing System Accounting System Inventory Control

  7. Enterprise System Enterprise System

  8. EAI: Enterprise Application Integration • How does a business interconnect its information systems. • Connects Front Office Systems with Back Office Systems • Example: When an order is complete, have the order application tell the accounting system to send a bill and alert shipping to send out the product.

  9. EAI: Enterprise Application Integration • EAI provides middleware (Middle Software) that • performs Data conversion between different systems • coordinates Communication and Message passing between systems • The idea is to use the existing systems, but to have a super-system for connecting related systems.

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  13. Summary • There are six types of information systems • 6 categories: ECS, TSP, PCS, MIS, DSS, EIS • There are 5 functional areas of business • Some system are designed for a specific functional area: Accounting • An ECS can touch all the functional business areas • A TPS might touch 3-4 areas

  14. Summary • ECS and TPS are cross-functional. • Some large functional systems, picture a huge accounting system, can fit into more than 1 category, i.e., both an MIS and TPS. • Enterprise Systems by their nature are both cross-functional and fit into several categories.

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