Center for ERP. Center for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

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1 Center for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Web site Center for ERP p erpcenter@mst.edu Problems with Traditional Business Education Critics of business education complain that graduates ates too often struggle to solve complex, ambiguous problems that cut across different business units Recruiters and CEOs tell business school that they need people who can frame a problem and solve it by working across boundaries and drawing resources rces from different parts of the company

2 Problems with Traditional Business Education Critics of business education complain that graduates ates too often struggle to solve complex, ambiguous problems that cut across different business units Recruiters and CEOs tell business school that they need people who can frame a problem and solve it by working across boundaries and drawing resources rces from different parts of the company Current Business Education Trends Some popular buzzwords these days for how some academics and corporate recruiters believe schools should redesign their business curriculum Integrated Cross-functional Multidisciplinary Enterprise Resource Planning provide business education with opportunities to break out of so-called academic "silos" to teach students to take the big-picture view of how various functions blend together in business, and to learn how one discipline affects another and ultimately how they all impact the company 7 8

3 9 10 With a commitment t to keep pace with changes in business processes and technology, the Missouri i S&T joined SAP University it alliance, Oracle Academy, and Microsoft University Alliance programs in order to continue and expand classroom capabilities for integrating ERP software into the curriculum. Our Mission to leverage ERP technology to improve business performance and competitive advantages

4 Missouri S&T and SAP Missouri S&T is a part of SAP s University Alliance Program Missouri S&T was one of five SAP Hosting Center from 2000 to 2006 Among the very few self-hosted schools currently Most schools use a application service provider model Deploy and run all necessary SAP software for our curriculum Software Resources SAP Products SAP ECC Core Customer Relationship Business Intelligence Supply Chain Management Performance Dashboard Portal xrpm etc. Microsoft Dynamic (Microsoft s ERP software) Oracle Database Developer Suite Application Server E-Business Suite (in planning) SAS Statistics Business Intelligence Enterprise Miner Text Miner Business Performance Management Suite (in negotiation) 13 Our Objectives and Goals Objective: Leverage the information technology to achieve a competitive advantage through ERP education. To carry out research associated with application of ERP technologies Break academic silos to show students t how one discipline affects another and ultimately how they all impact the company Our Objectives and Goals Objective 2: Bring managerial relevance into academic teaching through industry collaboration To establish and improve industry relationship To provide a vehicle for students to learn development and research skills.

5 Curriculum and Certificates Undergraduate Students Emphasis Area in ERP Versatile curriculum and career paths Minor in ERP Certificate Missouri S&T - SAP Certificate of Excellence Curriculum and Certificates Graduate Students Masters in Information Science & Technology ERP Emphasis Versatile curriculum and career paths Certificates ERP Graduate Certificate Missouri S&T - SAP Certificate of Excellence Business Intelligence Certificate (in planning) Curriculum and Certificates Non-Degree ERP Graduate Certificate Missouri S&T - SAP Certificate of Excellence Business Intelligence Certificate t (in planning)

6 ERP Faculty Dr. Bih-Ru Lea, Director of Center for ERP Dr. Vincent Yu Dr. Roger Solano Dr. Ray Kluczny (Emeritus) Dr. Barry Flachsbart (General & ERP Graduate Advisor) Ms. Yu-Hsien Chiu (ERP Undergraduate Advisor) Mr. Ryan Sims, SAP Administrator Dr. Lian Qi (on leave) Research Focus & Projects Business Intelligence NSF Partnerships for Innovations, NSF A Text Mining Enhanced Stakeholder Monitor in an Intelligent Enterprise Decision Simulator, British Telecom Research Application of Data Mining and Text Mining in Customer Relationship Management (thesis, Mayur Raicar, 2009) Enterprise Performance Management A Balanced Scorecard Prototype in Support of Strategic Decision Making in a State Department of Transportation (Master project, David Hall, 2006) Toward Improving Performance Measurement in Public Sector Organizations (thesis, Matt Kutz, 2007) Impact of A Dashboard Based Corporate Performance Management system (thesis, Lin Zhu, 2009) Current Faculty Research Projects Integrating ERP concepts in the management accounting curriculum: a simulation game approach A research proposal with HEC Montreal, SAP Bring Managerial Relevance into Business Curriculum With Monsanto, SAP, Accenture, with academic journals. Improving Performance through Dashboard based CPMS with Peabody Energy, SAP Congress 2009 Impact of Training/Education on ERP Implementation A research proposal with Monsanto and SAP Application of Data Mining and Text Mining in Customer Relationship Management A research proposal with Monsanto Impact of A Dashboard Based Corporate Performance Management system A research proposal with Monsanto Industry Collaboration Faculty Supervised Student Projects Class projects Shorter term (typical one semester) can be arranged to be related projects for different classes Thesis projects Longer term (typically two to three semester) Can be single project for one student or related projects for a group of Faculty Research Projects

7 Corporate Advisory Board Partners Accenture Monsanto Boeing Caterpillar Cerner EDS AT&T Tellabs Junction Solutions Career Outlook in the field of ERP 25 Co-op Average Monthly Salary Co-op Average Monthly Salary 27

8 ERP Certificate Student Placement placement companies Monsanto Kellogg s Intel Sprint SAP Labs Tellabs Deloitte Morehead State Peabody Energy Junction Solutions Accenture Knowledge Sharing Systems Scottrade EDS Anheuser Busch Enrichment Activities 2008 Enrichment Activities Job Market and Career Paths in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), by Mr. Ravi Paruchuri and Mr. Mike Narducci, America SAP User Group (ASUG) St. Louis Chapter, Tuesday, February 12, Issues in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System implementation, by Mr. Mike Fox, Accenture, Monday, March 17, 2008 Global ERP: Challenges and Issues, by Mr. Mark Jordan, Director of Global ERP at Monsanto Co., Monday, April 7, 2008 Virtual team of ERP graduate students win international competition, Thursday, June 12, 2008 ERP Program Information Session, Wednesday, September 10, 2008 Resume & Cover Letter Writing for ERP Students, Wednesday, September 17, 2008 ERP Center Career Fair Reception, Tuesday, September 22, 2008 What is a Co-op/Internship? Myth, Truth, Rules, and Regulations, October 15, 2008 Spring 2009 Enrichment Activities January, 2009, What is ERP anyway? by CIO and ERP Implementation team of Peabody Energy February 2009 Job Market and Career Paths in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) by Mr. Ravi Paruchuri and Mr. Mike Narducci, America SAP User Group (ASUG) St. Louis Chapter, February 11, 2009 Center for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Reception (February F b 17, 2009, invitation it ti only) March 2009 Career Panel with Advisory, March 11, 2009 Issues in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) System implementation or related topic by Mr. Mike Fox, Accenture, March 11, 2009 April 2009 Global ERP: Challenges and Issues, by Mr. Mark Jordan, VP, Monsanto, April 10, 2009 COC workshops Etiquette Dinner What is Co-op? Workshop Job Search Techniques Workshop Resume & Cover Letter Writing Workshop Conquer the Career Fair Workshop Professionalism & Interviewing Workshop Evaluating a Job Offer Workshop