1. Chapter 8 Enterprise Resource Planning

2. Case 1: The data After class, download the data and experiment.

3. Case 1: Siena College In 1995, almost all faculty taught 24 contact hours a year By 2015, Siena would like to move all faculty to an 18-hour load. Rationale: Give faculty more time for scholarship, research, and student engagement.

4. Which Scenario do you like the best 10 1. Scenario 1 no hires 2. Scenario 2 PT hires 3. Scenario 3 FT hires

5. Why are PT hires so inexpensive 10 1. No benefits 2. Low salaries 3. You don’t need to hire so many 4. (1) and (2) 5. All of the above

6. ERP Challenges To adequately plan this type of strategic initiative you need cooperation and data from Human Resources Finance Accounting Operations (Class scheduling/Registrar) Even Admissions

7. Why would you have to involve admissions 10 1. Implications of tuition increase 2. Implications of 200 more students 3. Implications of class size 4. Implications of 63% FT Faculty rate

8. Major ERP Areas

9. Which Area needs ERP the most 10 1. Sales Distribution/Order Management 2. Production Planning 3. Accounting and Finance 4. Human Resources 5. Integrated Logistics

10. Process and Functions supported by ERP

11. Costs of Implementing an ERP system

12. Read Case for next class Taylor Made Golf pp. 268.