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<title>Enterprice Resource Planning</title>
<cid>IBB-450</cid>
<sapsubmodule>P420-0237</sapsubmodule>
<bkey>ibw4</bkey>
<ctypes>
<hours>4</hours>
<type>VU</type>
</ctypes>
<cp>5</cp>
<semester>4</semester>
<mandatory>yes</mandatory>
<language>English</language>
<exam>Project</exam>
<curriculum>
<curriculum_entry>
<cid>IBB-450</cid>
<branch>International Business</branch>
<semester>4</semester>
<mandatory_tag>mandatory course</mandatory_tag>
</curriculum_entry>
</curriculum>
<workload>
60 class hours (= 45 clock hours) over a 15-week period.The total student study time is 150 hours (equivalent to 5 ECTS credits).There are therefore 105 hours available for class preparation and follow-up work and exam preparation.</workload>
<prerequisites>
</prerequisites>
<prerequisitesfor>
</prerequisitesfor>
<convenor>Prof. Dr. Stefan Selle</convenor>
<convenor-person-key>sse</convenor-person-key>
<lecturers>
<lecturer>Prof. Dr. Stefan Selle</lecturer>
<lecturer-person-key>sse</lecturer-person-key>
</lecturers>
<objectives>After successfully completing this module, students will be able to:

- understand the fundamentals of Enterprise Resource Planning,
- describe the basics of handling business processes with ERP systems,
- search information in SAP S4/HANA,
- maintain master data in SAP S4/HANA,
- implement business processes in SAP S4/HANA.

Working on a project will allow them to 
-increase their social skills such as empathy, compromise, and tolerance, 
-further develop their individual competencies towards a higher level of responsibility, and self-reflection.</objectives>
<content>1. Fundamentals
- business processes
- integration (data, processes, functions)
- enterprise resource planning
- client/server model
- roles and privilages

2. Introduction to SAP
- SAP S4/HANA
- SAP Fiori

3. Materials management (MM)
- searching for information
- maintaining master data
- implementation of business processes

4. Production planning (PP)
- searching for information
- maintaining master data
- implementation of business processes

5. Sales and distribution (SD)
- searching for information
- maintaining master data
- implementation of business processes</content>
<media>Lectures with integrated exercises supported by e-learning platform (e.g. Moodle).
 
Laboratory/hands-on training: working on the PC to solve case studies by applying learned techniques using SAP S4/HANA.</media>
<literature>- Akhtar, J., Murray, M.: Materials Management with SAP S/4HANA: Business Processes and Configuration, SAP Press / Rheinwerk, Bonn, 2018.
- Almeida, C.: Material Requirements Planning with SAP S/4HANA, SAP Press / Rheinwerk, Bonn, 2020.
- Chudy, M., Castedo, L., Lopez, R.: Sales and Distribution in SAP ERP: Business User Guide, SAP Press / Rheinwerk, Bonn, 2018.
- Oberniedermaier, G., Sell-Jander, T.: Sales and Distribution with SAP. Making SAP SD Work for Your Business, Springer, Berlin, 2012.
- Schulz, O.: Using SAP: An Introduction for Beginners and Business Users, 3rd edition, SAP Press / Rheinwerk, Bonn, 2017.
- van Kempen, D.: SAP HANA 2.0 An Introduction, SAP Press / Rheinwerk, Bonn, 2019.</literature>
<offered>
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