ERP Program Enterprise Resource Planning Configuration ...

ERP Program Enterprise Resource Planning Configuration Fall Quarter 2010 Instructors Professor Tony Gerth and Bipin Prabhakar Operations & Decision Technologies Department Kelley School of Business, Bloomington

Course Description and Course Objectives In this course, we will explore how SAP can be configured to match the business requirements of an organization. Specific topics covered include: • Business Process Modeling • SAP solutions for industry verticals • Creating a straw-man organizational structure • Creating master data • Configuring SAP based on business rules and best practices • Testing

Hands-on Learning We will use the business scenario of a fictional company and will configure SAP to create the organizational structure, master data and the business rules necessary to perform the business processes specified in the requirements. Participants will use SAP ECC to build the SAP system for a company from scratch. We will use a design, configure, test procedure for each of the business processes (plan, procure, make, sell, control) specified in the requirements. The integration between the various SAP modules will be highlighted.

Class Communications Extensive use will be made of the various communications capabilities of the Angel system. These communications will include email, course announcements, and chat rooms. There will be one chat room session each week. The chat sessions have been scheduled for every Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The chat sessions will be primarily tutorial sessions where we will work either through an issue or a topic. The chats are not mandatory but are highly recommended. Also, all chat sessions are recorded so you can always go back and check them out.

Required Readings The course will use a course readings package. The package is titled “Enterprise Systems - 3” and consists of various cases and articles. In addition, we will post additional readings on Angel as needed.

Assessment This course will have two assessment components: 1. SAP Exercises: You will have a set of SAP exercises to complete each week. It is very important that these assignments are completed on time. These assignments will account for 60% of your grade. 2. An Exam: There will be a hand-on exam on the SAP system in Week 12. This exam will count for 40% of the grade.

Grading Class grades will be based on the homework assignments, the forums and the exam. The final score (Out of 100) will be translated into a letter grade based on the following scale: Above 90% 80% to 90% 70% to 80% 60% to 70% Under 60%

A (A or A-) B (B+, B or B-) C (C+, C or C-) D (D+, D or D-) F

Class Schedule and Assignments The class schedule outlined here provides an overview of the topics that will be covered in the course and the required readings for those topics. Then, for each topic, we will provide a detailed outline of the readings, cases, examples and assignments by week. We will also include in this outline all the important issues that you need to know for that topic. Week 0:

SAP R/3 Business Processes, Course 2 Review

Readings:

Pen Inc. Case description Business Process Management - the SAP Roadmap (Book excerpt) Managing Organizational Change During SAP® Implementations. Chapter 4: Program and Project Management as Enablers of Change Course 2 SAP Introduction Lecture Slides

Lecture:

None

Activity:

BPI-1 Ex. 1-20

Week 1:

FI/CO and Materials Management Organizational Structures

Readings:

SAP ERP Financials Chapter 2 (Book Excerpt) Optimize Your SAP ERP Financials Implementation. Chapter 3: Choosing the Optimal Enterprise Structure (Book Excerpt) SAP MM — Functionality and Technical Configuration. Chapter 2: MM Organizational Structure

Lecture:

Pen Inc. case description and business processes, SAP Configuration basics FI Overview, FI Organizational Structures (Unit 3) Materials Management Organizational Structures (Unit 4)

Activity:

FI Organizational Structures (BPI-1 Ex. 21-36), Pen Inc Straw-man Structure

Week 2:

FI Rules and Master Data

Readings:

Discover SAP® ERP Financials. Chapter 5: Bank Accounting SAP® ERP Financials: Configuration and Design. Chapter 7: Asset Accounting

Lecture:

Financial Accounting Rules - Internal Controls (Unit 5), Financial Accounting Master Data (Unit 6)

Activity:

BPI-1 Ex. 37 - 58

Week 3:

Materials Management Master Data and Rules

Readings:

SAP MM - Chapter 3 Master Data in MM Business Planning with SAP SEM. Chapter 2. Basics of Business Planning

Lecture:

Materials Management Master Data and Rules (Unit 7)

Activity:

BPI-1 Ex. 59 - 70

Week 4:

Financial Accounting Rules and Transactions

Readings:

Discover SAP® ERP Financials. Chapter 5: Bank Accounting SAP® ERP Financials: Configuration and Design. Chapter 7: Asset Accounting

Lecture:

Financial Accounting Rules (Unit 8) and Transactions (Unit 9, 10)

Activity:

BPI-1 Ex. 71 - 88

Week 5:

Materials Management Rules and Transactions

Readings:

Discover Logistics with SAP®. Chapter 2: Procurement

Lecture:

Materials Management Rules (Unit 11) and Transactions (Unit 12, 13)

Activity:

BPI-1 Ex. 89-113

Week 6:

Sales and Distribution Organizational Structures and Master Data

Readings:

Effective SAP SD - Chapter 1

Lecture:

Sales and Distribution Organizational Structures (unit 14) and Master Data (Unit 15, 16)

Activity:

BPI-1 Ex. 114 - 137

Week 7:

Sales and Distribution Rules and Transactions

Readings:

Effective SAP® SD Chapter 3: Key Techniques in SD

Lecture:

Sales and Distribution Rules (Unit 17) and transactions (units 18-23)

Activity:

BPI-1 Ex. 138-195

Week 8:

Business Process Integration - II Overview, SAP CO Overview, CO Rules

Readings:

SAP FI - CO Chapter Controlling-Profitability Analysis (CO-PA) with SAP®. Chapter 3 Introducing CO-PA with SAP

Lecture:

Controlling (BPI-2 Unit 2); FI/CO Master Data (BPI-2 Unit 3-4), Controlling Rules (unit 5)

Activity:

BPI-2 Ex. 1 - 17

Week 9:

CO Transactions

Readings:

Optimize Your SAP® ERP Financials Controlling Implementation. Chapter 5 Optimizing Cost Element Accounting, Cost Center Accounting, Profit Center Accounting, and Internal Order Accounting

Product Cost Controlling with SAP®. Chapter 15 Overhead Lecture:

Controlling Rules (BPI-2 Unit 5) and Transactions (BPI-2 Unit 6-8)

Activity:

BPI-2 Ex. 18 - 45

Week 10:

Production Planning

Readings:

Production Planning with SAP APO-PP/DS Chapter 2 Production Planning and Control with SAP® Chapter 3

Lecture:

Activity:

Production Planning Overview (BPI-2 Unit 9), Organization Structures, Master Data and Rules (BPI-2 Unit 10 - 13). Production Planning Transactions (BPI-2 Unit 14, 15). BPI-2 Ex. 46 - 87

Week 11:

Quality, Management, SD and FInal Test of System

Readings:

Quality Management with SAP. Chapter 7: Quality Inspection

Lecture:

Quality Management (BPI-2 Unit 16), SD Transactions (BPI-2 Unit 17)

Activity:

BPI-2 Ex. 88 - 108

Week 12:

Review and Exam

Activity:

Hands-on exam