Convergence
2010 Microsoft
Dynamics Academic Preconference
Presentation Abstracts and PowerPoint Slides
Day One: Saturday,
April 24, 2010
Omni Hotel at
Rooms:
100 CNN Center
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10:00 – 10:45am |
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11:00 – 11:25am |
Track I: Business Decision Making ( |
Incorporating Real-World Projects into Undergraduate & Graduate
Accounting Information Systems Classes The
21st century student who takes an accounting information system course needs
to have hands-on assignments that will prepare them for professional
opportunities in accounting. The 21st century student needs know more than to
how to record transactions in a computerized accounting system and this
presentation will posed a series of sample projects & assignments that
can be used for prepare them for exciting opportunities in accounting &
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Predictive Data Mining of CRM Data for Marketers and
Managers Microsoft provides
great developer tools for creating analytic ‘data mines’ from CRM and ERP
databases. Data Mining Add-Ins for Office provides a data mining interface
for managers and marketers. We review non-technical students’ application of
SQL Server Analysis Services predictive modeling of CRM data in a Business
Analytics course. |
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11:35 – 12:00pm |
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Integrating GP Payroll into the Accounting Information
Systems Class Most AIS classes
focus on the primary cash transactions within the Expenditure and Revenue
Cycles. Typically, Dynamics Great Plains Financial, Sales and Procurement
modules are used to demonstrate this in lab experiences. This presentation
demonstrates how to integrate the employee Payroll cycle into an AIS class.
Specifically, lab details will be shown on how to leverage GP Payroll as part
of the student experience. This presentation will provide an overview of a
complete semester AIS lab sequence and where Payroll can fit into the mix. |
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Microsoft Dynamics GP: Dexterity and Crystal Reports, A
Case Study Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains is successor of Great
Plains Software Dynamics and eEnterprise ERP application, which provides
accounting software package. Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 is more prominent in
North America that provides business management solution for growing and
midsize organizations with complete and scalable financial and operational
functionality. Everything a user may need is in his/her operating system,
database, personal productivity tools, and e-mail. All of these will work
together with Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0. Originally, Great Plains Dynamics
was available on Pervasive SQL and Ctree platform, where Crystal Reports had
limitations, due to the restrictions to ODBC drivers. Besides the great
ability of Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 Report Writer, Crystal Report joins the
team to offer great tool to create financial reports that are made on
Dynamics GP. Data for these reports come from GP modules like Payroll, HR, A/P,
A/R, and General Ledger. GP Reports Viewer helps us to integrate Crystal
Reports into Dynamics GP. Dexterity is a development tool integrated with
Microsoft Dynamics GP 10.0 to create or modify large-volume, transaction-
based client/server applications. |
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12:45 – 1:15pm |
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Microsoft Dynamics Partner Experiences from the Front
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1:20 – 1:45pm |
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Dynamics as a Learning and Tool: The First
Step--Restructure the AIS Course! The nature of the practice of accounting continues to
evolve as technology evolves. From a
historical prospective, the development of Enterprise Resource Planning, ERP,
systems and the addition of analysis and documentation tools is similar to
the process whereby spreadsheet software slowly transitioned from practice to
the classroom. Spreadsheets had
completely replaced the calculator in accounting practice by the late
1980’s. However, it was not until
after 2000 that accounting texts started including spreadsheet problems and
even today, accounting programs encourage but do not require students to do
their homework in Excel. The challenge
facing accounting faculty, whose goal is to increase the technological skills
of accounting graduates, is how to incorporate ERP systems across accounting
courses. Given the history of Excel, a
more practical approach would be to exploit the full potential of ERP
software in accounting systems courses first as a model for other accounting
courses. The objective of this paper
is to initiate a dialog about leveraging Dynamics ERP software as a teaching
and learning tool in accounting systems courses to serve as a model for other
accounting courses, the obstacles that must be overcome to achieving full
exploitation, and the methodology that might be used in overcoming these
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A Model for Integrating Enterprise Systems into the
Curriculum We developed a model that facilitates the integration
of enterprise systems in to the college curriculum. During our
presentation, we will discuss the model's three main parts: support,
core, and outcomes. We will also share the outcomes, which provide (1)
evidence of the model's success and (2) issues in need of refinement. |
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1:55 – 2:20pm |
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Tips and Tricks for Teaching Dynamics GP as an Online
Course Using Computer Accounting and Computer Accounting Essentials by Yacht,
Crosson, and Segovia Textbooks This paper is intended for those who are preparing to
teach an online accounting software course for the first time. Whereas this
paper uses Dynamics GP version 10 and is specific to its features and design,
many of the concepts can be applied to any accounting software application.
Included are prerequisites, sample course schedule with an optional Class
(Group) Project, and tips and tricks to help make the experience go smoothly.
The assignments could be considered the minimum and can be added to as
needed. |
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A Curriculum for Business Intelligence The presentation will
outline the courses that will comprise a minor/certificate program in
Business Intelligence with an emphasis on the new courses created for this
program. Courses include Applied Business Intelligence for an end user
audience and Business Intelligence Engineering for an IT professional
audience. |
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Day Two: Sunday, April 25,
2010
Omni Hotel at
Rooms:
100 CNN Center
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Paper Abstract |
PowerPoint Link |
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9:00 – 9:45am |
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Microsoft Dynamics Sure Step |
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9:50 – 10:15am |
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ERP & Financial Statement Rending with a Hyperbolic
Browser This study demonstrates the integration of accounting
systems and hyperbolic browsers. The
combination facilitates education and management of enterprise resource
planning (ERP). Auditors also can
benefit through a means of tracing activity within an information system as
opposed to auditing around one. ERP
software product implementation teams could use the hyperbolic browser to
display the value chain organization and then transform it into a financial
statement reporting format making firm processes easily visible and
traceable. |
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Identity Management in Implementing Microsoft Dynamics
GP Major ERP systems
are associated with a security component known as identity management. The
purpose of this paper is to examine the role of identity management in
implementing Microsoft Dynamics GP. This paper also attempts to compare SAP
Neteaver and Microsoft Dynamics GP. |
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10:25 – 10:50am |
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Using Microsoft Dynamics in the Enterprise Resource
Planning (ERP) and Supply Chain Management (SCM) are popular topics for
business majors. The purpose of this paper is to discuss how to integrate
Microsoft Dynamics into the supply chain management curriculum. An example will be used to show how to use
Dynamics GP and CRM in an SCM course. |
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Economics of Cloud Computing Cloud computing may provide
an alternative approach to assembling a large number of servers. This
presentation will compare the costs associated with owning and operating the
hardware to support a server farm learning environment with the cost of
moving the server farm into the cloud. |
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11:00 – 11:25am |
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Research for Using Dynamics AX in Wholesale
Distribution The research focused on how an integrated ERP system – and the
conceptual models embedded in the system – can support the unique business practices of wholesale distribution firms. In particular, it
focused on how Microsoft Dynamics AX 20091 and supplemental MBS Dev2 functionality provide an integrated ERP system
for these firms. |
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Romanian-American University—Microsoft Innovation Center
Dynamics Experience This paper presents activities of Microsoft Innovation
Center set inside of |
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1:30 – 2:15pm |
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Bridging the Gap between Business and Information Systems
ERP-based Curricula to Achieve Improved Business Process Learning Outcomes University administrators and faculty continue to
struggle to respond to dynamic structural changes in business environments.
Global marketplaces and supply chains extend management of internal
cross-functional interactions and relationships to their external
equivalents. Critical throughout is the flow of accurate, reliable, and
timely data. Concurrently, the evolution of Enterprise System software has
challenged university faculty: to what degree should such software be
integrated into their curricula? In the world of information systems,
information management, knowledge management, etc., the answer is to a
significant degree. The conclusion is not as clear when the frame of
reference is a business discipline: accounting, finance, human resources,
management, marketing, or operations. We explore these two primary issues by
reviewing the factors that drive curriculum integration, ERP integration work
to date, and the challenges to faculty and ERP developers. Inherent in using
ERP to facilitate curriculum integration are accreditation and assessment
requirements, organizational structural issues, technical support, faculty
needs and rewards, business demands, and employment market realities.
Achieving success demands challenging the status quo, stimulating inquiry,
collaborating with software developers, and accepting disruptive change in
higher education. |
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Presentations in blue were
chosen through the call for papers and presentations process.