NOVA Information Management School

Integrated Management Solutions

Code

400039

Academic unit

NOVA Information Management School

Credits

7.5

Teacher in charge

Pedro Miguel Fernandes Ruivo

Teaching language

Portuguese. If there are Erasmus students, classes will be taught in English

Objectives

At the end of the course students should be able to:
 -Understand the critical role of a digital enterprise solution to achieve Operational Excellence and Competitive Advantage.
 -How to extract value of core enterprise applications such as ERM (Enterprise Resource Management), SCM (Supply Chain Management), HCM (Human Capital Management), BI&A (Business Intelligence & Analytics), D&T (Data management,  Platforms & Technology).
 -How to enable digital business transformation with above components to move from a system of records, to a system of differentiation, to a system of innovation.

Prerequisites

N/A

Subject matter

Part I
1.Integrated Management Solutions (IMS) background
2.IMS - the enterprise digital core to achieve operational excellence and competitive advantages
3.IMS - the pace-layer of Systems of Records
4.IMS - the pace-layer of Systems of Differentiation
5.IMS - the pace-layer of Systems of Innovation
6.IMS - maturity scape for the Digital Transformation
Part II
7.SAP ERM session (Enterprise Resource Management)
8.SAP HCM session (Human Capital Management)
9.SAP SCM session (Supply Chain Management)
10.SAP BI&A session (Business Intelligence & Analytics)
11.SAP D&T session (Data management, Platforms & Technology)
 

Bibliography

Plattner, Hasso, and Bernd Leukert. "The in-memory revolution." Springer Science & Business Media, 2015.; Plattner, Hasso, and Alexander Zeier. In-Memory data management: Technology and applications. Springer Science & Business Media, 2012.; Wood, J.B., Hewlin, Todd, Lah, Thomas, ¿B4B ¿ How technology and big data are reinventing the customer supplier relationship¿, 2013.; The Digital Transformation of Business. HBR - Harvard Business Review Analytic Services Report, 2015.; 0

Teaching method

 -Theoretical classes complemented with practical applications;
 -Individual and team works;
 -Case studies.

Evaluation method

 - Performed three applied cases (each one graded at 15%, in a total of 45%) and final test (graded at 55%). Grades apply in a scale from 0 to 20 points.

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