ERP SAP Live Simulation Competition

You are invited to participate in the final ERP/SAP Simulation Game scheduled from 12:30 pm to 3 pm on Monday, December 8, in the lobby of the Heavener Center. Please come and see how our ERP students from ERP 446 ERP Configuration and ERP448 Strategic Enterprise Management System Configuration put the knowledge they learned from their classes into action in their final ERP SAP Simulation Game. All three companies are virtual companies formed by both on-campus students and distance students who leveraged information technology to faciliate team communication and company operations. Comments from an Accenture Consulting VP and a Monsanto Co. VP are that the experience from this simulation game is worth at least 6 months, if not more, of SAP real-world consulting experience.

The public may interact with the simulation game by investing simulation money in one of the three simulated companies as described below:

Public Investment Rules:

• An investment form can only be obtained from the simulation center from 12:15 pm to 2 pm in the lobby of the Heavener Center.
• Each investment form has a pre-assigned investment amount that will be provided to each investor (i.e., no real money exchanged!!) Simulation money will be provided to each investor).One investment form per person.
• The investment form must be turned in between 12:15 pm am and 2 pm, so the additional capital can be properly recorded and used by student companies during the simulation game.

The event agenda is provided below:
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11:30 am - 12:30 pm: Simulation Setup

12:15 pm– Open public trading for investors (simulation money will be provided to public investors)

12:30 pm - Start the live simulation game

2:00 pm - Public investment closed

2:30 pm – Close simulation game and announce the company with the highest quarter profit.

2:45 pm to 3 pm - Prize drawing and winners announced. The prizes include flash drives and mp3 players.

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You are able to follow the simulation competition via virtual meeting link provided below:
Topic: ERP SAP Live Simulation Competition
Date: Monday, December 8, 2008
Starting Time: 12:15 pm, Central Standard Time (GMT -06:00, Chicago)
Meeting link: https://mstedu.webex.com/mstedu/j.php?ED=101593132&UID=0&PW=8024091303011849
Meeting Number: 554 615 669
Meeting Password: erperp

Current performance from the three students companies are provided below:

The Missouri Enterprise Resource Planning is unique in that it is technology based, combining business and technology in an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) environment. It is our goal that our ERP students understand how to leverage the information technology to integrate knowledge from different disciplinary areas to achieve a competitive advantage. The ERP SAP Simulation Game is used as one of many means to accomplish this goal as well as give students hands-on experience in operating a company. Our ERP students integrates knowledge learned from accounting, finance, operations, economics, marketing and management to evaluate market fluctuations, consumer behavior and market reactions as they manage the end-to-end production of various products from purchasing raw materials to choosing the distribution channel. To make a profit, student teams formed from two different classes (ERP446 and ERP 448) have to understand how to leverage the information technology to achieve a competitive advantage against the other teams. Please contact Dr. Bih-Ru Lea or visit http://web.mst.edu/~erpcenter/ for more simulation game information or for the ERP rogram.