What is SAP - with Bob Szymanski

About this episode

David Chaviano hosts Bob Szymanski to discuss the fundamentals of SAP and its integration into academic curricula.

In this episode of SAP Learning Insights, David Chaviano hosts Bob Szymanski, a university professor from Georgia Southern University and a prominent voice in integrating SAP into academic curricula. The conversation is about the fundamental question: What is SAP? David reveals his desire to present SAP in a beginner-friendly manner, and Bob takes this opportunity toshare his insights, experiences and easy to understand examples. Bob presents a clear, straightforward definition of SAP, describing it not merely as software, but as an enterprise information system that enables business processes. He shares sources for getting more knowledge and insights and at the end, he of course provides his final words of wisdom. Bob Szymanski on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-szymanski-599b8ab/ SAP - https://www.sap.com/ Bob's book on Enterprise Systems: https://www.amazon.com/Enterprise-Systems-Cornerstone-Integrating-Organizational/dp/1777204992 Student Zone on learning.sap.com: https://learning.sap.com/students SAP University Alliances (SAP Community): https://pages.community.sap.com/topics/university-alliances Learn how students can certify in SAP for free with SAPLearning…

People in this episode

Host: David Chaviano

Guest: Bob Szymanski

Topics covered

• SAP
• enterprise information system
• academic curricula
• business processes
• certification

Keywords

• SAP
• enterprise information system
• business processes
• academic integration
• certification

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Georgia Southern University, SAP, SAP University Alliances

Products: Enterprise Systems

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