Ray Boykin
Associate Dean, College of Business
SAP Fellow
California State University, Chico

15 Million+ Users - 120 + Countries - 41,000+ Customers -
1,500+ Partners – 25+ Industry Solutions - 39,000+
Employees – 15% of revenue spent on research
(December 2006)
S AP is the recognized leader in providing collaborative business solutions for all types of industries and for every major market.
SAP is the world's largest business software company and the world's third-largest independent software supplier overall.
2006 Revenues of 9.4B Euro ($13.1B US)
Founded in 1972, headquartered in Walldorf, Germany
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Goals of the University Alliances
Program:
Support the development of graduate and undergraduate curricula to promote teaching and understanding of integrated business processes
Develop more technically sophisticated graduates who are able to understand and apply enterprise systems technology
Develop a network of University
Researchers who can contribute to the body of knowledge and innovative application of SAP Solutions
…. By providing faculty and student active access to SAP solutions
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 Began in 1997
 130 member schools in the U.S., almost 800 worldwide,
Majority – 4 year University, both undergraduate and graduate
Business, Information Systems, Computer Sciences, Engineering
 Over 150,000 students internationally being exposed to SAP R/3
 mySAP Business Suite available for classroom use
 Course materials developed by faculty, published on Innovation
Website (for members only)
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Curriculum & Technical Help Center
Faculty workshops – for faculty, by faculty
 Annual Academic Congresses
 Business Process certification for students
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 Arizona State University
 Auburn University
 California State University, Chico
 California State University,
Sacramento
 Carnegie Mellon
 Georgetown University
 Georgia Institute of Technology
 Georgia Southern University
 Indiana State University
 Indiana University
 Louisiana State University
 Miami University of Ohio
 Oklahoma State University
 Penn State (8 campuses)
 Sam Houston State University
 St. Joseph University
 Temple University
 Texas A&M University
 University of Arkansas
 University of Florida
 University of Georgia
 University of Missouri
 University of Nevada, Reno
 University of South Dakota
 University of Southern California
 University of Texas
 University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
 Western Michigan University
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 Brings together leading educators to exchange ideas, explore educational innovation and learn about new technology that may be used in the classroom
 2008: over 300 attendees, primarily from US / Canada plus representatives from Universities around the world
 Event highlights:
 2 days of hands-on workshops, mySAP Business Suite components
 1 day of discipline-focused sessions, round-table discussions, curriculum strategies, new product introductory sessions, new member track sessions, networking events
 Opportunity to meet faculty from around the country and the world who are integrating SAP into their courses
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 Access to SAP Business Suite products (ERP, BI, SCM, CRM, SRM)
 Customized curricula developed by faculty for faculty
(i.e. Plug & Play materials)
 Customized faculty workshops and SAP training
 Professional Development Opportunities
(i.e. Academic Congress)
 Faculty / SAP Network and Resources
 Hosting
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 Student must understand how to use a wide variety of information to make decisions
 Students must understand the impact of their decisions not only on their area of responsibility but to the rest of the company
 Understanding ERP is no longer a luxury, it’s a necessity
 Students need gain practical ERP experience in the academic environment – students must be technically sophisticated when they graduate
 ALL graduates – not just IS, need to understand how technology like
ERP supports a business --it’s not programming
 Students with an ERP background are more marketable and have higher starting salaries than those without
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 Currently hosting over 70 universities worldwide (i.e. US, Canada,
Mexico, Columbia, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Sierra Leone)
 Hardware (all HP)
 50+ dual and quad CPU (24 blade servers – 64 bit dual core)
 3 – Storage Area Networks (60 Terabytes)
 High speed tape library
 Internal fiber network
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 Over 100 TB of disk space
Primary OS – SUSE Linux
 Over 40 instances of SAP Business Suite applications
 Over 400 SAP clients
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Technical Team
 One full-time systems administrator
 One curriculum consultant
 One SAP Basis consultant
 3 students (20 hours per week)
SAP Lab and Team
 Supervised by our curriculum consultant
 Used by advance SAP courses
 Used as lab for courses with SAP integrated assignments
 2 students (10 hours per week)
Faculty
 18 faculty from 7 business disciplines
 Many with 10+ years SAP experience
 3 - SAP certified consultants
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