Digitalization and enterprise systems

This course equips students with the knowledge and skills to effectively integrate enterprise systems into organizational processes, a core aspect of optimizing operations and decision-making in business.

The course begins with an introduction to digitalization and enterprise systems, emphasizing their strategic importance as resources for digital transformation and innovation. Key topics include the acquisition, implementation, architecture, and use of enterprise systems. Students will explore fundamental concepts, such as the types, components, and evolution of enterprise systems, while also examining the approaches for acquiring and implementing such systems. The course addresses both management and architectural aspects, focusing on critical success factors, risk management in enterprise system implementation, and provisioning styles such as on-premise, cloud, and SaaS. Additionally, the role of enterprise systems in business intelligence is highlighted.

The assignments include hands-on practice with SAP ERP, the most widely used enterprise system, by performing various organizational processes (such as procurement, sales and distribution, and materials management), along with interviews with business professionals about their experiences in implementing and operating enterprise systems as part of their digitalization journey.

After the course, the student is able to:

• explain the key concepts of digitalization and enterprise systems
• explain the strategic use of enterprise systems for digitalization
• identify different aspects of evaluating and acquiring enterprise systems
• distinguish different types of enterprise systems that are commonly used in organizations and explain their key characteristics
• identify different architecture styles of enterprise systems,
• discuss management-related aspects of enterprise system implementation and operation,
• use basic functionalities of an enterprise system (SAP ERP) by going through some core business processes.

You must meet the following requirements

• Registered for a degree programme other than
• HBO-TOP Applied Physics, Pre-Master
• Completed none of the course modules listed below
• Business information systems management (1BV20)

• Scientific papers, Book Chapters
• Book: Enterprise Systems for Management, 2nd Edition. Author(s): Luvai Motiwalla; Jeffrey Thompson Publisher: Pearson Education Limited, 2014.