Take in the big picture. SAP is the world’s leading provider of client/server software designed to integrate every aspect of a company’s operation. This course will provide you with a thorough understanding of the key role that Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERPs) play in an organization and the challenging task of implementing and managing the IS function. Throughout the semester, you’ll have the opportunity to work through real-life business situations using the SAP R/3 system and explore the interaction among the different business processes, giving you a competitive edge in the marketplace.

The skills you acquire in this course promise to put you in high demand. Take an in-depth look at the design, architecture and programming methodology of Enterprise Resource and Planning systems (ERPs). You’ll learn to design, code and implement custom programs for ERPs with an emphasis placed on the SAP R/3 environment using the ABAP/4 programming language. You’ll write programs that can query a relational database for specific information, create internal tables for manipulating data, and design interactive reporting screens.

Go configure! In this course, you’ll gain basic configuration experience and an understanding of the value of process integration when you learn to configure an ERP system for a hypothetical company from the ground up. You’ll design the organizational structure, master data, and rules to support the core business processes for the manufacturing, procurement, customer order management, and financial tracking functions of a business. Emphasis will be placed on the cross-functional business processes and critical integration points that are necessary for the success of a company.

Build it and they will come. With this course, you’ll get an in-depth look at the process and requirements necessary to implement an Enterprise Resource Planning System (ERP) for an organization. Grouped into small project teams, you’ll begin by setting up a Windows server system which you’ll monitor throughout the semester. Then, following SAP’s methodology you’ll implement an ERP system that can be used to coordinate an organization’s activities. Data will also be transported from an old legacy system to your new ERP system. Finally, you’ll measure a new level of success when you configure your ERP system to model the organization’s customer-order process.

It’s the portal to the future! In this course, you’ll gain an understanding of the fundamental concepts behind Enterprise Information Portals and how to use them in the e-business workplace. You’ll get hands-on experience designing, installing, configuring and administering the core functionalities of a basic portal solution. You’ll also learn how to streamline the portal environment by incorporating a Knowledge Management Platform and installing a Unification Server.

It’s all about how well you want to sleep at night. This course highlights security issues and raises awareness of security requirements in an ERP environment. You’ll be introduced to the security, audit and control features of ERP systems and will have the opportunity to explore both the management and technical issues that relate to ERP security. You’ll learn to configure, monitor and trace various aspects of ERP vulnerability by evaluating the security of database tables, identifying separation-of-duty concerns, and isolating critical authorizations that pose risks to system security. As a final project, you’ll use your newfound knowledge to configure an audit information system so that a total ERP system security audit can be performed.

Does your company know the what, where and when of its product purchases? While the increased capacity and availability of data gathering and storage systems have allowed enterprises to store more information than ever before, most organizations still lack the ability to effectively consolidate, arrange and analyze this vast amount of data. Two solutions will be explored in this course, Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence (BI) Systems. With data warehousing, you will learn how to physically frame multiple sources of data in an architecture that supports the many decision-making processes and business intelligence systems of an enterprise. With business intelligence, you’ll learn how to explore data and analyze it to derive insights that can effect positive change within the enterprise.

Basic configuration experience and an understanding business process integration. Learn how to configure an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system for a hypothetical company from the ground up. Design the organizational structure, master data, and rules to support the core business processes for the manufacturing, procurement, customer order management, and financial tracking functions of a business. Emphasis will be placed on the cross­functional business processes and critical integration points that are necessary for the success of a company. Transaction tests are employed to demonstrate the effectiveness and functionality of the environments created. In today’s competitive marketplace it is essential to have a good understanding of the big picture of information systems.

This course is designed to introduce students to basic IT professional services theories and practices, including an examination of the professional services industry. A consulting-oriented systems life cycle framework is used as the outline of the course. The phases of this framework include: problem/system analysis and evaluation, requirements definition, solution design, solution development, solution implementation, and on-going evaluation and maintenance. Students will learn how to identify and define client problems, map workflows, develop recommendations, and prototype solutions. They will be given opportunities to practice the concepts and methodologies they learn by working on a group project.

With the right supply chain, the sky’s the limit. In this course, you’ll gain a hands-on understanding of the strategic role of Supply Chain Management (SCM). You’ll confront real-life business situations for planning and optimizing the supply chain using an SAP SCM system and Advanced Planning and Optimization (APO) tools. By the end of the semester, you’ll possess the SCM knowledge that businesses are clamoring to help reduce their manufacturing costs and streamline their processes.