ADMS 2511 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Business Process Reengineering, Business Process Management, Enterprise Resource Planning

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turquoiseherring192

9 Feb 2017

School

York University

Department

Administrative Studies

Course

ADMS 2511

Professor

Peter Rumyee

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Information technology (it): relates to any computer-based tool that people use to work with information and to support the information and information processing needs of an organization. Information systems (is): collects, processes, stores, analyzes, and disseminates information for a specific purpose. Data items: elementary description of things events, activities, an transactions that are recorded, classified and stored but are not organized to convey any specific meaning. Information: data that has been organized so that they have meaning and value too the reciepent. For example, gpa by itself is just data, but with student name + data = information. Knowledge: data and information that has been organized and proessed to convey understanding, experience, accumulated learning, and expertise as they apply to a current problem. Computer based information system(cbis): information system that uses computer technology to perform some or all of its intended tasks. Enterprise resource planning (erp) system: are designed to correct a lack of communication among the functional ares iss.

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Case StudyâA Practical Approach to Information CommunicationsTechnology IT Governance Committee: Assume that you are part of thehighly qualified IT Governance Committee employed by one of theUSâs largest pizza company named as âMamaâs Pizzeriaâ a pizzacompany which is internationally recognized and one of thedelicious pizza company globally. Your IT Governance team comprisesof 5 members who are as follows: IT Governance team Member 1 -Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Member 2 - Chief Financial Officer(CFO) Member 3 - Chief Marketing Officer(CMO) Member 4 - ChiefInformation Officer(CIO) Member 5 - Chief Technology Officer CTO)Your IT Governance Committee is in-charge of governing the overalldevelopment and operation of IT/IS systems and has severalimportant responsibilities such as: ï Aligning IT investments tobusiness strategy. Investing funds and resources in the mostbeneficial IT systems will enhance the long-range goal of achievingthe business strategy. ï Budgeting funds and personnel for the mosteffective use of the IT systems. ï Overseeing and prioritizingchanges to IT systems. Within organizations, many user groups willconcurrently request improvements or changes to their sub- systemwithin the IT system and prioritizing these requests according tothe best match to the business strategy and the feasibility ofdesigning, developing and implementing the necessary changes. ïDeveloping, monitoring and reviewing all IT operational policies.The organization will maintain policies and descriptions ofprocedures for operating and developing its IT systems. ïDeveloping, monitoring and reviewing security policies. Theorganization will maintain policies and descriptions of proceduresrelated to security. ï Establishing systems development processthat controls the initiation, approval, development and maintenanceof those changes. This process called the systems development lifecycle (SDLC) can be generally described as the systematic stepsundertaken to plan, prioritize, authorize, oversee, test andimplement large-scale changes to the IT system. Your IT GovernanceTeam comprising of the above membersâ and positionsâ has beenengaged to carry out its duties as per the requirements in thesections hereafter. Section 4 â To be completed by the âChiefInformation Officerâ of the IT Governance Team You are the ChiefInformation Officer of Mamaâs Pizzeria involved as part of the ITGovernance team to provide your opinion and solutions for thefollowing questions: This section presents a process map (Exhibit4.1), a document flowchart (Exhibit 4.2), and a data flow diagram(Exhibit 4.3) for a small, local restaurant. In those exhibitsmanual records and documents as well as manual processes aredepicted. On the basis of the case information and the 3 exhibitsmentioned, complete the following requirements: Required: To answersome of the questions here, you may have to do research about ERPsystems on the Internet. One example of a website with informationabout accounting software is www.accountingsoftware411.com orwww.2020software.com 4. What advantages could Mamaâs Pizzeriaexpect by upgrading to an ERP system? 5. As Mamaâs Pizzeriaconsiders modules to purchase, which four or five modules do youbelieve would be most critical? Why? 6. Which method ofimplementation of an ERP system do you suggest for Mamaâs Pizzeria?Why? 7. Recommend two or three ERP systems that would beappropriate for Mamaâs Pizzeria. be specific with respect to thename of the ERP software system and the provider company. Whenmaking these recommendations consider the size of Mamaâs Pizzeriaand, therefore, what it might be able to afford.

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