GCO5801

Trading systems and electronic commerce

R B Johnston

6 Points - First semester - Distance

Objectives At the completion of this subject students should be able to understand the information exchanges between companies engaged in trading and the systems that control these exchanges; be familiar with modern information technologies that can automate the exchange of information between trading partners; appreciate the impact of these electronic commerce technologies on trading arrangement and business process; be familiar with a popular accounting package; have been exposed to case studies relating to trading and electronic commerce; and be able to apply knowledge of trading and electronic commerce and recommend solutions to business problems.

Synopsis Application of information systems to companies that trade in goods and services. The computerisation of operational systems including purchasing, sales, dispatching, receiving, accounts payable, accounts receivable and inventory control. Automation of the exchange of business data between trading partners, electronic commerce (EC). Practical exercises with a state-of-the-art accounting package. Discussion and evaluation of EC technologies; developments such as bar coding and electronic data interchange (EDI), Point of sale systems (POS), electronic funds transfer (EFT), data encryption and the role of standards such as x12 in data management practice. Case studies of the application of EC techniques in retail, manufacturing and service industries. The relevance of EC to just-in-time, vendor managed inventory, evaluated receipt systems and other supply chain reforms.

Assessment Assignment: 30% - Examination (2 hours): 70%

Prescribed software

Mind Your Own Business Education Version

Prescribed texts

Johnston R B Trading systems and electronic commerce Dept Business Systems, Monash U, 1995

Recommended texts

Harris B (ed.) EDI yearbook 1995 Blackwell, 1994
Leyland V Electronic data interchange: A management view Prentice-Hall, 1993
Sokol P K From EDI to electronic commerce McGraw-Hill, 1995

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