Opinto-opas

Tavoitteet

Opintojakson tavoitteena on, että opiskelija perehtyy toiminnanohjausjärjestelmän tekniseen käyttöön. Hän oppii, kuinka yrityksen toiminnat suoritetaan ja dokumentaatio luodaan toiminnanohjausohjelmassa. Opiskelija vie läpi toiminnanohjausjärjestelmässä tilaus-toimitustapahtumaketjun, joka sisältää masterdatan syötön, tuotannonsuunnittelun, tuotannon, varastotapahtumat, toimituksen ja laskutuksen.

Oppimateriaalit

Material that will be used at the course:
- SAP Material
- Lecturers own material
- Group work reports
- Possible other material (if there is some other material, it will be pointed out separately at the course)

All course materials will be available in course itslearning page
All course material is relevant to the exam.

Most of the course materials will be available in course itslearning page – not all, thereby students are expected to make notes during the lectures!
All course material is relevant to the exam.

Opetusmenetelmät

SAP user IDs are handed only at the lectures
SAP User IDs are personal
The case study progress is followed by the user ID
> Case study progress is part of course evaluation

SAP Case studys may be executed:
- Together with others / in a group
- Nevertheless, everyone is responsible for returning own case studies

Support for case studies is available at the lectures!
All questions regarding the case studies are solved at the lectures, no screen shots via email/itslearning!

Tenttien ajankohdat ja uusintamahdollisuudet

The exam will be 9.12.2024. Exam will be done with pen and paper - without SAP.

There will be four open questions in the exam.
Each question will be max. 5 points > Max points from the exam: 20 p.
- The questions in the exam are in English, however students may answer in Finnish.

In the open questions you need to justify the answers, provide examples and explain your answers properly. Simplified answers without proper examples and justifications will have impact to exam evaluation.

Approximately 1/3 of the exam points to be achieved in order to pass the exam
- and achieving the grade 1 for the exam

Three possible dates for re-exam in spring 2025:
5.2.2025 at 14:00
3.4.2025 at 14:00
4.6.2025 at 14:00

Signing up to re-exam latest one week in advance by sending email to lecturer.

Pedagogiset toimintatavat ja kestävä kehitys

Theoretical part: ERP & Group work regarding Business processes
Practical part: Case studies hands-on with SAP S/4 Hana

1. Learning by doing (Case studies: MM, PP (&WM)) & Learning time management
> The purpose is that student will practice hands-on topics that have been discussed previously at the course in theory. Each case study will have own DL - Respecting the DLs is part of the learning process.
> Aim is that student will connect the theory to practice with the hands-on work
> In addition part of the course is to practise time management skills

2. Group working
> The purpose is that student will gain co-operation and presentation skills with the group working. In addition they familiarize themselves to the articles in the field of case study areas (MM & PP)

3. Lectures
> The purpose of lectures is to provide needed support and information to the field of case study areas. In addition the purpose of lectures is to have discussion in those fields: MM, PP & WM. Active participation to lectures (the discussions) will be considered as advantage in the evaluation.

4. Exam
> Lecture will be conducted with pen and paper - and the aim is that student is able to express in their own words what they have learned from the fields that have been handled at the lectures.

Sustainability will be considered at the course:
- Environment: Using IT systems and documents we consider the environment by reducing the waste reduction. Only the final exams are printed out - otherwise there are no printouts at the course.
- Social: Group working skills produce social responsibility and co-operation skills which are needed besides at work but also in the personal life. Course will conduct also equality.
- Governance: We take into consideration ethical business practices at the course.


Overall, the course takes into account the principles of sustainable development.

Toteutuksen valinnaiset suoritustavat

At campus: All lectures, group work walkthroughs and exams
At campus / online: Case study execution

The course consists of:
- Group work
- Lectures
- Case studies (Individual work / group work with the case studies)
- Exam

Opiskelijan ajankäyttö ja kuormitus

- Group work, Creating the report + presentation + opponent work
- SAP MM case study, average time for the case study execution: 170 min
- SAP PP case study, average time for the case study execution: 200 min
(- SAP WM I case study, average time for the case study execution: 70 min)
(- SAP WM II case study, average time for the case study execution: 90 min)
- Lectures, Active participation + discussion at the lectures + reading the notes
- Exam, Preparation

Sisällön jaksotus

Timing:
- The course will be executed during autumn semester 2024.
- The course will start at September 2024 and the course will end in December 2024.
- There will be 14 pcs 2 hours sessions reserved for the course.
- First lecture will be course introduction - in addition one of the 14 sessions will be the exam.
- If you are not able to attend to some lecture > please see the course itslearning page / ask from fellow student to make sure what were the topics that were discussed during the lecture.

Content:
ERP Theoretical part:
- Get an overall understanding of ERP systems; the system landscape and other IT systems related to ERP
- Understand the value of the ERP system in the business process; how and why ERP systems are used
- Bring up the importance of data management
- Take a look at the real-life issues companies are dealing with ERP systems
- (Get an insight to SAP implementations)

ERP Practical part:
- Get a hands-on experience with SAP S/4 Hana
- See how the business processes actually work and how the data flows
> Understand the meaning of previous and next steps in a process flow
- Get familiar with three processes; Material Management Production Planning & Execution and Warehouse Management
- Learn how to operate the system – SAP skills are highly valued in companies

Attending to lectures is not mandatory, nevertheless:
- SAP user IDs are handed only at the lectures - this is done only at the lectures in campus F2F in order to make sure all students are able to login to system and get the work started as smoothly as possible. It is also a must to make sure that information security policies are obeyed.
- SAP case study support is available only at the lectures - not via emails, itslearning screen shots etc. The case study support is done also only at the campus during the lectures - this is done only at the campus in order to support the learning by doing and in order to provide support as fast as possible treating all students equally. The purpose is that students work the case studies first at the lectures - and then get right away support at the lecture. After the first lecture where the case study work is started, students are expected to continue finalizing the case studies at home / elsewhere - and when they need support, they will come to the next lecture and get help.
- Presenting the group work at the lecture is part of the course, and not attending to the presentation will have impacts on the evaluation. For details, please see the section: Evaluation.

It is mandatory to pass the exam. Exam is held only at campus - not via itslearning etc.
Business process report is mandatory - and opponing is mandatory. Not attending to the presentation will have impacts on the evaluation. For details, please see the section: Evaluation.

Viestintäkanava ja lisätietoja

Most of the course information will be presented in the course itslearning page.
All this material needs to be studied to the exam.

All case study related questions from students are placed at the lectures, not via emails, itslearning messages etc.

Eventhough attending to lectures is not mandatory, it is difficult to pass the course without being present at the lectures, e.g. SAP user IDs are handed only at the lectures.

Arviointiasteikko

H-5

Arviointimenetelmät ja arvioinnin perusteet

Course grade will be based on the following items:
50 % - Exam, 9.12.2024
20 % - Business Process Report + Presentation + Opponent, Report DL 6.10.2024
15 % - Case study: Material Management, DL 21.10.2024
15 % - Case study: Production Planning & Execution, DL, 11.11.2024

Active participation to the discussions at the lectures during the entire course, will have positive impact to final grade of the course (possible raising the course grade max. 0,5 grade if the discussion and participation has been really active during the entire course)

All the different elements that are evaluated during the course - will be separately evaluated.
The final grade is calculated according to the percentages of these elements.

- It is mandatory to pass the exam
- Business process report is mandatory

- In case the business process report is returned to Itslearning after the DL,
the grade for the report will be -0,5 lower
- In case the group does not keep the presentation of the group work,
the grade for the report will be -0,5 lower
- In case the opponent group is not present by the time of opponing,
the grade for their report will be -0,5 lower
- In case the questions that needed to be answered in the report are not answered,
the grade for the report will be -0,5 - 2 lower (depending how many questions were not provided proper answers)
- The report will be done to TUAS official template, if that is not used,
the grade for the report will be -0,5 lower
- Group is expected to use professional articles and professional books as their sources in the report - and justify the report based on those sources. If these kind of sources are not used, and the sources are like yellow tabloid, the grade for the report will be -1 lower
- Group is expected to make the references accordingly in the report (based on TUAS general Bachelor thesis guideline). If the references are not made like this, the grade for the report will be -0,5 lower
- If there are no examples provided for the topic, the grade will be -0,5 lower
- If the general look and feel (layout) is poor and not properly done, the grade will be -0,5 lower
- In case MM, PP (and WM) case studys are not executed by the time of the DL given to each case study separately, the grade for the case study returned late will be -0,5 lower per case study

The business process report will be automatically checked for plagiarism / AI usage.
AI can be used for assisting the report - nevertheless, the report needs to be written by the group members. Most important thing is that group members understand the content and are able the present in their own words the topic.
- The business process assignment is given in English, however students may create the assignment in Finnish.

BONUS Possibility:
- In case student executes Warehouse Management 1 minimum 70% correct, it will raise the exam evaluation with 0,25 grade
- In case student executes both Warehouse Management 1 & 2 minimum 70% correct, it will raise the exam evaluation with 0,5 grade
* WM case study 1 & 2, DL is 2.12.2024

SAP Case study evaluation:
0-50 % Grade 0
50-60% Grade 1
60-70% Grade 2
70-80% Grade 3
80-90% Grade 4
90-100% Grade 5

SAP Case study evaluation % will come automatically from SAP Case study monitor.
During the course we will follow up case study progress on weekly basis.

All SAP case study unclarities will be discussed at the lectures on campus.

Hylätty (0)

Possible reasons why course is evaluated as Failed:
- Exam not passed
- Group work not returned

Exam needs to be passed.

Arviointikriteerit, tyydyttävä (1-2)

Intermediate understanding of:
- Material management processes
- Production planning processes

Intermediate skills and understanding how ERP system can support the business

In the open questions in exam student is not able to provide examples to the situations.
In the open questions student is not able to understand the linkage between IT system and process
In the open questions not all questions are answered
Might be that student has received good evaluation for the case study for the subject (e.g. MM area) - nevertheless student is not able to answer questions for that subject in the exam
> The understanding of the subject is thereby in very intermediate level still

- Exam passed
- Group work executed

Approximately 1/3 of the exam points to be achieved in order to pass the exam
- and achieving the grade 1 for the exam

Active participation to the discussions at the lectures during the entire course, will have positive impact to final grade of the course (possible raising the course grade max. 0,5 grade if the discussion and participation has been really active during the entire course)

BONUS Possibility:
- In case student executes Warehouse Management 1 minimum 70% correct, it will raise the exam evaluation with 0,25 grade
- In case student executes both Warehouse Management 1 & 2 minimum 70% correct, it will raise the exam evaluation with 0,5 grade

Arviointikriteerit, hyvä (3-4)

Good understanding of:
- Material management processes
- Production planning processes

Good skills and understanding how ERP system can support the business

- In the open questions in exam student is able to provide some examples to the situations. The examples might not been all suitable to the context that is in discussion.
- In the open questions student is able to understand in some level the linkage between IT system and business process. Student has some understanding the theory and how it can be applied in the context that is in discussion.
- In the open questions most of the questions are answered and there might be some justifications
- Students expresses quite good the skills in the areas of MM, PP (& WM)
> Might be that the skills are not equally good in theory and in practice

- Exam passed
- Group work executed

Active participation to the discussions at the lectures during the entire course, will have positive impact to final grade of the course (possible raising the course grade max. 0,5 grade if the discussion and participation has been really active during the entire course)

BONUS Possibility:
- In case student executes Warehouse Management 1 minimum 70% correct, it will raise the exam evaluation with 0,25 grade
- In case student executes both Warehouse Management 1 & 2 minimum 70% correct, it will raise the exam evaluation with 0,5 grade

Arviointikriteerit, kiitettävä (5)

Very good understanding of:
- Material management processes
- Production planning processes

Very good skills and understanding how ERP system can support the business

- In the open questions in exam student is able to provide good examples to the situations.
- In the open questions student is able to understand the linkage between IT system and business process. Student really understands the theory and how it can be applied in the context that is in discussion.
- In the open questions all questions are thoroughly answered and justified
- Students expresses versatile the skills in the areas of MM, PP (& WM)
> Both in theory and in practice

- Exam passed
- Group work executed

Active participation to the discussions at the lectures during the entire course, will have positive impact to final grade of the course (possible raising the course grade max. 0,5 grade if the discussion and participation has been really active during the entire course)

BONUS Possibility:
- In case student executes Warehouse Management 1 minimum 70% correct, it will raise the exam evaluation with 0,25 grade
- In case student executes both Warehouse Management 1 & 2 minimum 70% correct, it will raise the exam evaluation with 0,5 grade