SAP R/3 installation at the University of Texas at Arlington
Source: isedj.org
Topic: SAP Tutorial
Short Desciption:Several faculty members volunteered to integrate SAPs R/3 software into the curricula in finance, human resource ... glossary, an introduction to the R/3 system, and an implementation guide. The R/3 ...
Content Inside:
Industry/College Partnerships:
Using industry partnerships, corporate donations,
and grants to create an ERP program
Mark (Buzz) Hensel, Ph. D., CCP
Director of Information and Instructional Resources
Director of Enterprise Resource Planning Education
hensel@exchange.uta.edu
and
Bobby Alexander
SAP R/3 Basis Administrator
ERP Lab Facility Manager
bobby@uta.edu
The College of Business Administration
The University of Texas at Arlington
Post Office Box 19377
Arlington, TX 76019
Abstract
The demand for graduates trained in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software and methodology has been steadily
growing in the corporate community and there have not been enough employees available to fill industry demands for
people able to use ERP software and to do ERP work. The College of Business Administration (CoBA) at the
University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) sought to fill this gap by joining an alliance with a major ERP vendor, SAP
America. This paper describes the planning, preparation, implementation, and post implementation scenarios of the
SAP R/3 software system deployment at UTA. It also discusses the colleges efforts to integrate the R/3 software into
the curricula as well as efforts to staff and fund the project.
Keywords: ERP, SAP R/3, University Alliance Program
1. The Decision to Choose SAP
There was a growing demand for enterprise software
systems such as enterprise resource planning (ERP),
supply chain management (SCM), and customer
relationship management (CRM) in organizations in the
1990s (Bingi et al. 1999, and Chung and Snyder 1999).
Many colleges and universities started to offer courses
in ERP, SCM, and CRM as a result of increased interest
in those subjects (Becerra-Fernandez et al. 2000, and
Gust and Hayden 1999, and Watson and Schneider
1999).
The advisory council of the Department of Information
Systems and Management Sciences (INSY) at the
Univ ...

