BPM: Advanced Topics

Access in Reserve Desk:  Business Process Integration I - Latin America (BPI I)

Developer(s):
California State University Chico: Ray Boykin
The Rushmore Group: Steve Tracy

Description
This is an intense semester-long course designed to teach students about business process integration and to configure a hypothetical company from the ground up using SAP ERP. The hypothetical company does not have a production facility; rather, it buys completed products and sells them to its customers. Throughout the semester, students create the organizational structure, master data and business rules to support the core business buy, sell and track (accounting) processes of the company. Testing is completed to ensure that the processes function as anticipated.

Country-specific versions for Columbia, Peru, and Venezuela are available.

Access in Reserve Desk:  Business Process Integration I - North America (BPI I)

Developer(s):
California State University Chico: Ray Boykin
The Rushmore Group: Steve Tracy

Description
This is an intense semester-long course designed to teach students about business process integration and to configure a hypothetical company from the ground up using SAP ERP. The hypothetical company does not have a production facility; rather, it buys completed products and sells them to its customers. Throughout the semester, students create the organizational structure, master data and business rules to support the core business buy, sell and track (accounting) processes of the company. Testing is completed to ensure that the processes function as anticipated.

Access in Reserve Desk:  Business Process Integration II - North America (BPI II)

Developer(s):
California State University Chico: Ray Boykin
The Rushmore Group: Steve Tracy

Description
This course builds upon the exercises and experiences completed in BPI I. In this expanded scenario, management has made the decision to expand its operations to include a production facility. Commencing with the hypothetical firm configured through the exercises in the BPI I course (if desired), the necessary configuration and testing is done to add production planning processes and functionality to SAP ERP.

Access in Reserve Desk:  ERP Business Simulation Game: Manufacturing Scenario

Developer(s):
HEC Montreal: Pierre-Majorique Léger, Gilbert Babin, Jacques Robert
Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal: Robert Pellerin
Western Michigan University: Bret Wagner

Description:
The ERP Simulation Game is an innovative "learning-by-doing" approach to teaching ERP concepts. Using a continuous-time simulation, students are put in a situation in which they have to run their business with a real-life ERP (SAP ERP) system. The manufacturing game consists of producing and selling Muesli breakfast cereals to the German market. This game is designed for teams of four to six students and scale to run up to 26 simultaneous teams. Teams of students operate a firm in a make-to stock manufacturing supply chain and must interact with suppliers and customers by sending and receiving orders, delivering their products and completing the whole cash-to-cash cycle. A simulation program (ERPsim) was developed to automate (i) the sales process, so that every firm receives a large number of orders in each period of the simulation, (ii) part of the production process in order to account for production capacity, and (iii) part of the procurement process to account for delay in delivery and payment. Using standard and customized reports in SAP, students must analyze their transactional data to make business decisions and ensure the profitability of their operations.

See how ERPsim is changing the way we teach and learn ERP concepts: http://erpsim.hec.ca. Visit also the YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/erpsim2. 

Related book:

•  Modern ERP: Select, Implement & Use Today's Advanced Business Systems by Marianne Bradford

Access in Reserve Desk:  ERP Business Simulation Game: Distribution Scenario

Developer(s):
HEC Montreal: Pierre-Majorique Léger, Gilbert Babin, Jacques Robert
Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal: Robert Pellerin
Western Michigan University: Bret Wagner

Description:
In this game, participants will buy and sell bottled water to small corner stores in the German market. Using a continuous-time simulation, students are put in a situation in which they have to run their business with a real-life ERP (SAP ERP) system. The distribution game consists of 60 simulated days split into three rounds of 20 days each. This game is designed to be played in two to three hours and is perfectly suited for single lecture use in courses such as Introduction to MIS. The distribution game is design to be played by teams of two to four students each, and supports up to 26 simultaneous teams in play, for a potential total of over a hundred students.

See how ERPsim is changing the way we teach and learn ERP concepts: http://erpsim.hec.ca. Visit also the YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/erpsim2. 

Related books:

• Essentials of Business Processes and Information Systems by Simha R. Magal and Jeffrey Word
• Modern ERP: Select, Implement & Use Today's Advanced Business Systems by Marianne Bradford
• Why ERP? A Primer on SAP Implementation by F. Robert Jacobs and D. Clay Whybark

Access in Reserve Desk: Fitter Snacker Configuration

Developer(s):
Western Michigan University: Bret Wagner

Description
This configuration class uses the Fitter Snacker Client. It consists of instructions written with significant screen-shot detail so that students can learn configuration with a limited amount of input from the instructor. The Fitter Snacker configuration materials have been successfully used in distance learning environments. In addition to the detailed configuration materials, PowerPoint slides, WebCT quizzes and exams, and a project have also been developed.

Access in Reserve Desk:  Quazi Computers Configuration Case

Developer(s): Ross Quarles and Fawzi Noman (Sam Houston State University)

Course Description: This case is a "bottoms up" configuration case that requires students to complete the configuration of the FI, MM, CO, PP, and SD modules for the Quazi Computer Company. This configuration involves the completion of guided exercises to configure the specific elements of organizational structure and master data for each module in a specified order. At four milestones in the configuration, the student will complete a Business Case in which transactions will be processed through the configuration completed to that point that tests the actual configuration. Student submissions for these Business Cases consist of screen shots of the documents they have produced from processing transactions through their configured modules. The case is housed in the same UCC client as are the Flya Kite series of cases. This case will accommodate up to 999 student users.

Access in Reserve Desk: RF Clothing Curriculum

Developer(s): Ross Quarles and Fawzi Noman, Sam Houston State University

Course Description: RF Clothing is a "top down" configuration case in that unlike many configuration cases that require students to configure SAP modules in a particular sequence (e.g., FI then MM then CO, etc.), RF Clothing has students complete configuration of all organizational structure (OS) for all five modules (FI, MM, CO, PP, and SD) and then set up the entire case set of basic master data (MD) across those five modules. Once the organizational structure and basic master data are input, the students test their configuration with a full set of beta test transactions to verify the configuration. Once the beta test is complete and successful, students are provided with additional data (in a general format rather than step by step instructions) to which they must react using their configured company.

Access in Reserve Desk:  SOA Experience Workshop

Developer(s):
Volker Stiehl (SAP AG), edited by Thomas Meyer and André Siegling (SAP UCC Magdeburg)

Course Description:
This course covers the central topics to get in touch with SAP's SOA tools and shows the development of a composite application that uses enterprise services.