ERP Application

Course details

This course provides fundamentals in functional and technical areas such as procurement, inventory, Sales & Distribution, Finance, Human Resource and ABAP. Students may choose to enrol in any one of the following modules:

• Materials Management
• Sales & Distribution
• Finance
• Human Resource Management
• Advanced Business Application Programming

Upon completion of this unit candidates will be able to assume functions as Business IT professionals which will enable them to move towards being ERP Consultant. This course provides understanding of business process and the ability to use applications in SAP ERP.

Target Job Roles

At the end of this course students will be able to assume following positions:

• Business IT professional in ERP in a particular domain
• ERP Application Professional in a particular domain

Program Outline

This modular course includes the following topics:

Finance

• Organisation structure
• General Ledger
• Finance integration with Sales & Distribution and Materials Management
• Cost centre accounting
• Master data in controlling
• Assets accounting and depreciation

Human Resource

• Organisation structure
• Master data
• Recruitment
• Create vacancy
• Job advertisement
• Return on investment

Materials Management

• Organisation structure
• Master data
• Procurement process
• Inventory management
• Logistics Invoice Verification
• Reporting

Sales & Distribution

• Enterprise structure
• Master data
• Sales process
• Shipping process
• Billing

ABAP

• Reading database tables
• ABAP dictionary
• Internal tables
• Logical database / formatting
• Selection of screen options

Course Modules

Students will acquire the knowledge and skills needed to:

Finance

• Identify different ERP vendors and ERP products on the market
• Evaluate the different hardware/software acquisition alternatives
• Create master data related to finance
• Evaluate how master data is organized in an ERP system
• Perform various account related transactions in SAP Finance

Human Resource

• Demonstrate knowledge of issues relating to the analysis, design, implementation and maintenance of HRIS's and their subsequent level of use;
• Demonstrate knowledge of the change management issues involved in the implementation of an HRIS;
• Use the HR module of SAP to set up an organisation, create jobs, positions, tasks, work centres,
• Use the HR module for recruitment, management and development of employees; design and create reports; and
• Use the skills and competencies that contribute to the effective management of human resources.

Materials Management

• Comprehend the concepts and Operating Environment of Supply Chain Management
• Analyse the concepts and functions of Materials Management
• Create the master data for procurement and inventory transactions
• Perform procurement transactions
• Create Goods receipt and Goods issue documents in MM module
• Perform logistics invoice verification for the vendors invoice

Sales & Distribution

• Demonstrate the skills and knowledge of processes of a Sales and Distribution Function in an Organization
• Create Sales & Distribution related master data
• Analyse the sales process and perform the relevant transactions
• Perform billing transaction to the customers
• Analyse the integration of SD with other modules such as MM and FI

ABAP

• Appreciate the advantages and disadvantages of using a commercial programming language to solve common business problems;
• Write programs to process the data necessary to produce reports;
• Develop programs to use internal tables;
• Analyse programs that organize and process files;
• Demonstrate knowledge of the structure and use of files;
• Use a mini or mainframe computer system in a multi-user programming environment, and appreciate the advantages and difficulties of such an environment;
• Use structured programming techniques to produce solutions to a range of business problems
• Design and document programs using techniques such as Structure Charts and Pseudo code

Entry Requirement

• Students should have Bachelor Degree or Diploma students with at least 5 years of experience in a relevant field
• Prospective students are those who have not obtained the following SOAs IT-RG-402S-1 Gather Data to identify business requirements IT-RG-404S-1 & Translate business needs into Functional requirements
• Students must be Singaporean / SPR to avail WDA funding

Certificates Issued

Upon successful completion of this module students will be issued with following SOAs:

• IT-RG-402S-1 Gather Data to identify business requirements
• IT-RG-404S-1 Translate business needs into Functional requirements

Education Pathway

Graduates who wish to pursue Masters of Business (ERP Systems) will get an exemption for 1 module.

Graduation Requirements

Students must successfully pass or deemed Competent (C) in assessments. Student upon failing will need to take the module again. An additional charge applies in such cases.