ACCT 632 - Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems: Profitability Analysis

3 Credit(s)

This course is designed for the managers who are responsible for the capture and analysis of profitability information. SAP software is used in the course. The course begins with understanding the four basic financial statements and how information is gathered to derive the numbers reported on those statements. Further study is given to how these numbers can be manipulated to control financial profitability. The course then covers other profit determinates: sales and production planning, product costing (including activity-based costing), cost and profit centers, target costing, customer profitability analysis, and small business performance measurement. Multiple hands-on assignments are performed using several of the SAP Application Modules.
Prerequisite(s): BUS 528 or equivalent.