SCM4307 - Enterprise Information Management

Year of Study:4
Credit Units: 3
Duration: 45hours
Prerequisites: SCM3202 Global Logistics Management
Module Description
This course will start from the understanding of information management (IM) with the process of creating value from the organization’s intangible assets. In order to transform information into a valuable organizational asset, knowledge, experience, and expertise must be identified, codified, distributed, shared, reused and applied. IM is considered as a key competitiveness to create a sustainable edge of companies in today’s business environment. On the other hand, with the advancement of Information Systems & Technology (IST), information and hands-on experience of IST-based Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) is inevitable for graduates of SCM.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this module, students should be able to:

  1. describe the fundamental concepts in the study of information and its creation, acquisition, codification, transferring, sharing, and management;

  2. identify the role and use of information assets in organizations and institutions;

  3. tell the core concepts, methods, techniques, and tools for building comprehensive knowledge strategy for companies, in the contest of ERP; and

  4. develop techniques of applying and integrating appropriate components and functions of various knowledge management and IST-based ERP systems.