TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER
1
2
TITLE
PAGE
TITLE
i
DECLARATION
ii
DEDICATION
iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
iv
ABSTRACT
v
ABSTRAK
vi
TABLE OF CONTENTS
vii
LIST OF TABLES
xi
LIST OF FIGURES
xii
Introduction
1
1.1- Introduction
1
1.2- Problem Statement
3
1.3- Project Objectives
3
1.4- Project Scope
3
1.5- Research Assumptions
4
Literature Review
6
2.1- Introduction
6
2.2- The reason of enterprise integration
7
2.3- Integration Requirements
8
Infrastructure
2.4- Role of information technology in the
organization
10
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2.5- Technology
10
2.6- Information technology
11
2.7- Information systems (IS)
14
2.8- Integration against Intermediary
16
2.9- The necessity of ERP utilization in
17
advanced organizational application
achievement
2.10- Required precautions for utilization of
18
integrated systems
2.11- Workflow Management Systems
19
(WFMS)
2.11.1- WFMS Objectives
21
2.11.2- Abbreviated Expressions in
22
WFMS systems
2.12-Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
28
2.12.1- ERP Concept
29
2.12.2- ERP systems objective
29
2.12.3- ERP Definitions
30
2.12.4- The procedure of Company’s
35
business performance
improvement by ERP
2.12.5- Required time for an ERP
36
project
2.12.6- Stages of ERP project
37
2.12.7- Fixed Part by ERP in Business
37
2.12.8- Principle Roles in ERP’s
38
project team
2.12.9- The Reasons for use ERP
39
systems
2.12.10- Advantages of using ERP
40
2.12.11- Design of ERP
40
2.12.12- Interfaces
40
2.12.13- Data Exchange
41
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2.12.14- Go live and support
42
2.12.15- Obstacles to success
42
2.12.6- Fixed Part by ERP in Business
42
2.13- Case Study
46
2.13.1- Ship Construction Industry
46
2.13.2- SADRA
46
2.13.2.1-History of SADRA
2.13.3- Problems statement of
46
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SADRA
3
2.13.4 –Principals
48
2.13.5- Organization chart of SADRA
50
System Development Methodology
50
3.1- Introduction
51
3.2- Project Methodology
55
3.2.1- Planning Phase
55
3.2.2- Analysis Phase
56
3.2.3- Design, Develop & Testing
56
Phase
3.3- Evolutionary Prototyping
57
3.3.1- Planning Phase
58
3.3.2- Analysis Phase
59
3.3.3- Design, Develop & Testing
59
3.3.4- Methodology Justification
3.4- Chapter Summary
4
System Analysis
60
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4.1- Introduction
61
4.2- Current Stage of SADRA
62
4.2.1- Task Description
62
4.2.2- Structure
64
4.2.3- Piping
65
4.2.4- Electrical
65
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4.2.5- Outfitting & Machinery
66
4.2.6- HVAC
66
4.2.7- Painting
66
4.2.8- Architecture
67
4.2.9-Resource Distribution of
67
SADRA
4.3- Identification of the relationships
69
between different disciplines and
intermediary identification
4.4- Elaboration of the current (real-time)
72
planning unit, Sadra Co.
4.5- General structure of Work Process at
73
SADRA
4.6- Proposed New Framework
4.7- System Analysis
4.7.1- Identification and Automation
78
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of linkage process between 7
disciplines
4.7.2- Data Flow Diagram (DFD) of
80
Current System
4.7.2.1- SADRA DFD level 0
80
4.7.2.2.- SADRA DFD level 1
81
4.7.2.3- SADRA DFD level 2.3
82
4.7.2.4- SADRA DFD level2.4
84
4.7.3- SADRA current stage Work
85
Flow
4.7.4- SADRA Schematic before use
87
ERP
4.7.5- Automation
4.7.5.1- SADRA Schematic after use
87
89
ERP
4.8- Propose the Conversion of Sadra work
structure from project-centered to
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discipline centered
4.8.1- Reasons of work
91
Structure modification from
project oriented situation to
discipline
oriented situation
4.9- Design a New System of SADRA
4.9.1- Explain Data Flow
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Diagram(DFD) of new System
4.9.2- Work Flow of New System
98
4.9.3- Database and Entity
5
relationship Diagram (ERD)
100
4.10- Calculate the progress Report
110
System Design, Implementation and Testing
5.1- Introduction
112
117
5.2- User Interface Design
5.3- Example of System Input & Output
118
5.4- Database Development
120
5.5- Program Development
5.6- System Testing and Evaluation
5.6.1 Integration Testing
5.6.2 User Satisfaction Test
5.7- Conclusions
6
Conclusions
Future Work
References
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LIST OF TABLE
TABLE NO.
TITLE
PAGE
1
A structure for work integration
9
2
Top Companies in ERP (manufacturing business
46
technology)
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LIST OF FIGURE
FIGURE.
TITLE
PAGE
1
Information Technology support for organizations against
12
Pressures
2
protective ring of information technology to protect the
13
organization from the environment pressures
3
Information systems coverage based on activity type in
15
different levels of an organization
4
A view from organization's applications development
18
5
Workflow system Specifications
21
6
Resources that form an Enterprise
30
7
Single system resulting from implementation of ERP
32
8
Materials, Information, and Cash Flow regarding to
34
organization, suppliers, distributers, and customers
9
Transition approaches
43
10
Types of ERP
45
11
Organization chart of Sadra
53
12
Flow of Research Activities
57
13
SADRA by Business Unit
63
14
Resource Distribution of SADRA
68
15
Work process at SADRA
75
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Linkage processes between the seven disciplines
79
17
SADRA DFD level 0
80
18
SADRA DFD Level 1
82
19
SADRA DFD Level 2.3
83
20
SADRA DFD Level 2.4
84
21
Current Workflow of SADRA
86
22
SADRA before ERP Implementation
87
23
SADRA after ERP Implementation
89
24
Modified work structure of Sadra Company
90
25
Data Flow Diagram (DFD) of New System
97
26
Work Flow Diagram of New System
99
27
Entity Relationship Diagram
100
28
Project setup of new system
102
29
Project planning of new system
103
30
Project Planning Detail of new system
104
31
Resource planning of new system
105
32
Job order of new system
106
33
Daily progress report of new system
107
34
Work Order
108
35
Progress report
109
36
Monthly progress report
111