The Seidman ERP Program News
Three Seidman College of Business students attended the Deloitte and SAP Co-innovation Event
August 10, 2016
Three Seidman College of Business students attended the Deloitte
and SAP Co-innovation Event; August 5-7 at Deloitte University
in Westlake, Texas.
“The SAP Co-Innovation Event helps foster the next generation of
consulting leaders by offering them an opportunity to expand their
skillsets, discover what it takes to deliver value with SAP solutions
today, and network with Deloitte and SAP professionals.”
This is the second time Grand Valley students attended the event. The
students, who are part of the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
program at Grand Valley, included Jacob Barclay, Drew White and Sydney
Ecker. The ERP program at Grand Valley is one of the world’s leading
programs where students gain an understanding of integrated,
cross-functional business process experience, using SAP® software.
“At the event, we got the opportunity to compete and learn more
about the consulting process and an SAP implementation.” said Jacob
Barclay. “I truly enjoyed representing GVSU, learning more about
consulting and SAP, and building a professional network with other
students, Deloitte consultants, and SAP representatives.”
"The event provided a condensed time line to push our critical thinking skills to the limit to provide an SAP based solution to our client.” said Drew White. “When we were not working on the case study time was given time to network, explore the Deloitte University campus, and attend various workshops about Deloitte, SAP, and the life of a consultant.”
The co-innovation event hosted students who qualified by having a 3.4 grade point average or above, extensive exposure to SAP core modules, functional knowledge of many different functional areas of a business, basic configuration skills in SAP and strong analytical skills in applying KPIs to manage business performance. Students participated in case study mentoring, networking opportunities and presentations from Deloitte leaders.
Photo: L to R: Sydney
Ecker
, Drew White and Jacob Barclay