Module 5 Case 205

Tulu Tanrikorur (2007, May 7), Business Process Management 101: The Basics of BPM and How to Choose the Right Suite, Information Week, Retrieved fromhttp://www.informationweek.com/software/business-intelligence/business-process-management-101-the-basi/199204260

ALAGSE (n.d.), Business Process Integration (BPI), Retrieved from, http://www.alagse.com/pm/p6.php

wiseGEEK (n.d.) What is Business Process Integration?, Retrieved from,http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-business-process-integration.htm

Deborah Nightingale (2009, June 15), Principles of Enterprise Systems, Second International Symposium on Engineering Systems, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Retrieved fromhttp://esd.mit.edu/symp09/submitted-papers/nightingale-paper.pdf

SAP (2012, September 23), Enterprise Resource Planning, Retrieved fromhttp://www.sap.com/solutions/bp/enterprise-resource-planning/index.epx

ToolBox.com (2012, September 23), Business Process Integration, Retrieved fromhttp://it.toolbox.com/wiki/index.php/Business_Process_Integration

Optional Material

Sage (2012, September 23), Examples of Sage ERP Solutions, Retrieved fromhttp://na.sage.com/erp/industries

LANSA (2012, September 23), What is Business Process Integration (BPI)?, Retrieved fromhttp://www.lansa.com/resources/jargonbuster.htm

Quora (2012, September 23), Business Process Management: What are the differences between BPM and ERP? Retrieved from http://www.quora.com/Business-Process-Management/What-are-the-differences-between-BPM-and-ERP

You have studied the importance of process integration in this module. When you’ve had a chance to review information from the background readings and research other sources on your own, please prepare a 3-5 page paper on the topic:

“Why is it important for a business (or organization) to be aware of business process interdependencies and the potential impact each decision can have across the organization”

You may like to approach the question by discussing the importance of business process integration, interdependences and impact across the organization and provide examples.