BUS4020

Trading systems and electronic commerce IV

R B Johnston

6 points
* One 2-hour lecture and one 1-hour tutorial per week
* First, second semester
* Clayton

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, 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 and their impact on business operations and 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 Assignments: 30%
* Examination (2 hours): 70%

Prescribed software

Mind Your Own Business Education version

Prescribed texts

Johnston R B Electronic commerce: An operational view Dept Business Systems, Monash U, 1997

Recommended texts

Bodnar G H and Hopwood W S Accounting information systems 5th edn, Prentice-Hall, 1993
Eliason A L Online business computer applications 3rd edn, Maxwell-Macmillan, 1991
Leyland V Electronic data interchange: A management view Prentice-Hall, 1993