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FIT3138 Real Time Enterprise Systems
Semester 2, 2020
Assignment One


Due Date: Friday 11th September 2020 11pm (Part 1 & 2)
Friday 18th September 2020 11pm (Part 3)

Value: 20% of final Assessment
Mode of submission: Online on Moodle
Type of Assignment: Individual Assignment


Assignment Aim and Objectives:
This assignment is made up of three parts and aims to encourage students to explore and discuss
certain aspects of real-time enterprise systems.
The aim of this assignment is to provide students with an opportunity to develop their research and
analytical skills through business case studies as well as through hands-on practical exercises. In so
doing, the following objectives are sought:
 To explore the critical success factors of an ERP implementation.
 To understand the basics of supply chain management and how the processes are tightly
integrated with other ERP elements, such as sales, purchasing, and financials.
 To gain hands-on experience on a production planning initiative using SAP ERP and to appreciate
how the enterprise systems could be used to enhance efficiency in supply chain management.


Part 1: Critical Success Factors in ERP Implementation
Part 2: Understanding the Supply Chain
Part 3: Production Planning and Supply Chain Management



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Part 1: Critical Success Factors in ERP Implementation
From Monash University electronic library collection, obtain a copy of the article, “Management
Based Critical Success Factors in the Implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning Systems,” by
Joseph Bradley (International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, Volume 9, No. 3, pages
175-200, September 2008).
Research at least 3 more articles or journals that are more recent, in regards to ERP implementation.
Identify five factors you think are most important and write an essay of about 1000 words based on
your research concerning factors critical to the success of an ERP implementation.
You need to demonstrate depth and breadth of reading and research to include a reference list.
 Use APA referencing style for all references in body of text and in reference list
 PLEASE NOTE: You will not get any marks for ‘referencing’ if you DO NOT reference in the
body but have an extensive reference list at the back of your assignment.
Delivery structure and assessment criteria:

1. Your delivery should be in the form of an essay of about 1000 words, identifying five critical
success factors of an ERP implementation based on journals.
2. The marking criteria appended on the last page of this document will give you an indication
of how your work will be assessed.
3. A marking rubric will be provided in a separate document.

Submission instructions:

1. You are to upload your submission on the FIT3138 Moodle site under the “FIT3138
Assignment 1 Part 1” submission link.
2. All submission must be in the form of a word/pdf document and saved as: AAAA-9999999
Part 1.docx (or .pdf), where ‘AAAA’ is your last name and ‘9999999’ is your Student ID.
3. Due: Friday 11th September 2020 11pm




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Part 2: Understanding the Supply Chain
In this part of the assignment, you will be required to watch a series of videos and attempt some
quizzes. These series of videos will be released in weeks 3, 4 and 5. After watching the videos each
week, students are required to attempt an online quiz based on those videos.
These videos were provided by OpenSAP free online course on SAP Business ByDesign Supply
Chain Management. SAP Business ByDesign is SAP’s cloud-based ERP solution for SMEs, and
enables you to manage your entire business with a single cloud ERP solution. It’s ideally suited for
upper mid-market companies and subsidiaries of large corporations (2-tier approach).
Through this assignment, you will learn the basics of supply chain management by exploring SAP
Business ByDesign, and how the processes are tightly integrated within the different functional
areas such as sales, purchasing, and financials. You will get insights on how the planning, buying,
and selling activities work. This will be followed by a deep dive into product manufacturing, and
you’ll learn about some additional processes like returns, repairs, and third-party processes.
Delivery structure and assessment criteria:

1. Three online quizzes on Moodle released in weeks 3, 4 and 5.
2. Whilst it is encouraged that students watch the videos and attempt the quizzes every week,
the quizzes will remain open till Friday 11th September 2020 11pm. No further extension will
be granted if you missed this deadline.
3. The marking criteria appended on the last page of this document will give you an indication
of how your work will be assessed.


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Part 3: Production Planning and Supply Chain Management
Due: Friday 18th September 2020 11pm
In this part of the assignment, you are required to perform a manufacturing process cycle using
the Global Bike Inc. (G.B.I.) data set, which has exclusively been created for SAP UA global
curricula. In this case study, you will create consumption values for a finished product to plan and
process a complete manufacturing cycle.
In order to process a complete manufacturing process you will take on different roles within the GBI
company, e.g. production supervisor, shop floor worker and plant manager. Overall, you will be
working in the Materials Management (MM) and the Production Planning and Execution (PP)
departments.
All the files that you need for this Production Planning and Execution (PP) Case Study are in the
“SAP_PP” folder on Moodle.
As you conduct the hands-on exercises, you are required to record the document numbers on the
data sheet provided. After completing the practical exercises, reflect on the different functionalities
afforded by the SAP_PP module and discuss how the enterprise systems could be used to enhance
efficiency in supply chain management. Your reflective essay should be about 300 words.
Delivery structure and assessment criteria:

1. Download the “PP_Using GBI_Data_Sheet.doc” and rename it as AAAA-9999999 Part 3.doc,
where ‘AAAA’ is your last name and ‘9999999’ is your Student ID.
2. Submit your file AAAA-9999999 Part 3.docx (or .pdf), which should include a record of all the
document numbers being generated and your reflective essay.
3. The marking criteria appended on the last page of this document will give you an indication
of how your work will be assessed.
4. A marking rubric will be provided in a separate document.

Submission instructions:
1. Submit your reflective essay in the form: AAAA-9999999 Part 3.docx (or .pdf), where ‘AAAA’
is your last name and ‘9999999’ is your Student ID.
2. You are to upload your submission on the FIT3138 Moodle site under the “FIT3138
Assignment 1 Part 3” submission link by Friday 18 September 2020 11pm.



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FIT3138 Real-Time Enterprise Systems
Assignment 1 Marking Criteria
Criteria: Total:
Part 1 40

Introduction 2
Review on articles and comments 6
5 Critical Success Factors – well discussed 20
Conclusion 2
Overall presentation & quality of writing 5
Appropriate referencing 5

Part 2 30
a) Online Quiz #1 – Correctness of response as graded on Moodle


10
b) Online Quiz #2 – Correctness of response as graded on Moodle 10
c) Online Quiz #3 – Correctness of response as graded on Moodle

10
Part 3 30
a) Hands-on PP process culminating to an accurate record of all the
document numbers being generated
15
b) A reflective essay on how the enterprise systems could be used
to enhance efficiency in supply chain management.
15