Enterprise Resource Planning Design and Implementation IST 346 BUS 326

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Enterprise Resource Planning Design and
ImplementationIST 346 / BUS 326
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About Me

• Director, ERP Center at UMR
• Education
• Phd Engineering Management
• Marketing product cannibalization
• MS, BS Chemical Engineering
• SAP Experience

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About You

• Name
• Major, Undergrad/Grad, Year
• IT background, experience
• Why this course
• Something you have done that you dont think
  anyone in the class has
• Not work/profession related
• Travel, hobby etc

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About 346

• About ERP, SAP
• Architecture
• Implementation issues, strategies
• Transactions in ERP systems SAP R/3 and
  Microsoft Dynamics GP
• Understanding Solution Manager
• Configuration

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Course Goals

• Understand the basic concepts of ERP systems
• Understand the technology and implementation
  issues
• Understand concepts behind configuration in R/3
• Increase your market value

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Schedule Overview

• Part 1
• Introduction to ERP, SAP
• Technology, architecture
• Implementation issues
• Part 2
• Data organization in SAP
• R/3, GP navigation, transactions
• Solution Manager
• Part 3
• Configuration

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Class Websites

• http//blackboard.umr.edu
• Syllabus, schedule, notes, assignments, exam
  scores etc
• http//econ.more.net/main/UMR
• Go to Public Recordings and search by class
  number or my last name
• Recordings of the class
• Not a substitute for attending class

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Books

• References
• SAP R/3 Handbook, Jose Hernandez, Third Edition,
  McGraw Hill Publications
• SAP R/3 Process-Oriented Implementation, Keller
  and Teufel, 1998, Addison Wesley Publications
• Managerial Issues of ERP Systems, Olson, McGraw
  Hill Publications
• Enterprise Resource Planning, Mary Sumner, 2006,
  Prentice Hall
• Conception and Installation of System Monitoring
  Using the SAP Solution Manager, Corina Schulz,
  Galileo Press

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Grading Policy

• Paper and Participation 5
• Mid Term I 20
• Mid Term II 20
• Configuration 15
• Hands-On Exercises 15
• Final Exam (Comprehensive) 25

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Communication

• Email sundar_at_umr.edu
• Phone - 573-341-7605
• Office 107 A, Fulton Hall (Open door policy)
• Office Hours By appointment via email
• Watch out for articles, discussion items on
  blackboard

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Attendance

• More than three unexcused absences will result in
  loss of a letter grade.
• More than six unexcused absences will result in
  loss of two letter grades.

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ERP Programs with IST

• Undergraduates emphasis
• Three 300 level courses
• Graduate certificate
• Total 4 courses
• Three 300 level
• One 400 level (446)

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ERP Undergrad Emphasis

• Introduction to ERP (every semester 200 level)
• ERP Design and Implementation (every semester
  300 level)
• Business Intelligence (Fall 300 level)
• Supply Chain Management Systems (Fall - 300
  level)
• ERP System Administration (Summer - 300 level)
• Strategic Enterprise Management Systems (Winter -
  300 level)
• Bold required courses
• Italics, bold pre-req

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ERP Graduate Certificate

• ERP Design and Implementation (every semester
  300 level)
• Business Intelligence (Fall 300 level)
• Supply Chain Management Systems (Fall - 300
  level)
• ERP System Administration (Summer - 300 level)
• Strategic Enterprise Management Systems (Winter -
  300 level)
• ERP Configuration and Integration (Winter 400
  level)
• Bold required courses
• Italics, bold pre-req

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Emphasis and Certificate

• UMR Transcript
• Emphasis - ERP
• ERP Graduate Certificate ERP
• SAP UMR Certificate any 3 ERP courses
• Certificate of Excellence

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SAP Career

• ERP courses
• IST 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 446
• Pick an area in which you want to work
• Preferably your educational background

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SAP Career

• Try to work on a lot of projects
• Possibility of scheduling a IST 300 (Special
  Problems)
• Depends on background (preferably IST, CS, CPE)
• OS, DB, Web app servers
• Other ideas welcome

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SAP Career

• SAP Student Academy
• Time Frame
• 2 weeks
• First 2 weeks of January 2007.
• Cost
• At SAP, 10K
• Assumption 20 students around 2K

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SAP Career

• Prerequisites
• 3 SAP-based courses.
• If you havent taken three SAP based courses, at
  least IST 346 or IST 446 is a must.
• There will be a separate 2 day boot-camp free of
  charge
• Course fundamentals and integration of business
  processes, includes certification exam
• Nothing is confirmed unless we get a decent
  number of responses

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Class Activity

• Group of 5
• Flash cards
• 2 questions - Trepidations about this course
• 2 questions - other course/SAP/ERP related
  questions
• 5-7 minutes to come up with questions

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Reading for Next Class

• http//www.sap.com
• Products, industries, business processes
• http//help.sap.com
• Who are the big ERP vendors and what is their
  market share