IT 402 SEU Integrated Enterprise Systems Discussion

College of Computing and InformaticsAssignment 1
Deadline: Tuesday 24/9/2022 @ 23:59
[Total Mark for this Assignment is 8]
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Question One
Pg. 01
Learning
Outcome(s):
CLO 1
Explain and
analyze business
processes within
small, medium
and large
corporate
enterprise.
Question One
2 Marks
Provide the difference between Slack time and Cycle-time efficiency. There are
how many ways to compute the Cycle time? Explain only one way.
Question Two
Pg. 02
Learning
Outcome(s):
CLO 4
Manage
resources and
finance of
corporate
enterprise IT
systems.
Question Two
2 Marks
Explain the difference between direct costs, indirect costs, fixed costs, and
variable costs, provide a real-world example explaining each of the above.
(Every student should provide a different example).
Question Three
Pg. 03
Learning
Outcome(s):
CLO2
Design secure
and flexible
information and
communication
architectures that
support the chang
ing needs
of the business.
Question Three
2 Marks
Suppose there is a company that does all the work manually and has a
particular system in each department. After spending a period of time, they
wanted to automate all the company’s functions and operations, and they
decided to apply the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to their
organization. Why did they determine to use the Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP) system instead of manually working?
Question Four
Pg. 04
Learning
Outcome(s):
CLO1
Explain and
analyze business
processes within
small, medium
and large
corporate
enterprise.
Question Four
2 Marks
Based on scenario in question 3, what are the Enterprise Resource
Planning (ERP) benefits, and why they found it essential?