week 6: enterprise systems part 2 Flashcards
enterprise systems
Complex and powerful information systems
most popular enterprise system
SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
what is the possible architecture of enterprise system?
Client-Server
Service-Oriented
what are the 3 layers of the client-server architecture?
presentation layer
application layer
data layer
presentation layer
using the computer
application layer
have application servers
data layer
database server
as the user, are you directly using the database server?
no, you are using the application server
this is linked to the database server
what composes the service oriented architecture?
web services
composite applications
what are web services sued for?
used to expose enterprise system functionality as well as other systems
how does the service oriented architecture work?
we connect through some web service
using a standard interface but we are connecting as a web service
what do the service oriented architecture composite applications allow?
Connect multiple applications
via Web services
Build new capabilities without changing the underlying applications
what do Enterprise Resource Planning Systems do?
Focus primary on internal operations of an organization
Integrate functional and cross-functional business processes
Supports multiple languages and currencies
what type of system is SAP?
SAP is a fully integrated, global Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system
Do SAP modules have different purposes all over the organization?
yeee boy
are SAP modules silos?
nah boooy
the SAP is one integrated system that has a bunch of different functions with one single database
each of the modules can be integrated (added) independently
What are the SAP ERP modules?
Production Planning (PP)
Materials Management (MM)
Sales and distribution (SD)
Plant Maintenance (PM)
project systems (PS)
Quality Management (QM)
Financial Account (FI)
Management Accounting Controlling (CO)
Human Ressources /HR)
Business Intelligence (BI)
what composes the Enterprise Systems Application Suite?
the more common things we are going to see
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Customer Relationship management (CRM)