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SAP@ STFX Ron MacKinnon Chair, IS Department Gerald Schwartz School of Business & IS

SAP@ STFX Ron MacKinnon Chair, IS Department Gerald Schwartz School of Business & IS St. Francis Xavier University Nova Scotia, Canada. St. Francis Xavier University. Private university 3,600 students 900 students in School of Business & IS

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SAP@ STFX Ron MacKinnon Chair, IS Department Gerald Schwartz School of Business & IS

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  1. SAP@ STFX • Ron MacKinnon • Chair, IS Department • Gerald Schwartz School of Business & IS • St. Francis Xavier University • Nova Scotia, Canada SAP Chicago

  2. St. Francis Xavier University • Private university • 3,600 students • 900 students in School of Business & IS • IS is the fastest growing department in the university • 8 full time IS faculty SAP Chicago

  3. SAP University Alliance Experience 1999 • U of South Dakota – common sense advice • Florida International U. • IS program similar to ours • academic issues SAP Chicago

  4. The Process A1 • Gather info on ERP & SAP via the Internet. • Extensive bookmarks turned into: • ERP References HP • SAP References HP SAP Chicago

  5. What are other universities doing with SAP/ERP? • CreatedSAP University Links HP • Very useful SAP Chicago

  6. Invitation • Please send the URLS to your SAP pages • RMACKINN@STFX.CA • for • http://juliet.stfx.ca/~infosys/sap_univ.htm SAP Chicago

  7. SAP Intro, Tutorial HP SAP Jobs HP SAP Books HP SAP PPT Slides ABAP References CRM References Why stop here? SAP Chicago

  8. The Process B • Convince the Dean • Convince Business Administration • BSAD Chair appointed • co conspirator Jerry Trites • Convince the President • Interesting meeting - TSG. SAP Chicago

  9. Timelines • Discussions with Keith Wright (MMD) April 1999 • Support from IS & BSAD Depts. May 1999 • University Alliance Agreement • Need an academic plan May 1999 • IS Plan Ron MacKinnon May 1999 • BSAD Plan Jerry Trites May 1999 • SAP Legal contracts - problems August 1999 • Dell server August 1999 • SAP installed September 1999 • First ERP/SAP course September 1999 SAP Chicago

  10. Costs • Dell server $ 33 K CDN • SAP annual contract $7.4 K CDN • Training travel expenses ? SAP Chicago

  11. Server Configuration • Dell PowerEdge 4300 • Dual Pentium III 450 MHZ cpus • 1 GB DIMM memory • 6 - 18 GB LVD SCSI 7.2K rpm • 109 GB total • 35/70 GB DLT7000 Tape Backup • Windows NT 4.0 SAP Chicago

  12. Year 3 Intro to IS IS Applications COBOL IS Elective IS Elective Year 4 Systems Analysis Project Management Data Communications IS Elective Computer Organ Operating Systems Using C Bachelor of Information System (BIS) Degree SAP Chicago

  13. BIS Electives • Operations Research • Client/Server & Intranet • Systems Design • Multimedia • Geographic Information Systems • Research Methods SAP Chicago

  14. ERP/SAP Role in IS Degree • 345 Introduction to ERP • 346 ABAP • 347 Implementation, Config & Use of an ERP • 418 Topics in IS (ERP) • Integrated into: • 316 IS Applications (in year 2) • 419 Client/Server & Intranets • 475 Database Management Systems • 416 Project Mgmt SAP Chicago

  15. Textbooks • INFO 418 • 1.Prince, Dennis L., Getting Started with SAP R/3, Prima Tech, ISBN 0-7615-1904-1 • 2.Bruyn & Lyfareff., Intro to ABAP/4 Programming for SAP. Revised & Expanded Edition, Prima Tech, ISBN 0-7615-1392-2. • BSAD 417 • Bancroft, Seip, Sprengel; Manning, Implementing SAP R/3, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 013889213X • Three Harvard Cases, Available from Bookstore SAP Chicago

  16. Intro Accounting Foundations of Mgmt Managerial Acct Managing in Org Operations Mgmt Electronic Commerce Mgmt of Info Tech Cost Accounting Human Resource Mgmt Managerial Behavior Tech & Change in Org Business Policy SAP Role in Bus Admin Degree417 ERP - Implementation Management SAP Chicago

  17. The Results • SAP installed in early September 1999 • First INFO ERP/SAP course fall 1999 35 students • Second ERP course spring 2000 37 students • First BSAD ERP/SAP course spring 2000 28 students • Subtotal 100 students • All third year IS students intro to ERP 130 students • Total # of students with ERP instruction 230 students • 9 IS/BSAD faculty with SAP training SAP Chicago

  18. The Future • ERP concentration in BIS degree fall 2000 • ERP/SAP integrated in INFO courses • ERP/SAP integrated into BSAD courses • Achieving the goal of • the integration of technology throughout the curriculum of the School of Business & IS SAP Chicago

  19. Conclusion • SAP can be: • acquired & installed with a minimum of expense, • can be implemented in a fairly short period of time. • Where there is a will there is a way. • Need a champion (s). • Audentes fortuna juvat • (Fortune favors the daring) • Be masters of your own destiny • The future is yours. Go for it! SAP Chicago

  20. Questions? RMACKINN@STFX.CA SAP Chicago

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