Who Are We?  We are the Operations & Decision Technologies (ODT) Department  We do things like Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Applications and e-business – stuff that companies are implementing!!

Our Majors Our Majors Operations Management  Often double with Finance, Mktg, or CIS  Business Process Management (BPM)  One of the two technology majors in the Kelley School  Very attractive by itself or as a double major with Marketing, Finance and CIS

The BPM major  This concentration is designed for students who wish to begin their careers in the broadly defined area of business analysis that includes enterprise technologies, supply chain management, decision support systems, e-business, process operations and reengineering, technology consulting and analytical modeling  Representative job titles:  Business Analyst  ERP or e-business Specialist  Business Consultant (In-House or External)  All types of applications  Finance, Marketing, Operations, etc.  Non-technical to very technical

The OM Major  The Operations Management (OM) major offers career opportunities in consulting or in corporate positions in specialties such as supply chain management, operations, business processes, materials management and quality assurance  Representative job titles:  Operations Analyst or Consultant  Supply Chain Analyst  Plant Manager  Inventory Control Manager  Production Manager  Distribution Manager

What Do We Teach?  Business problem solving and analysis using technology  VB, VBA, Excel, C/C++, JAVA  Analysis of business processes  Process Charter, MS Project, SAP R/3  Enterprise Applications  Enterprise Applications (ERP, CRM, etc.)  Supply Chain Management  e-business  Data Warehousing and Data Mining

OM Major Requirements  Three of the following:  P320: Supply Chain Mgmt - Sourcing  P421: Supply Chain Mgmt – Materials Mgmt and Logistics  P429: Operations Processes  Two Electives from either Information Systems, Decision Sciences, Marketing, Accounting or Finance (for a total of five courses)

BPM Concentration Reqts  Core courses:  A201 or S205: Programming  K317: ERP Tools (SAP)  BPM Electives (Three out of the following):  K217: Business Process Tools (K311)  K410: Decision Support Systems  P421: Supply Chain Management  P429: Operations Processes  P310: Enterprise Technologies  Two Non-ODT Electives

Programming Enterprise Systems Operations/ Supply Chain Data Analysis/ DSS/Data Mining K317 & P310 K217 (K311) & K410P421 & P429

Why Choose BPM?  You:  Like to solve business problems with technology  Like to keep on the cutting edge  Want to be part of a select new group of technology professionals  Want a challenging job  Want to use your analytical/logical skills  Like personal interaction with faculty

Outlook for Graduates  Still Very Good  Demand for certain technology students still greater than supply  Enterprise Applications and e-business are the areas companies are investing in  Areas such as Supply Chain Management, Customer Relationship Management and e-business are expected to be where the action will be  Increasing number of internships available before graduation

Companies are looking for Graduates who:  Are eager and able to learn quickly  Have knowledge of business processes  Have technical abilities and competence  Have analytical abilities  Have “people” (communications) skills  Students from the Kelley School have them all!!

Who Recruits BPM/OM Majors?  Eli Lilly  Allegiance Healthcare  Procter & Gamble  Handleman Company  General Electric  Microsoft  Intel  Sun Microsystems  Exxon Mobil  British Petroleum  Owens Corning  Hewlett Packard  IBM  Raytheon  Deloitte Consulting  Crowe Chizek  Gibson & Associates  Inrange  Cap Gemini E & Y  EDS  PWC  Kurt Salmon & Assoc  Accenture  Braun Consulting  Arthur Anderson  Hewitt Associates

The ODT Faculty  Operations & Decision Technologies  Decision Sciences/Technologies  Professors Albright, Venkat, Soni, Briggs, Bretthaeur, Winston, Harnett, Akaiwa, Littlefield  Operations Management  Professors Jacobs, Patterson, Schultz, Mabert, Blocher, Schmenner, Way

Where Are We?  Decision Technologies Faculty - BU570  Operations Mgt Faculty - BU670  Contacts: Professors Briggs, Mabert, Soni and Venkat  Office phone number:

JOIN the ODT Club  A great club with lots of exciting events  Lots of corporate events   President – Julee Malchow  Look out for Upcoming Events  Get in on the ground floor!

Our Panel:  Alumni: Kylie Yeiter – Crowe Chizek Nick Weltich – Eli Lilly & Co Pranav Mehra – Deloitte Consulting Edward Hyden – Handleman Co