This course covers modern data communication technologies and how they are used in business. It provides exposure to current and emerging networking and telecommunications technologies, introduces software and hardware fundamentals for various computer/network architectures, and provides an understanding of the business context of these technologies. Students will learn how to evaluate, select, and implement different communication options within an organization. The course emphasizes the business context of data communication technologies.
The aims of this course are:
- To gain knowledge of integrating business processes in an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
- To get in-depth knowledge of major ERP component, material requirements planning.
- To understand the role of people, vendors, consultants, and the organization in making the ERP implementation successful.
- To know the ethical, global, and security challenges while implementing an ERP system, and look at the ERP vendors and industry trends.
- To experience of typical ERP systems, and the advantages and limitations of implementing such systems.
