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          Industrial Distributor Information & Technology Management

          Study of Advanced Issues in Distribution Supply Chain Information Technology

Required Reading	e-Distribution by Lawrence, Jennings, and Reynolds, Southwestern Thomson publishers.
Required Reading	ERP in Distribution by Lawrence, Jennings, and Reynolds, Southwestern Thomson publishers

          Information Automation offers many opportunities to transfer data more quickly through the supply chain. Forecasts for instance can be greatly enhanced by the use of direct customer and salesperson input under controlled circumstances. Information that was formerly unavailable for sharing with suppliers has now become available through new technologies as the E-Business movement proceeds. This course aims to examine those procedures, challenges and the technology associated with ERP/E –Business implementation.

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Unit of Study	Course Week Dates	Due Dates
Unit 1:  Distributor Information Technology & Strategy	January 17 – 22	Jan 22
Unit 2: Customer facing systems	January 23 – 29	Jan 29
Unit 3:   Sales Force Automation	January 30 – Feb 05	Feb 05
Case 1:   Rockwell Automation	February 06 – 12	Feb 12
Unit 4 Part I:  Distributor ERP	February 13 – 19	Feb 19
Mid-term Exam	February 20 – 26	Feb 26
Unit 4 Part II:  Distributor ERP	February 27 – Mar 05	Mar 05
Unit 5: B2B Systems	March 06 – 12	Mar 12
SPRING BREAK	March 13 – 19	-------
Case 2: My Plumbing Supply (Chapter 15, e-Distribution)	March 20 – 26	Mar 26
Unit 6: Delivering Real Time Information to the End User	March 27 – Apr 2	Apr 02
Group Project	April 03 – 9	-------
Group Project	April 10 – 16	-------
Group Project	April 17 – 23	-------
Final Exam	April 24 – 30	Apr 30
Group Project Due	May 01 – 07	May 07