Aarhus Business College
E-Academy Program from SAP®
Education Lets Students Learn
at their Own Pace
Quick facts
“The e-academy program training
from SAP Education is important
because companies want candidates
with hands-on experience using
SAP software.”
Theodor Skov, Project Manager,
Aarhus Business College
SAP Customer Success Story
Higher Education and Research
Company
•Name: Aarhus Business College
•Location: Aarhus, Denmark
•Industry: Higher education and research
•Products and services: Business courses
•Revenue: US$50 million
•Employees: 360
•Web site: www.aabc.dk
Why SAP
•SAP software’s market leadership in
Denmark
•The college’s previous experience with
classroom courses in SAP software
•No need to invest in servers or IT
infrastructure
Objectives
Gain competitive advantage in education
market through e-academy courses from the
SAP Education organization
Benefits
•Prepares students for associate
certification in SAP software
•Gives users the opportunity to train with a
live SAP solution
•Allows students to learn at individual pace
•Provides students with an advantage
when looking for employment at firms that
run SAP software
•Enables former students and new hires
to start jobs with a good solid working
knowledge of SAP software
SAP Solutions and Services
E-academy program from SAP Education
Existing Environment
Traditional classroom training
Implementation Highlights
Straightforward – remotely hosted by SAP
Third-Party Integration
•Database: Remotely hosted
•Hardware: Remotely hosted
•Operating system: Remotely hosted
Challenges and Opportunities
•Offer e-learning to complement classroom
training
•Meet employers’ needs for personnel
trained in SAP® software
•Enable learners to study at their own pace
Aarhus Business College may have been founded in 1865, but it
takes a 21st-century approach to education. That’s why the college
teamed with the e-academy program from the SAP® Education organization to offer expert training to its students to supplement standard classroom instruction. The online, self-paced training prepares
students for associate certification in SAP software, giving them an
edge in being hired at one of the 600 companies across Denmark
that run SAP solutions.
At the e-academy, students log on via
laptop and broadband to a remotely
hosted server running a genuine SAP
software landscape. They view slide
shows and demonstrations that explain
the software step-by-step, and then do
exercises. For example, they use the
SAP ERP application to make a purchase requisition, turn it into a purchase order, and receive and stock material. They take a sales order and fulfill
it, right through delivery to the customer and invoice and payment processing.
They learn how to customize and set up
master data in the application for customers, suppliers, and materials.
“The main advantage is that students
have a chance to work with a live SAP
solution,” says Theodor Skov, project
manager at Aarhus. “These are not recorded transactions; students go into
the real solution and work like they
would at a company. The e-academy
program training from SAP Education is
important because companies want
candidates with hands-on experience
using SAP software.”
Comprehensive Instruction Plus
Specialty Focus
The six-week course, a blend of classroom and e-learning, begins with a generalized two-week overview session
and then forks into specialties. Students can focus on the SAP ERP application, the SAP ERP Human Capital
Management solution, the SAP Supply
Chain Management application, the
SAP NetWeaver® technology platform,
and the ABAP™ programming language.
“Whenever one of the 600 companies
across Denmark that run SAP software
publishes a job opening, it will always
advertise that knowledge of SAP software is a big advantage; sometimes
it’s even a requirement,” Skov says.
“Students who complete the course
also achieve the qualifications for what
we call a junior consultant. This means
they can apply for a job at one of the
private consultancy firms that help
companies implement SAP software.”
Learning Tools from SAP:
The Clear Choice
Aarhus Business College serves about
10,000 students annually; typically they
are adults or people who have left
school and want to return. The school
offers full- and part-time education
courses in general business services,
international marketing and export management, banking and finance, public
administration, general management,
information technology, multimedia and
distance learning, computer sciences,
and modern languages.
Aarhus’ mission is to offer national vocational and business education and
training programs. The programs are
regulated and supported by the Ministry
of Education and a number of advisory
bodies, including labor organizations. In
its effort to create a modern learning environment, the college supports interdisciplinary learning, integrated theory, and
practice. It collaborates with both students and Danish enterprises to ensure
that its services meet national
requirements.
Skov says that the decision to offer the
e-academy courses was simple. “SAP
is by far the most widely used software
in Denmark, so it made sense to work
with SAP Education,” says Skov. “Also,
with the e-academy program expert
training, we didn’t have to buy and
maintain our own servers, since SAP
hosts the courses.”
“Whenever one of the 600 companies across Denmark that run SAP software publishes a job opening, it will always advertise that knowledge of
SAP software is a big advantage; sometimes it’s even a requirement.”
Theodor Skov, Project Manager, Aarhus Business College
On-Demand Learning
Further Schooling for Graduates
Students enrolled in the e-academy
program courses offered by SAP
Education tackle the subject matter on
demand, at a pace tailored to their individual situation and requirements. They
are also allowed to complete the sixweek course over a period of three
months and can get support from an
online help desk at any time, 24x7.
Graduates of the e-academies not only
seek employment, but many also advance to a higher level of education to
pursue bachelor and candidate degrees
at universities and business schools. In
addition to training at its own business
college, Aarhus offers training to students at the university level via sixweek e-academy summer courses.
A task-specific approach provides
concentrated instruction in the various
features and functions of the SAP solutions that learners wish to master. For
“We also work closely with SAP on
e-academy training in the actual workplace and have attained preferred
training partner status from SAP,”
“SAP is by far the most widely used software in Denmark, so it made sense to
work with SAP Education.”
Theodor Skov, Project Manager, Aarhus Business College
example, students studying the SAP
ERP Financials solution will learn how
to accelerate and improve customer
accounting processes and record and
manage accounting data for vendors.
They will focus on how to better manage
bank master data and cash balances
and streamline accounting accruals.
At the end of the training, students
will have learned how to expedite reconciliations, simplify audits, and increase financial transparency. They
also will be able to accelerate financial
closes and increase the accuracy of financial reporting, as well as proactively
manage asset lifecycles for increased
efficiency.
Skov says. “When SAP Education in
Denmark offers a company training,
SAP focuses on the superuser and
consultancy training, and we do the enduser training. We have quite a broad
cooperative relationship with SAP.”
That’s good for students and workers
across Denmark. In today’s competitive
economy, companies want employees
to begin work the first day with a strong
grounding in SAP software so they can
contribute and add value quickly. And
with the current emphasis around governance, risk, and control, it’s essential
that workers clearly understand their
duties and roles within the larger corporate framework.
“We devote a lot of training to helping
people understand multiple business
procedures, even beyond their own
duties, to demonstrate how everything
is integrated in SAP software,” Skov
says. “In the SAP solution landscape,
if you enter incorrect information, it has
an effect on other areas of your business. So therefore the more people
understand the consequences of their
choices, the more they will be able to
perform their work optimally.”
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