ERP in the Curriculum of Business Schools Ron MacKinnon Chair, IS Department Gerald Schwartz School of Business & IS St. Francis Xavier University Nova Scotia, Canada

St. Francis Xavier University Private university 3,600 students 900 students in School of Business & IS IS is the fastest growing department in the university –48% of students in school are IS

What is ERP*? Enterprise software is integrated software that facilitates the flow of information among all the processes of an organization’s supply chain. A supply chain describes the chronological and logical relationships of business transactions from original supply to final consumption. A value chain encompasses those activities in the supply chain that add value to a product or service of an organization. A value chain views all the business events from the receipt of a customer order to the delivery of that order. For example, value is added when the production process takes raw materials and transforms them into a finished product, when the product is sold to the customer. A company is profitable if the price consumers are willing to pay for a product exceeds the costs of creating value. * Central Michigan University ERP Tutorial

What is ERP? See URLS on ERP/IBSCA: – –for additional URLs of definitions

Who are the ERP Companies? SAP29% (97)36%(98) Oracle10% (97)13%(98) J. D. Edwards 7% (97) 7% (98) PeopleSoft 6% (97) 7% (98) Baan 5% (97) 6% (98)

What is SAP*? The company name, SAP, is an acronym for Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing (in German: Systemanalyse und Programmentwicklung). The company was founded in 1972 by four former IBM employees. The company's headquarters are in Walldorf in Germany. SAP R/3 is a vast suite of software that helps business managers implement ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) which is a business management system that integrates all facets of the business, including planning, manufacturing, sales, and marketing. *from SAP at Edith Cowan University

SAP R3 Components

SAP R/3 Customer Installations by Industry SAP ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION 10.5% SAP HIGH TECH & ELECTRONICS 11.3% SAP CHEMICALS 9.5% SAP CONSUMER PRODUCTS 10.3% Consulting & Professional Services 6.0% SAP RETAIL 6.3% SAP PHARMA - CEUTICALS 3.4% SAP PUBLIC SECTOR 3.4% SAP OIL & GAS 3.2% Metal, Paper & Wood Products 2.8% Services 3.1% SAP HEALTHCARE 2.3% SAP BANKING 2.0% SAP MEDIA 2.3% Others 11.5% SAP UTILITIES 3.9% SAP AUTOMOTIVE 4.8% SAP TELECOM- MUNICATIONS 3.4% Worldwide As of 30 June '98 (Total: 13,110)

SAP University Alliance* SAP™ can help. A world leader in the development of business software, SAP is making its market-leading, client/server-based enterprise software, the R/3® System, available to the higher education community. Through our SAP University Alliance Program, we are proud to offer you the world's most popular software of its kind for today's businesses. SAP also provides setup, follow-up consulting, and R/3 training for faculty - all at our expense. The SAP R/3 System gives you the most advanced software capabilities used by businesses of all sizes and in all industries around the world. * SAP University Alliance Home Page

SAP Reasons for SAPUA Take advantage of a powerful cross-functional teaching tool Access advanced software technology Enhance marketability Attract leading educators Pursue research opportunities Broaden outreach Stay in touch with industry and product trends

To Learn the Basics of ERP & SAP Run the Enterprise Software slide show of 10 lessons from Central Michigan Univ. –at SAP Intro & Tutorials page at – SAP Tutorial page U of Scranton: – saptutorial.htm

What are other Universities doing with ERP? Business Schools: – IS Depts ISWorld: – SAP Index: – SAP University Links: – ERP/SAP Links IBSCA: –

Areas using ERP MIS/IS/CIS Accounting Finance Production Operations Management Management

SAP University Alliances - Global Survey Results - Michael Rosemann Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, Australia I nformation S ystems M anagement R esearch Centre Las Vegas, 14 June 2000

SAP University Alliances - Global Survey Results - By Michael Rosemann –Queensland University of Technology –Brisbane, Australia –URL:

The Subjects What courses are on offer? N = 178 Application ERP Introduction IT IS miscellaneous

The Subjects Application

SAP R/3-Modules Used - Frequency

SAP Modules MM: Materials Management FI/AM: Financial Acct/Fixed Asset Mgmt SD: Sales & Distribution PP: Production Planning CO: Controlling HR: Human Resources

SAP R/3-Modules Used - Intensity

Intro ERP Courses IS see: – Management see: – Course outlines, assignments available at –

ERP in the Curriculum Separate courses? Integrated into current courses? Or both

ERP/SAP Role in IS Degree at StFXU 345 Introduction to ERP 346 ABAP 347 Implementation, Config & Use of an ERP 418 Topics in IS (ERP) Integrated into: 316 IS Applications (in year 2) 419 Client/Server & Intranets 475 Database Management Systems 416 Project Mgmt

Other ERP Courses ABAP Supply Chain Management Business Re-Engineering Accounting Information Systems Technology Management Mgmt Issues in ERP Development Operations Management