BUS4710

Applied E-Business - B2B

(IT)

S Huxford

6 points + One 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week + second semester + summer semester, Clayton + Prohibitions: BUS2710

Synopsis: This subject deals with the B2B quadrant of the e-Commerce matrix. All key aspects of the B2B landscape will be examined through the lens of specific implementations to ensure the acquisition of a practical and marketable skill set. Tutorials will allow students access to an industrial strength ERP (SAP R/3) and B2B platform. Following a discussion of e-Procurement the complex but potentially immensely rewarding world of Collaborative Commerce via B2B Exchanges (Marketplaces and eHubs) is examined. Enabling technologies, such as XML, and specific market leading ERP and B2B technologies are described and assessed. Finally some B2B architectures are considered.

Assessment: Examination (2 hours): 60% + Assignment: 15% + Advanced Assignment: 25%. Students must pass the examination in order to pass the subject.