The purpose of the INTEGRATED LEARNING PROJECT (ILP) is for everyone to develop a
working model of an ERP system applied to a firm of their choosing. This model will be built up
in modular format through weekly assignments culminating in the submission of the completed
model in the final week of the course together with a management proposal detailing the costs
and benefits as they apply to the income statement and balance sheet of the selected firm.
INSTRUCTION
Part 1 Company selection– – Characteristic Manufacturing Publicly available financial s – –
accounts consumer or industrial product (either make to order or make to stock) examples – –
Tesla / Boeing (search YouTube “Mega factories” and choose one of these documentary
examples to appreciate the level of manufacturing detail required). Structure your assignment as
follows (word counts are minimums):
o Title page
o Company description (300 words)
o Financial trends: Overview of inventory types/trends/productivity (trends in day’s
stock by type, Etc.) (300 words)
Income statements (last 3 years) (300 words)
Balance sheet (last 3 years) (300 words)
o Opportunities for logistics to improve income statement (consider revenues and
operating costs) and balance sheet asset productivity. Provide quantitative
calculations and probable range of costs / benefits. (300 words)
BUSI 615
INTEGRATED EARNING ROJECT L P ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
OVERVIEW
The integrated learning assignment is a series of 6 assignments and a final course
consolidated submission. All assignments and the compilation of the final consolidated
submission is managed as an individual assignment.
Purpose
The purpose of the ILP is for everyone to develop a working model of an ERP system applied
to a firm of their choosing. This model will be built up in modular format through weekly
assignments culminating in the submission of the completed model in the final week of the
course together with a management proposal detailing the costs and benefits as they apply to
the income statement and balance sheet of the selected firm.
Resources
The development of the assignments will be supported not only by written instructions but
also with an explanatory Watch item.
Expectations
Each component, from Module 3: Week 3 will be the development of an ERP module
in Excel relevant to the topic for that week. The Excel development will follow SAP
and other ERP systems formats. The Excel file will be accompanied by a written
assignment containing:
a. as Details on how this ERP signment could be implemented (assignment
management process, who should be involved, and why, etc.) within the
chosen firm (min 300 words)
b. Details on how ERP could be operated (management process, who should be
responsible, numbers of different users of each module, data accuracy, etc.)
within the chosen firm (min 300 words)
c. What could be the future sources of inaccuracy in the data contained the ERP
system (min 300 words)
d. How the corruption of the data could be prevented (min 300 words)
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