Syllabus

Title
1055 Business Analytics in Supply Chains 2 (BA 2)
Instructors
Mag. Sarah Kellermann, ao.Univ.Prof. Dr. Alexander Prosser
Contact details
Type
PI
Weekly hours
2
Language of instruction
Englisch
Registration
09/23/19 to 09/27/19
Registration via LPIS
Notes to the course
Dates
Day Date Time Room
Saturday 12/14/19 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM TC.3.02
Friday 01/10/20 01:00 PM - 05:00 PM LC.-1.038
Saturday 01/11/20 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM TC.3.02
Friday 01/24/20 01:00 PM - 05:00 PM TC.3.02
Contents

This subject is based upon "Business Analytics in Supply Chains 1" and provides an introduction to business simulation with SAP's strategic enterprise management tool. A balanced score card (BSC) will be created and a business case will be implemented and analysed in the system.

Learning outcomes

Students learn to model an analytical information system on top of a data warehouse. The example used in this subject is a balanced scorecard. Students create their own scorecard and the underlying data warehouse structures in the SAP BW system. 

Attendance requirements

Maximum absence time allowed in class: 2 hours. The lecturer has to be informed in advance.

Students are obliged to perform the steps in the case study implementation they missed independently.

Teaching/learning method(s)
Based upon the data warehouse skills of "Business Analytics in Supply Chains 1", a BW data model will be built in the sytem. Based on the data model, a balanced score card (BSC) will be created and a business case will be implemented and analysed in the system. The information stored in the data warehouse will be aggregated to build a BSC and to analyse a given business case. The busines case under review reveals structural weaknesses in the company's operation that have to be identifed and analysed. Students have to devise a counter strategy and to suggest changes in the the company's business. The subject builds business and technical skills that are crucial in state-of-the art business analysis and simulation.
Assessment

Assessment will be based on the case study implementation.

Grading scale:

(1) Excellent: 90% - 100%

(2) Good: 80% - <90%

(3) Satisfactory: 70% - <80%

(4) Sufficient: 60% - <70%

(5) Fail: <60%

Prerequisite for passing the course: minimum performance of 40% in the final examination.

Prerequisites for participation and waiting lists
Prerequisite: Successful completion of "Business Analytics in Supply Chains 1" in the same semester.
Readings
1 Author: Prosser, A, Auer, J., Kellermann, S.
Title: Balanced Scorecards with SAP Strategic Enterprise Management

Publisher: Facultas, Wien
Year: 2005
Availability of lecturer(s)

Other

https://www.wu.ac.at/erp/

Last edited: 2019-04-02



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