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Yvonne Lederer
Antonucci
Quick
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yantonucci@mail.widener.edu
Management Information Systems
SAP AG and IDS Scheer AG
Center for Business
Process Innovation
School of Business
Widener University
Chester, PA 19013
(610) 499-4310
September
11, 2001
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Course Notes and
Materials:
SAP Info | General
Course Info | BPI 600| MIS 290 |
BPI Courses| SAP Courses |
Cool
Web Sites
SAP
Information, Workflow,
ERP,
BUSINESS PROCESS
MANAGEMENT (BPM)
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GENERAL
COURSE MATERIALS
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MIS 290 B
SPRING 2012
Mon, Wed, Fri
1:00-1:50- QC109
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Assignments: [all assignments can be found on the class campus
cruiser site under assignments]
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Keep
Checking the Calendar for this class on Campus Cruiser and Stay
up with the syllabus
note: this class qualifies
toward the SAP certificate of recognition ONLY if the student
attends ALL SAP related activities, completes all SAP related
assignments, and earns a C grade or above for the course |
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MIS 363 A -
Object Oriented Design and Development
SPRING 2012
Mon, Wed, Fri
11:00-11:50 QC 104
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SAP/ERP COURSES
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MIS 430- (ERP/SAP)
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ERP Systems and
Workflow Management -
Organizations
of the 1990's have concentrated on the reengineering and redesign of
their business processes in order to sustain their competitive
advantage. In order to survive in the 21st century, organizations
have focused on integrating enterprise-wide technology solutions in an
attempt to improve their business processes. The largest of these
information technology solutions has been in the area of Enterprise
Resource Planning (ERP) Systems. This course introduces the student
to ERP systems and the role of workflow management in enabling those
systems. The student will examine the ERP market then experience an
overview of one of these ERPs - SAP. The student will be introduced
to various modules of SAP and receive basic hands-on experience with
SAP. There is an emphasis on analysis and design of business
processes in order to improve organizational workflow. As a result,
the student will gain experience with SAP Business Workflow. This
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IS 601
(BPI/ERP/SAP)
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Business
Process Analysis and Process Automation -
This
course examines the role of information technologies in supporting
business
processes. Students are exposed to critical issues affecting the
management
of business processes enabled by enterprise resources planning (ERP)
systems.
Issues include how information technology should and can be integrated
into the organization to provide a competitive advantage. There is an
emphasis
on business process analysis, design and implementation
methodologies.
In-depth coverage of process modeling, workflow computing issues, and the managerial role
within this technology. Several process modeling methodologies are
introduced and students are given hands-on access to IDS
Scheer's ARIS Business Architect for NetWeaver. Students are
also given hands-on assignments
utilizing
SAP Business Workflow. Case studies and projects are used extensively in order
to strengthen a student's ability to diagnose deficiencies and propose
the redesign of core organizational processes. Students develop a
working knowledge of process flow models and model driven architecture.. Offered
every Fall |
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COMING AGAIN - SUMMER 2012 --
ONLINE!!!
NEXT OFFERING - Summer 2012
- will start Mid May and run through July- Call the
Graduate Office if you are interested in enrolling:
610-499-4305 |
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MIS 615 -
(ERP/SAP) (IS 605)
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Enterprise
Systems and Integration Architectures -
Enterprise systems have become prevalent in many organizations
and continue to grow. This course is a technical overview of
Enterprise Systems and their impact on organizations. The
concepts, fundamentals, and framework of business enterprise
software are emphasized. Planning and analyzing the feasibility
of Enterprise systems for the organization is examined. The
course will also cover the general information technology
context for these advanced systems and explore the technological
infrastructure and integration of enterprise applications for
e-business enterprise applications. The concepts and framework
of enterprise software are introduced using SAP as an example.
Understanding the concepts and issues of SAP provides an overall
understanding of the use of enterprise software, in general.
Upon completing this course, the student will have a fundamental
understanding of enterprise software and its use in
organizations. Students will gain practical hands-on experience
with various functional applications of SAP through a series of
hands-on exercises. |
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BPI 600
Saturdays
(BPI)
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Business
Process Management: Modeling to Monitoring -
In an effort
to become leaner and improve responsiveness to the customer in a
volatile economic time, organizations of the 21st
century are putting more emphasis on process-centric approaches
and are viewing the key to success as lying in Business Process
Management (BPM). BPM involves the practice of improving the
efficiency and effectiveness of organizations by focusing on and
automating business processes, thereby creating agile processes
to consistently achieve competitive advantage. This course is
an introduction and overview of Business Process Management.
The concepts, fundamentals, methods, and organizational impact
of business process management are emphasized. The phases of
BPM are examined which include
process strategy, process
definition, process implementation, and process controlling.
The course will also cover the general methodologies and
information technologies utilized in each of these phases for
successful BPM initiatives. Case studies are used to help
students gain a fundamental understanding of Business Process
Management and the surrounding issues in organizations. |
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- check out
our BPI web site:
http://www.msmt.widener.edu/bpi
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