ERP Solutions for Supply Chains

Duration

30h Th

Number of credits

Lecturer

Yasemin Arda, Samedi Heng

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

The course aims at linking theoretical knowledge that students acquired during their studies with practical aspects of international logistics and familiarizing students with the logistics modules of SAP, one of the main ERP management information systems. In the first part of the course, the case of a European manufacturer selling an end-product to a non-EU country is treated. Students are wanted to determine purchasing, production, and transportation plans of the company with the aim of satisfying demand forecast for the next three years. While establishing these plans, students face a wide range of practical decision-making problems, in each they are wanted to minimize the operational costs of the supply chain. They determine the selling price of the end-product taking into account purchasing, production, and transportation costs. In the second part of the course, students get familiarize with the logistics modules of SAP through hands-on navigation, process cycle, and parametrization exercises. Accordingly, they are wanted to parametrize the ERP system of the manufacturing company studied in the first part of the course.

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

In relation with the Assurance of Learning process of HEC Liège, the learning objectives adressed in this course are:

• Strategy: This course will help students to establish a strategy in order to optimize the value chain of a company, an organization or a project.
• Strategy: This course will help students to understand the scientific and technological context of the situation they are confronted with.
• Strategy: This course will allow students to acquire the knowledge, skills and attitudes distinctive to a specialist's action in their field.
• Strategy: This course will help students to demonstrate scientific precision and a critical mind.
• Implementation: This course will help students in taking charge of the everyday management of a company, an organization or a project
• Implementation: This course will train students to take into account the scientific, technological and entrepreneurial dimensions of the situation they are confronted with.
• Implementation: This course will train students to ensure an efficient interaction between the technological and managerial aspects of their projects.
• Implementation: This course will exercise students in the ability to take advantage of data digitalization. (MBA excepted)
• Implementation: This course will exercise students to work efficiently in an international and multidisciplinary team, among others in a leading position.
• Quality and Performance Control: This course will help students to plan and implement the performance and quality control in a company, an organization or a project.
• Quality and Performance Control: This course will develop students' ability to use the appropriate analytical tools when analysing a complex management situation.
• Communication: This course will help students to communicate efficiently, internally and externally, about a company, organization or project.
• Communication: This course will allow students to improve their proficiency in one foreign languages (among the 3 languages required by the program).
• Adaptability: This course will encourage students to be curious and to show a scientific precision of academic level.

• Linking acquired theoretical knowledge with practical aspects of international logistics.
• Mastering logistics modules of ERP systems.
• Understanding the difficulties of managing manufacturing and distribution operations in companies.
• Familiarizing with the available sources of logistics pertinent information in the context of international logistics.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Basic concepts of supply chain management, supply chain network design, production planning, and transportation management

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Computer lab sessions: The course is organized as a series of computer lab sessions that aim to present how to use logistics modules of SAP and to coach students in their group project.
In the first six sessions, students are coached by Prof. Yasemin Arda for the logistical components of the group projet during 2 hours and by Prof. Samedi Heng for SAP system parametrization and utilization during 1 hour.
In the last four sessions, students are coached by Prof. Samedi Heng for SAP system parametrization and utilization during 2 hours and by Prof. Yasemin Arda for the logistical components of the group projet during 1 hour.


Group project: The case is treated in groups of three to four students. Students are evaluated based on their written report, oral presentation, and SAP system parametrization.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face: Students are wanted to participate in all the sessions (10 × 3 hours). They have access to computers and tools that they need to realize their projects (SAP, Excel, Internet) during all the sessions.

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Since the capacity of the computer laboratory is not sufficient to welcome all the groups, half of the groups follow a session in face-to-face mode while the other half participate in a live session using Collaborate. The groups present in the classroom alternate from one week to another.
Under the conditions of code RED, students follow live sessions organized using Collaborate.
The assesments methods don not change according the teaching code in application.

Recommended or required readings

All the necessary documents can be found on the virtual campus Lol@.
More information about the configuration of the SAP can be found in:
Integrated business process with ERP systems, Magal, Addison Wesley

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Any session :

- In-person

oral exam

- Remote

oral exam AND written work

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred remote


Additional information:

Students are evaluated based on their written report, oral presentation, and SAP system parametrization.


1. Logistical components of the projet (60%): Students are evaluated based on their written report and oral presentation on the logistical components of the group project.


2. SAP component of the project (40%): Students are evaluated based on their intermediate works, written report, oral presentation, and data encoded/custumizations realized in the SAP system.


Each student has an opportunity to evaluate the contribution of his/her teammates to the group project during the semester by filling a peer evaluation. Taking these peer evaluations into account as well as the participation in class along the year, professors may decide, by a justifiable opinion, to give different grades to students of a same team. Motivation must take into account criteria such as quality of work different from other team members, a greater or lesser involvement in the mission.

Each student is wanted to participate in the organized 10 sessions.

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

The course is given during the first semester.
The course is given in English.

Contacts

Lecturers:
Yasemin ARDA (yasemin.arda@uliege.be)
Samedi HENG (samedi.heng@uliege.be)

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