Who needs an ERP system anyway? Nitin Kale Information Technology Program, VSoE Spring 2013

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1 Who needs an ERP system anyway? Nitin Kale Information Technology Program, VSoE Spring 2013

2 Outline Why ERP? SAP Background SAP Architecture Integrated Business Process Sales About ITP/SAP Program 2

3 Sell Music NEED: An all-in-one system SOLUTION: ERP System Make new products Sell Macs Manage production Sell ipods/ iphones/ ipads Keep customers happy Manage Vendors In 2008, 6.5 million songs were downloaded per day. That is 75 songs per sec! 3

4 ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning Enables a company to integrate its business processes Ties together disparate business functions (integrated business solution) Helps the organization run smoothly Real-time environment Scalable and flexible 4

5 ERP Who are the big ERP vendors? SAP, the German juggernaut Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung or Systems, Applications, and Products in Data Processing. Oracle/PeopleSoft/J. D. Edwards Microsoft Dynamics, aimed at smaller companies 5

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7 SAP - World Leader in ERP Founded in 1972, based in Walldorf, Germany The Company s main product is SAP ECC 4th largest software vendor worldwide 12 million users >53,000 employees >109,000 customers in over 120 countries Over 120,000 installations worldwide 7

8 Customers 8

9 Top Software Companies Softwaretop100.org 9

10 Three-Tier Client/Server Access to Database: (Read / Write data) Environment Central Database (Storage / Retrieval of all data) Database Layer Input / Output of data to users Processing of data using application logic Application Layer Also provides means of balancing load placed on DB server Presentation Layer Presentation of the processed data to the user 10

11 Three-Tier Client/Server Architecture USER PCs Application Server Database Server Application Server USER PCs Application Server Application Server 11

12 SAP Business Modules PP MM Materials Mgmt. Production Planning SM Service Mgmt. SD Sales and Distribution QM Quality Mgmt. PM Plant Maintenance HR Human Resources SAP ERP FI Financial Accounting CO Controlling IS Industry Solutions WF Workflow AM Fixed Assets Mgmt. PS Project System EC Enterprise Controlling 12

13 Business Modules Collections of logically related transactions within identifiable business functions Materials Management MM ( Buy ) Production Planning PP ( Make ) Sales and Distribution SD ( Sell ) Financial Accounting & Controlling FI and CO ( Track ) 13

14 Sales Process (Order-to-Cash) Sales Order Entry Receipt of Customer Payment Check Availability Invoice Customer Pick Materials Post Goods Issue 14 Pack Materials

15 Why is SAP so important? Adopted by most large companies Forces a consolidation of diverse Information Systems Total change in doing business Redesign business process around the information system Main vehicle for re-engineering business processes using best practices 15

16 What is our Focus at ITP? To understand how best business practices govern an organization s operations in a REAL environment To use SAP to demonstrate these processes and to show how information and controls flow among the departments of a company To provide students with highly demanded market skills Salary search from dice.com - To keep the University current on emerging technologies and share these technologies with the students 16

17 ERP Analyst 17

18 Plug! ITP offers an Enterprise Information Systems with SAP Specialization (three classes) Take ITP 320 (4 units) first Offered every semester Then take two additional classes 18

19 New Minor for ! Minor in Enterprise Information Systems (Min 16 units) Required Courses (10 units) ITP 320 ITP 422 ITP 454 Enterprise Wide Information Systems Configuring Enterprise Resource Planning Systems Enterprise Resource Planning, Design, and Implementation SAP Electives (choose minimum 3 units) Diversity Electives (choose minimum 3 units) ITP 421 Advanced Programming for Enterprise Information Systems ITP 455 Enterprise Information Portals ITP 486 Securing and Auditing Enterprise Resource Planning Systems ITP 487 Data Warehouses and Business Intelligence ITP 488 Managing the Supply Chain Using Advanced Planning and Optimization Tools ITP 470 Information Technology Practicum ISE 382 Database Systems: Concepts, Design and Implementation BUAD 311 Operations Management ACCT 371a Introduction to Accounting Systems ACCT 371b Introduction to Accounting Systems ACCT 410 Foundations of Accounting ACCT 478 Accounting Systems Design IOM 431 Managing the Digital Revolution for your Business IOM 433 Business Information Systems Analysis and Design IOM 435 Business Database Systems PPD 318 Financial Accounting in Public and Nonprofit Organizations 19

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