Industrial software applications : a master's course of engineers

This book is written for engineering students and working professionals. Technical professionals are increasingly involved in IT issues, such as implementing IT systems, managing them, and taking part in requirements analysis/vendor selection. In this book, the basics of production planning systems...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Geisler, Rainer (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin [Germany] ; Münich [Germany] ; Boston [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2015.
SeriesDe Gruyter textbook.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783110370997
3110370999
9781523104581
1523104589
3110370980
9783110370980
9783110396782
Physical Description1 online resource (519 pages) : illustrations, tables

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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction and Types of Information Systems (IS); 1.1 Significance of Information Systems (IS); 1.1.1 Scope of View: What is an Information System and IS-Management?; 1.1.2 Environmental Influences; 1.1.3 Role of IS: Influence on Operations; 1.1.4 Role of IS: Influence on Strategy; 1.1.5 Significance of IS: Financial View; 1.1.5.1 Empirical Evidence; 1.1.5.2 The Concept of Total Cost of Ownership (TCO); 1.1.5.3 IS Impact on the Return of Capital Employed (ROCE); 1.2 Types of IT-Systems; 1.2.1 The Overall View on Information Systems; 1.2.2 Operative Transaction Processing Systems (TPS).
  • 1.2.3 Different Management Information Systems1.2.3.1 Management Information Systems (MIS); 1.2.3.2 Decision Support Systems (DSS); 1.2.3.3 Executive Support Systems (ESS); 1.3 Processes as Dominant Objects of IS; 1.3.1 What is a Process?; 1.3.2 Definition and Documentation of Processes; 1.3.3 Computerization of Processes with Workflows and Workflow Management Systems (WFM); 1.4 The Value Chain of IT-Companies; 1.5 Summary of Chapter 1; 1.6 Literature for Chapter 1; 1.7 Review Questions for Chapter 1; 1.8 Suggestions for Written Exercise or Groupwork for Chapter 1.
  • 1.8.1 Total Cost of Ownership Concept1.8.2 Operative and Strategic Impact of Information Systems; 1.8.3 Research Success and Failure Stories; 2 Focus on Production Planning Systems (PPS); 2.1 PPS at the Core of Industrial Manufacturing; 2.1.1 Manufacturing Process and Materials Management; 2.1.2 Functions of a PPS; 2.2 Important Master Data in a PPS; 2.2.1 Materials; 2.2.1.1 Bill of Materials (BoM); 2.2.1.2 Categories and Types of BoM's; 2.2.1.3 How Bills of Material are Used in Production Planning; 2.2.2 Work Center; 2.2.3 Work Plan (in SAP Called "Routing"); 2.3 Production Planning.
  • 2.3.1 Quantity Planning2.3.2 Scheduling of Production; 2.3.3 Capacity Planning and Capacity Leveling; 2.4 Production Control; 2.4.1 The Production Order (PO); 2.4.2 Timing of Production Order; 2.4.2.1 Availability Check; 2.4.2.2 Releasing the Production Order; 2.4.3 Production Order Control via Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES); 2.4.4 Work Order Completion Message in the ERP-System; 2.5 Summary of Chapter 2; 2.6 Literature for Chapter 2; 2.7 Review Questions for Chapter 2; 2.8 Suggestions for Written Exercise or Groupwork for Chapter 2; 2.8.1 Exploding BoM and scheduling.
  • 2.8.2 MES and Below3 Integration of Information Systems: Forms, Methods and Concepts; 3.1 Introduction: Integration of Information Systems; 3.1.1 Direction, Methods and Automation of Integration; 3.1.2 Benefits and Risks of Integration; 3.1.3 Vertical Integration via Programs in Functional Silos; 3.1.4 Horizontal Integration via Programs; 3.2 Vertical Integration via Data Warehousing (DWH); 3.2.1 Extract, Transform, Load Data into the Data Warehouse; 3.2.1.1 Extraction of Data from Operative Systems; 3.2.1.2 Transformation of Data; 3.2.1.3 Load and Storage of Data into a Persistent Database.