course-details-portlet

SMF2014

Digital supply chains and ERP systems

Choose study year

Assessments and mandatory activities may be changed until September 20th.

Credits 7.5
Level Intermediate course, level II
Course start Spring 2026
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English and norwegian
Location Gjøvik
Examination arrangement Aggregate score

About

About the course

Course content

Part 1 (50%)

  • Introduction to digital supply chain management
  • Digital supply chain transformation and digital supply chain capabilities
  • End-to end supply chain visibility and supply chain performance
  • Technological innovations in the supply chain
  • Supply chain management systems in an ERP Environment
    • ERP system workaround, customization and integration
    • Digitalization in an ERP solution (D365FO)
  • Business process management (BPM) design, reengineering and workflow design
  • Organizational change

Part 2 (50%)

  • Introduction to the ERP-system Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (BC)
  • Setting up a work center, product structures and processes
  • Creating product cards, customer cards, supplier cards
  • Creating orders and book receipt of goods
  • Create sales order and book the sale of goods
  • planning for production based on stockholding and sales order data
  • Administer the purchase cycle in BC
  • Administer the sales cycles in BC

Learning outcome

In this course, the student shall learn about digital supply chains, digital supply chain strategies and experimenting with enterprise resource planning systems to transform supply chains. Students will get

knowledge to:

  • describe how digital tools can enhance the firms supply chain strategy.
  • describe the importance of business process design and redesign towards business process improvement
  • demonstrate the use of ERP system information to optimize material, information, and financial flows of a business operation.

skills to:

  • apply different tools from digital supply chain management for business process improvement
  • generate reports using an ERP system and other advanced spreadsheets and databases
  • systematically extract data from internal business processes in order to evaluate the performance of a supply chain.

General competences to:

  • develop a basic understanding of the role of digital supply chain management in creating competitive advantage
  • develop a basic understanding of how to apply business process management tools data for business process improvement
  • develop a good understanding of the logic of the integration of sales, purchasing, accounting, finance, and production data for business decision making

Learning methods and activities

Lectures, laboratory assignments and project work

Compulsory assignments

  • Compulsory assignment
  • Compulsory assignment

Further on evaluation

part 1- students write a 3 hour off campus exam ( counts 50% of grade)

part 2 - students work on task and deliver a report (counts 50% of grade)

During the course, the student shall work on two obligatory tasks that must be approved before they take the exam or deliver the final report.

There is no re-take of this exam. Approved obligatory work is valid for the next ordinary exam.

Specific conditions

Admission to a programme of study is required:
Logistics Management (BLOG)

Subject areas

  • Organization and Leadership
  • Economics and Administration

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Aggregate score
Grade: Letter grades

Ordinary examination - Spring 2026

Home examination
Weighting 50/100 Duration 3 hours Exam system Inspera Assessment
Report
Weighting 50/100 Exam system Inspera Assessment