Question: Course Title: Business Process Management
Course Description: Introduces key concepts and approaches to business process management and improvement. Examines how to identify, document, model, assess, and improve core business processes. Hands-on experience with SAP ERP software. Prerequisite(s): CIS 300 and CIS 325.
Prerequisite Courses: CIS 300 Foundations of Information Systems and CIS 325 Systems Analysis and Design
Course Overview: Enterprise systems are becoming more and more common in businesses around the world. Enterprise systems (ES) can be defined as large-scale application software packages that support an entire organization. ES support business processes, information flows, reporting and data analytics for the organization. It is becoming increasingly important for students to develop a more process-centric perspective (as opposed to a functional perspective) that reflects the realities of the modern business environment. By definition, Information Systems (IS) professionals utilize technology to solve an organization's business problems. Therefore, understanding the integration of business processes and how data flows through an organization is critical for the practicing IS professional. You will get hands on experience with integrated business processes with the world's largest enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, SAP ERP, in a virtual lab environment. Real-world exposure to SAP increases the student's ability to integrate knowledge across business disciplines and build a firmer grasp of integrated business processes. You will be able to apply the real-world concepts presented in this course immediately upon entering the workforce and will be better prepared to succeed in your career.
Course Outcomes: Upon completion of this course, learners should be able to:
• Describe key business processes in an organization
• Explain the role of enterprise systems in supporting business processes
• Describe the organizational data related to financial accounting
• Effectively use SAP ERP to execute key steps and extract meaningful information in the procurement, fulfillment, production, and material planning processes
• Demonstrate how inventory and warehouse management processes are integrated with other processes
• Identify and discuss the various integration points among procurement, fulfillment, production, and warehouse management processes
• Analyze the financial and material impacts of various steps in the integrated processes.