College of Computing and Informatics

Enterprise systems

IT342
Assignment 1
Deadline: Sunday 27/09/2020 @ 23:59
[Total Mark for this Assignment is 5 Marks]

Student Details:
Name: Taher Alnemer ID: s170057274

CRN: 11842

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Learning
Outcome:
Question One 1.5 Marks
LO1: Analyze and
redesign business Would an enterprise create their own Enterprise system, or would they build it
based on packaged software? Justify your answer.
processes within
small, medium
The enterprise system by its exceptionally nature forces its claim rationale on a
and large
company’s methodology, organization and culture. It pushes a company toward full
corporate
integration indeed when a certain degree of business-unit isolation may be in its best
enterprise. interface. And it pushes a company toward nonspecific forms indeed when customized
forms may be a source of competitive advantage. In the event that a company surges to
introduce a venture framework without to begin with having a clear understanding of
the commerce suggestions, the dream of integration can rapidly turn into a bad dream.
The rationale of the framework may strife with the rationale of the trade and either the
execution will fall flat squandering tremendous entireties of cash and causing an
awesome bargain of disturbance or the framework will debilitate critical sources of
competitive advantage limping the company.
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Learning
Outcome: 2 Marks
Question Two
LO1: Analyze and
redesign business By your own words explain define the term “ontology “and why do we need to
processes within use ontology in enterprise system? list the four levels of the REA ontology and
small, medium what type of pattern exists at each level?
and large
corporate
enterprise.
An ontology is a “specification of a conceptualization.” . In common terms, an
ontology is an organization of a body of information and knowledge. In any case, not
at all like a glossary or lexicon, which takes terms and provides definitions for them,
an ontology works within the other heading. Ontologies can be used to represent the
structure of a domain by means of defining concepts and properties that relate them.

The aim of the enterprise ontology is to supply a “lingua franca” to allow all the
frameworks inside the enterprise an endeavor to conversation to each other and also
for the undertaking to conversation to its exchanging accomplices and the rest of the
world.

1. Value System Level: object-based pattern.

2. Value Chain Level: script-based pattern.
3. Business Process Level: object-based pattern.
4. Task Level: script-based pattern.
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Learning
Outcome: 1.5 Marks
Question Three
LO2: Design
secure and What are the differences between Value System Level and Value Chain
flexible Level? Give an example of Value System and Value Chain for a company
information and named "electro" manufactures electromenagers.
communication
architectures that
 Value system level: primarily an object pattern and focuses primarily on the
support the
resource exchanges between the enterprise and its various external business
changing needs
partners such as suppliers, customers, creditors/investors, and employees.
of the business.
 Value chain level: primarily a script pattern and focuses on resource flow
connections between the internal business processes (transaction cycles) of an
enterprise are most commonly illustrated.

Investors and
creditors
Cash Value system level
cash

Suppliers
goods, services goods, services Customer
Electro
Vendors
cash cash

labor

Employee

cash

Financing
process
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cash cash

Revenue
(sales/collecti
Payroll
on) process
process labor manufactured
Conversion
accessories, repair services
electro
Process

Raw materials instrument

Acquisition
process overhead

Value Chain Level