The BIT – Business Information Technology Institute in

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is a

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information systems An information system (IS) is a formal, sociotechnical, organizational system designed to collect, process, information storage, store, and information distribution, distribute information. From a sociotechnical perspective, information systems a ...

research institute and affiliated with

University of Mannheim The University of Mannheim (German: ''Universität Mannheim''), abbreviated UMA, is a public research university in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Founded in 1967, the university has its origins in the ''Palatine Academy of Sciences'', ...

. Under the leadership of Franz Steffens, president of the institute, BIT employs a staff of about 20 researchers. The BIT was established in Mannheim in 2007 and is still headquartered there. BIT is organized as a research group within the University of Mannheim and belongs to the Mannheim School of Computer Science and Mathematics. The institute addresses standard business application software and perceives itself as a mediator between science and enterprise practice.

Organization

The BIT Institute headed by Professor Dr. Franz Steffens. It is located on the 4th floor of the ''Haus Oberrhein'' directly by Mannheims river bank. The BIT is subdivided into 3 pillars: * Application Development I (large scale industry) where BIT is engaged in: Template based

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rollout; Knowledge Management in the

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; Data migration in SAP ERP; Enterprise Management; Building of a global Internet Platform * Application Development II (medium-sized business) where BIT is working on: Adoption of a company wide Business Intelligence solution under usage of SAP NetWeaver BW; Implementation of customized scenarios for the management and operational reporting from the following fields of activity: Supply Chain Management,

Finance Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fina ...

and Controlling, Sales/Distribution and Production * Software Lab where BIT installs prototypes analyzing software products under consideration of: Functionality, Architecture, Usability and Integration

Research and Focus

The BIT Institute is focused on projects for organizational development and software rollouts in industry companies and projects in the area of developing standard business application systems with software vendors. The main focus of Research Group Information Systems is the comparative analysis of standard enterprise application systems, primarily under the consideration of technical and functional aspects. This includes systems concerning

Enterprise Resource Planning Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is the integrated management of main business processes, often in real time and mediated by software and technology. ERP is usually referred to as a category of Business management tools, business management ...

(ERP). Here, the BIT is engaged in several research areas that are divided into six different research clusters: *

Business Intelligence Business intelligence (BI) comprises the strategies and technologies used by enterprises for the data analysis and management of business information. Common functions of business intelligence technologies include reporting, online analytical pr ...

(BI) *

Customer Relationship Management Customer relationship management (CRM) is a process in which a business or other organization administers its interactions with customers, typically using data analysis to study large amounts of information. CRM systems compile data from a ra ...

(CRM) * Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) *

Supply Chain Management In commerce, supply chain management (SCM) is the management of the flow of goods and services including all processes that transform raw materials into final products between businesses and locations. This can include the movement and stor ...

(SCM) * Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) * Workflow Management (WfM)

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University of Mannheim

Universität Mannheim (German webpage)
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Organization

Research and Focus

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