ERP720S - ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEMS - 1ST OPP - JUNE 2023


ERP720S - ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEMS - 1ST OPP - JUNE 2023



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n Am I BI A u n IV ERs ITY
OF SCIEn CE Ano TECHn OLOGY
FACULTY OF COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS
DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATICS
QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor of Information Technology (Business Computing); Bachelor of
Informatics
QUALIFICATION CODE: 0BSSBC/07BAIF LEVEL: 7
COURSE CODE: ERP720S
COURSE: Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
DATE: June 2023
SESSION: 1
DURATION: 2 Hours
MARKS: 70
FIRST OPPORTUNITY EXAMINATION QUESTION PAPER
EXAMINERS:
MODERATOR(S):
Mr Johnson Billawer
Dr Victoria Hasheela-Mufeti
THIS EXAMINATION PAPER CONSISTS OF 6 PAGES
(INCLUDING THIS FRONT PAGE)
INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CANDIADATE
1. Answer ALL QUESTIONS.
2. When writing, take into account: The style should inform than impress, it should be
formal, in third person, paragraphs set out according to ideas or issues, and the
paragraphs flowing in a logical order.
3. Information should be brief and accurate.
4. Please ensure that your writing is legible, neat and presentable

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SECTIONA: Multiple Choice Questions. Marks for each question are shown at the end.
[Total Marks 20)
1. Which SAP ERPsystem did you use for practical in this course?
[1 Mark]
A. SAP R/3
B. SAP HANA
C. SAP R/1
D. S/4HANA
2. Which of the following icons is used for performing enterprise-wide
navigating to apps on the SAP S/4HANA Fiori Launchpad?
Q A.
.
search and
[1 Mark]
B.
C.
D. e
3. The following are examples of business processes, except for __ .
A. Drawing up and sending your departmental budget
B. Baking a cake at home
C. Graduating students
D. Recruiting employees
[1 Mark]
4. You are describing Organizational Data. Which two (2) statements are the most correct?
[2 Marks]
A. The Organizational structure is modelled by assigning units to the structure
B. Financial statements are created at plant level
C. The company code is the highest organizational element
D. A client or tenant is a self-contained unit
5. ERPimplementation services costs include .... The are two (2) correct answers.
A. ERP licenses
[2 Marks]
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B. Training
C. Change Management
D. Networking
6. A purchasing info record is derived from which of the following master records? There are
two (2) correct answers.
[2 Marks]
A. Conditions
B. Output
C. Vendor
D. Material
7. In SAP S/4HANA, the Sales Area comprises of___
A. Plant
B. Sales organisation
C. Controlling area
D. Distribution channel
E. Division
. There are three (3) correct answers.
[3 Marks]
8. Material master data views needed for purchasing. There are Three (3) correct answers.
[3 Marks]
A. Purchasing
B. Basic data
C. Purchase order
D. Header
E. Sales order
F. Accounting
9. For a sales order process as implemented in SAP S/4HANA, when a billing document is
created, what integration points occur? There are three (3) correct answers.
[3 Marks]
A. The customer's credit account is updated
B. On-hand inventory is decreased
C. Actual demand is reduced
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D. An open item is posted on the customer's account
E. Revenue is increased
10. When a goods receipt is created for materials received from the Vendor. Which two (2) G/L
account(s) will be debited and credited?
[2 marks]
A. Decrease Inventory (credit inventory)
B. Goods receipt of material from a vendor
C. Decrease Inventory (credit inventory)
D. Increase GR/IR liability (credit GR/IR)
SECTIONB: Structured Questions. Marks for each question are shown at the end.
[Total Marks 50]
QUESTION 1
[19 Marks]
Assume you are hired by Zambikes company to manage the procurement process. You will perform
different roles within the company such as purchasing agent, warehouse employee, and an
accounting specialist.
a) Illustrate the standard view of steps involved in the procure to pay process using the SAP
S/4HANA ERPsystem.
[4 Marks]
b) Identify the organizational structure/units required to support the procure to pay process.
[3 Marks]
c) You received a request from the production unit to purchase 10 Brake kit.
i) Which document will you create in an ERPsystem to request for the 10 Brake kit from
suppliers?
[2 Marks]
ii) Once goods have been received and captured in an ERPsystem. Explain the effects of this
transaction.
[5 Marks]
d) As a Purchasing Agent for Zambikes company:
i) What risks in the procurement process will you consider when receiving goods?
[3 Marks]
ii) How will you eliminate the risks you stated in question d (i)?
[2 Marks]
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QUESTION 2
Purch Grp (MM)
Purch Org (MM)
[6 Marks]
Ship point
Company Code (Fl)
Plant (Log.)
Storage loc
Sales Org (SD) Sales Area (SD)
Division (SD)
Dist. Channel (SD)
Sales Office (SD)
Figure 1: SAPorganizational data elements
Analyze Figure 1 and answer the questions that follows:
A) Explainthe relationship between Client and Company Code.
[2 Marks]
B) Which two organizational data/units are only relevant in the procurement process?
[2 Marks]
C) During which application management phase is Figure 1 prepared and used? [1 Mark]
D) What does these organizational levels in a SAPrepresent?
[1 Mark]
QUESTION 3
a) Use the scenario below to answer the questions that follow:
[25 Marks]
Assume a customer placed an order for products at your company. However, your company does not
have the products and it would take three {3) calendar days to have the products (material
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availability)in stocks from the day of orderplacement. Youarefurther informed that the orderis due
in 6 days and the customer required deliverydate is on the 6th day (Day1, Day2........Day6}.Since all
the machines are available you would like to start the production of these products immediately on
Day 1.
i) On which day will the production of the new products be completed? [1 Mark]
ii) On which day will you dispatch the products to the customer?
[1 Mark]
iii) Which sales order scheduling approach is followed in the scenario? [2 Marks]
iv) Justify your choice of approach in iii).
[2 Marks]
b) The shipping process begins when you create the delivery document for the sales order.
Discussthe three (3) sub-process for shipping process.
[6 Marks]
c) Assume you own a grocery retail and hiredfour employees to assist you in managing the
dailyactivities. The business has two warehousesfor storing all the products receivedfrom
suppliers.
i) Why will it be important for you to manage inventory in the shop?
[5 Marks]
ii) On a particular day the following transactions occurred in your business. Analyse each
statement below and state what type of goods movement is involved.
a) You purchased 20 products from your supplier and re-sell 15 of the products to a
customer.
[4 Marks]
b) You detected that two products are damaged hence will not be usable in the business.
[2 Marks]
c) You transferred some products from one warehouse to the other.
[2 Marks]
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