The Seidman ERP Program News
SAP Young Thinkers Event Hosted by GVSU!
February 11, 2015
On February 6th, 2015, thirty-three high school students from schools within Kent County (East Kentwood High School, Innovation Center High School, Kenowa Hills High School, and West Michigan Academy of Environmental Science) participated in The SAP Young Thinkers Event hosted by General Motors, SAP, Seidman College of Business and GVSU’s Enterprise Systems Student Union (ESSU).
The SAP® Young Thinkers Program is a series of hands-on workshops to equip high school students with analytical and creative thinking skills. This experiential learning program aims to help youths understand the extraordinary revolution brought about by ERP systems today and its impact on societies, businesses and everyday life. The event at GVSU taught the high school students how to play The ERPsim Game which is a water bottle distribution game. This experience was intended for the high schools students to learn about Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems, reporting and business decisions that businesses use today. GVSU’s ERP Program (www.gvsu.edu/erp) utilizes SAP software which is run by 250,000 companies in over 130 Countries.