The Enterprise Resource Planning System In Support Of Business School Curriculum Integration

Abstract

This paper describes the use of an actual midrange enterprise resource planning system (ERP) in a graduate-level accounting course to teach process integration issues.  Students simulated a manufacturing ERP implementation by organizing themselves as an implementation team, developing an implementation plan, designing a simple product and product structures, populating the master records, and executing a system walk-through.  Students also scripted core business processes and developed a demonstration of their implemented system for interested parties in the business school.  The paper evaluates the mock implementation project and offers suggestions for enhancing the benefits from such pedagogy.  The author also provides observations on the use of a midrange ERP solution in the business curriculum.