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CODE	AERP		TITLE		AUDIT AND CONSULTING IN ERP ENVIRONMENT

DURATION		3 days		CONTENT OVERVIEW
				C01 Introducing the «guiding light» study case o Context and objectives of the SiFoud study case (Medium-size company in agro-industry). C02 Step #1: Auditing present situation. Aligning IS on corporate strategy. o Introducing the SiFoud Company. Possible roles for IT services providers. o Taking the ERP decision in agreement with the company strategy. C03 Step #2: Understanding the rules to “urbanize” an IS o Defining the main features of a hierarchical breakdown structure of the SiFoud IS (“Urbanization”). o Cartography of the system. Scope of the project. C04 Step #3: Understanding the process of integration o Selecting an ERP for SiFoud. 5 ERP, each of them described in a short sheet, are proposed. o Each working group provides the evaluation of a product and the whole class compares the results for a final choice. C05 Step #4: Specific points of an ERP Project as far as management is concerned o WBS of the SiFoud project. Project planning (Microsoft Project or Open Workbench). C06 Step #5: Economic stakes of an ERP project o Project budgeting. o Assessing the profitability of the SiFoud Project (Models on Microsoft Excel). Value creation. C07 Step #6: Security and infrastructure issues o Specific focus on security. o Drawing up the « Business Continuity Plan ». C08 Step #7: Configuration issues o Basic ERP functions and supply chain functions. o Choices of parameters for the articulation between the basic management functions and the functions of supply chain in the SiFoud ERP. C09 Step #8: Roll out issues o Analyzing the gaps between the present organisation and the future organisation. o Process models and data models. Analysing the process «From order to cash» with BPMN. C10 Step #9: Steering issues. Quality assurance. The human factor. o Supporting the project owner to solve some difficulties during the life cycle of the project. C11 Step #10 : The audit process to assess the project o Defining where the audit mission is going and drawing up the planning of tasks o Risk assessment. o Assessing compliance with company and users needs. o Obtaining accessible, sufficient and appropriate evidence. o Reporting according to the Cobit framework. C12 Synthesis o Synthesis and appraisal
REFERENCES
This course was provided in the framework of a specialized MBA in *ESSEM* *Alger Business School* (Algeria) with the support of Telecom & Management South Paris.

OBJECTIVES
At the end of the training, each trainee should: · have assessed the importance of the stakes of both integration and “urbanization” of the information system; · have understood why an ERP package can be a possible option to conduct such integration and should have identified associated risks and advantages; · know to identify the main steps of an ERP project ; · have understood the issues of choice, configuration, deployment and evaluation of an ERP within a company. · know to assess the relevance and the profitability of such a project · have identified the possible role of the various partners (assistant of the project owner, project manager, co and sub-contractors of the prime contractor) in position of consulting and auditing. The module is structured around a case study (SiFoud, fictional medium-size company offering frozen seafood) allowing to set up workgroups on various stages of the life cycle of the project.

WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR?
Vocational professional training : · People involved in the roll out of information systems around an ERP: Project managers (Business owners and contractors, consultants, experts, functional and technical architects, key users, business executives involved, members of the steering committee, project sponsor, etc. Initial training: · Students with a master's degree embarked into university studies addressing the issues of audit and/or information systems ; · Students from « Grandes Ecoles » (Engineering, commerce and management) in the French higher education system.

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