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Teaching Tip: BPIsim: A Hands-On Simulation to Teach Cash-to-Cash Manufacturing Operating Cycle Processes in a Purchasing, Operations, and Supply Chain Management Context
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Whitelock, Vincent G. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2020
This paper presents a hands-on simulation that is conducted in an introductory integrated supply chain management course using enterprise resource planning concepts associated with the Cash-to-Cash Manufacturing Operating Cycle. More specifically, this activity simulates the activities in the procure-to-pay, plan-to-produce, and order-to-cash…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Manufacturing, Purchasing, Simulation
"Teaching Tip": An Introduction to the Business Game "Flowers for the World"
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Moores, Trevor T. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2016
The aim of this paper is to provide sufficient detail that other members of the IS community can incorporate the business game "Flowers for the World" (or FFTW for short) into their IS teaching portfolio. The game promotes experiential (active) learning and has been used to support discussions or project work in such diverse subjects as…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Educational Games, Business, Teaching Methods
An Integrated Learning Approach to Teaching an Undergraduate Information Systems Course
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Riordan, Robert J.; Hine, Michael J.; Smith, Tim C. – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2017
This paper describes the redesign and implementation of an introductory Information Systems class. The redesign was guided by principles drawn from the experiential and active learning literature. Central to the redesign are two simulated companies: petGRO, a fictional ERP-enabled pet food and accessories e-tailer, and beans4all, a technology…
Descriptors: Integrated Activities, Learning Activities, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students