Mar 13, 2024
Assignment Task
Case Study
1. Creation of the Business Process: Working with the SAP Hana environment, interacting with the interface in the PC lab, accomplish the following objectives: Create materials (objects) in the material master Link these materials together in Bill of Materials (BoM) Create production routings and MRP structure – Run a cost estimate of the business process.
Overview of the company
- Overview of the company what are the key characteristics of the company?
- What does the business model look like?
- What is the nature of the industry in which it operates?
- What are other key features that will shape the implementation operation of an ERP system?
2: Organisational Structure and ERP Implementation Benefits/Problems
- How much and which parts of the operations can benefit from automation?
- Which parts of operations can benefit from improved coordination between employees/work functions?
- Are there any context/work conflicts from the introduction of ERP and processes from the day-to-day operations?
3. Purchasing & Inventory Management
Purchasing Function Basics
- How your chosen company is using SAP for Inventory Management, Purchasing, MRP, Physical Inventory, Valuation, Service Master, Invoice Verification, Product Catalogs
- Discuss some of the integration points to other SAP modules.
Inventory Function Basics
- How your chosen company is using SAP for: Transfer Posting, Stock Transfer, OneStep and Two-Step Stock Transfer, Logistics Execution Levels, and Inventory Reconciliation;
- How is your chosen company managing its inventory with SAP?
- Discuss some of the integration points to other SAP modules.
4. Production Planning and Execution
- How your chosen company is using SAP for Inventory Management, Purchasing, MRP, Physical Inventory, Valuation, Service Master, Invoice Verification, Product Catalogs
- Discuss the manufacturing process cycle
- Discuss some of the integration points to other SAP modules
5: HR Management & Asset Management
Asset Maintenance Management
- Outline the basic functionalities of SAP for EAM in the chosen company.
- How is maintenance executed with SAP?
- Explain a standard process of Enterprise Asset Management for the chosen company.
- Discuss some of the integration points to other SAP modules.
HR Management
- How your chosen company uses SAP for personnel development, recruitment, talent management, training, time management, payroll, etc.?
- Outline the basic functionalities of SAP for HCM for the chosen company.
- Discuss some of the integration points to other SAP modules.
6: Financial Accounting (FI) System
- How does the accounting system fulfil company/industry-specific requirements?
- How your chosen company is using SAP for processing, analysing and reporting FI data?
- Discuss the central organisational structures of the FI module for the chosen company.
- How is the chosen company using SAP for its financial accounting process?
- Outline the basic functionalities of SAP for FI reporting for the chosen company.
- Discuss some of the integration points to other SAP modules.
7: Controlling Function (CO)
- How your chosen company uses SAP for the Architecture of the Controlling Function, Managing flow of Costs, cost Elements, cost centres, activities and key Figures, Reporting, corrective measures, etc.?
- Outline the basic functionalities of SAP for CO reporting for the chosen company.
- Discuss some of the integration points to other SAP modules.
8: Sales and Distribution (SD)Management
Overview of Sales Order System
- How your chosen company is using SAP for Sales, Shipping and Transportation, Billing, Credit Management, Foreign Trade, etc.?
- Outline the basic functionalities of SAP for SD for the chosen company.
- Discuss some of the integration points to other SAP modules.
Projects System (PS)
- Outline the basic functionalities of SAP for PS for the chosen company.
- Discuss some of the integration points to other SAP modules.
9: Business Warehouse, Data Lifecycle and Business Intelligence
- What document management data and types of external files are integrated into the Enterprise system?
- What are the benefits and problems of using engineering and change management in the company’s operations?
- What features should the file management tool that displays data have?
- History and structure forms
- Objects that belong to each other functionally,
- Variations on Materials, Bills of Materials (BOMs), documents, classes,
- Variations on characteristics or routings.
- What are some of the downsides that ERP and BPM data availability create for the industry and company you are writing about?
- What sort of decisions does the company use the ERP/BPM data for?
- What types of Problems does Business Intelligence Solve for the company?