ERPsim is a business simulation allowing participants to get hands-on experience with SAP products, including SAP ERP and SAP HANA.

1. Serious games to learn enterprise
systems and business analytics
Simulation Games for
Engaging ERP Education
ERPsim Lab
Montréal, Canada | December 1st, 2016
Jean-François Michon, M.Sc.
Administrative Director, ERPsim Lab
Lecturer, HEC Montréal
jfm@hec.ca
http://linkedin.com/in/jfmichon

2. Certification Workshop
© Léger et al. 2004-2016. ERPsim is a proprietary technology developed by
researchers at HEC Montréal, École Polytechnique de Montréal and Western
Michigan Univ. Visit erpsim.hec.ca for more information.
Introduction to
ERPsim 1. The ERPsim Lab
▶ Mission, objectives and philosophy
2. What is ERPsim?
▶ What it does
▶ Learning approach

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What is ERPsim?
ERPsim acts like a flight
simulator, but using a real
plane in a virtual sky!

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ERPsim Academic Release: 2016-2017
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What ERPsim Does
Virtual System ERP System Participants
Automation of administrative tasks
Simulation of a market
Simulation of the passing of time
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Business analytics
Business decisions
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SAP ERP and Business Suite on HANA

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École Polytechnique de Montréal and Western Michigan Univ. Visit erpsim.hec.ca for more information.
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Several researchers have
started using ERPsim to run
experimental protocol in IS.
Visit
http://erpsim.hec.ca/research
Game-based Learning for ERP
ERPsim Mission:
Conduct research, development and transfer in the field of serious games in
information technology.
ERPsim Team
Research team
Prof. Pierre-Majorique LÉGER, Ph.D.,
Director ERPsim Lab (HEC Montréal)
Prof. Gilbert BABIN, Ph.D.
(HEC Montréal)
Prof. Jacques ROBERT, Ph.D.
(HEC Montréal)
Prof. Robert PELLERIN, Ph.D.
(École Polytechnique de Montréal)
Prof. Bret WAGNER, Ph.D.
(Western Michigan University)
Operations and development team
Jean-François MICHON, M.Sc.,
Director, Administration
Derick LYLE, MBA,
Director of R&D
Félix GAUDET-LAFONTAINE, B.Comm.,
Business Analyst
Arnaud PAQUET, M.Sc.,
Community Liaison
ACADEMIC COMMERCIAL RESEARCH
Since 2009, more than
17000 simulations
in 225 universities around the world
22 000 students
used ERPsim in 2014
1000 faculty
trained on ERPsim worldwide
Many large organizations,
such as Boeing, Coca-Cola,
3M, Kraft, Caterpillar, Pfizer
and SAP, are using ERPsim to
train their end-users on ERP
systems.
Statistics on ERPsim in the academic world

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ERPsim Academic Release: 2016-2017
© Léger et al. 2004-2016. ERPsim is a proprietary technology developed by researchers at HEC Montréal,
École Polytechnique de Montréal and Western Michigan Univ. Visit erpsim.hec.ca for more information.
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ERPsim Team
Direction and Research
Pierre-Majorique Léger, Ph.D.
Director, ERPsim Lab
Co-Director, Tech3Lab
Gilbert Babin, Ph.D.
Co-Inventor
(Developer)
Jacques Robert, Ph.D.
Co-Inventor
(Game Theory)
Jean-François Michon, M.Sc.
Director, Administration
Derick Lyle, MBA
Director, R&D
Management and R&D

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ERPsim Academic Release: 2016-2017
© Léger et al. 2004-2016. ERPsim is a proprietary technology developed by researchers at HEC Montréal,
École Polytechnique de Montréal and Western Michigan Univ. Visit erpsim.hec.ca for more information.
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ERPsim Team
• Cindy Nguyen, BBA (support lead)
• Marianne Bousquet-Racine, BBA
• Marc-Antoine Jutras, BBA
• Hikmath Yemissi-Eyitayo, M.Sc.
• Samuel Plasse, M.Sc.
• Anne-Laure Juvin, BBA
• Theophile Demazure, BBA
Management and R&D
Felix G.-Lafontaine, BBA
Analyst
Arnaud Paquet-C., M.Sc.
Community Liaison
Support

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ERPsim Academic Release: 2016-2017
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Moving Toward an IT Competency Approach

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ERPsim Academic Release: 2016-2017
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Active Learning of ERP Related Concepts

10. Certification Workshop
© Léger et al. 2004-2016. ERPsim is a proprietary technology developed by
researchers at HEC Montréal, École Polytechnique de Montréal and Western
Michigan Univ. Visit erpsim.hec.ca for more information.
The ERPsim
ecosystem 1. Interfaces and tools
2. SAP ERP
3. ERPsim Administration Console
4. ERPsim BI
▶ SQL Server
▶ XMLview Data Service
5. ERPsim for SAP HANA
▶ SAP Lumira

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ERPsim Academic Release: 2016-2017
© Léger et al. 2004-2016. ERPsim is a proprietary technology developed by researchers at HEC Montréal,
École Polytechnique de Montréal and Western Michigan Univ. Visit erpsim.hec.ca for more information.
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Supported Interfaces and Tools
SAP ERP via SAP GUI
Interface for users
ERPsim BI (ETL solution for SQL Server)
Allows almost real-time reporting with any supported tool
SAP Lumira
Data visualisation for SAP HANA and ERPsim BI
Simulator (ERPsim Administration Console)
Browser-based administration interface for instructors

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ERPsim Academic Release: 2016-2017
© Léger et al. 2004-2016. ERPsim is a proprietary technology developed by researchers at HEC Montréal,
École Polytechnique de Montréal and Western Michigan Univ. Visit erpsim.hec.ca for more information.
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SAP ERP
The key differentiator of
ERPsim is that it uses a
real SAP ERP system to
support user decision
making and reporting
needs.
The interface for user is
the SAP GUI.

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ERPsim Academic Release: 2016-2017
© Léger et al. 2004-2016. ERPsim is a proprietary technology developed by researchers at HEC Montréal,
École Polytechnique de Montréal and Western Michigan Univ. Visit erpsim.hec.ca for more information.
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ERPsim Administration Console
The ERPsim Administration
Console is the heart of
ERPsim.
Features:
• Web-based interface,
allows remote
management of the game.
• Manage the game using
any modern web browser.

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ERPsim Academic Release: 2016-2017
© Léger et al. 2004-2016. ERPsim is a proprietary technology developed by researchers at HEC Montréal,
École Polytechnique de Montréal and Western Michigan Univ. Visit erpsim.hec.ca for more information.
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ERPsim BI
ERPsim BI is an almost real-
time ETL solution that allows
users to do analytics and build
dashboard with a live and
dynamic dataset.
Any analytics tool supporting
SQL Server connection may be
used with the technology.
A service is also available
(called XMLview) with can
provide on-demand data
formatted in XML.

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ERPsim Academic Release: 2016-2017
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École Polytechnique de Montréal and Western Michigan Univ. Visit erpsim.hec.ca for more information.
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ERPsim for SAP HANA
ERPsim for SAP HANA is the
latest innovation of the Lab.
Comes with pre-designed
views for instant, real-time
analytics using data coming
directly from the SAP ERP
in-memory database.
Works great in conjunction
with SAP Lumira.

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ERPsim Academic Release: 2016-2017
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École Polytechnique de Montréal and Western Michigan Univ. Visit erpsim.hec.ca for more information.
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ERPsim for SAP HANA (cont.)

17. Certification Workshop
© Léger et al. 2004-2016. ERPsim is a proprietary technology developed by
researchers at HEC Montréal, École Polytechnique de Montréal and Western
Michigan Univ. Visit erpsim.hec.ca for more information.
Supporting
material 1. Participants’ Material
▶ Job Aids
▶ Slides Decks
▶ Participant and Instruction Guides
▶ Instruction Videos
▶ ERPsim Learning Portal
2. Instructor’s Material
▶ Teaching Notes
▶ Additional Tools

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ERPsim Academic Release: 2016-2017
© Léger et al. 2004-2016. ERPsim is a proprietary technology developed by researchers at HEC Montréal,
École Polytechnique de Montréal and Western Michigan Univ. Visit erpsim.hec.ca for more information.
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Job Aids
Visual aids that accelerate the learning
of business transactions and key
parameters by participants.

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ERPsim Academic Release: 2016-2017
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École Polytechnique de Montréal and Western Michigan Univ. Visit erpsim.hec.ca for more information.
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Slide Decks
Ready-to-use set of slides to ensure
that the most critical parts of the
simulation are well understood by the
participants.

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ERPsim Academic Release: 2016-2017
© Léger et al. 2004-2016. ERPsim is a proprietary technology developed by researchers at HEC Montréal,
École Polytechnique de Montréal and Western Michigan Univ. Visit erpsim.hec.ca for more information.
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Participant’s Guides
Each game comes with a participant’s
guide that reviews both the main
concepts of the game and SAP ERP
functionalities, and allows a better
understanding of the business model
surrounding the game.

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ERPsim Academic Release: 2016-2017
© Léger et al. 2004-2016. ERPsim is a proprietary technology developed by researchers at HEC Montréal,
École Polytechnique de Montréal and Western Michigan Univ. Visit erpsim.hec.ca for more information.
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Instructional Videos
Tutorial videos provides step-by-step
instructions to master the SAP ERP
system and transactions in ERPsim.
Available to both students and
instructors, in HD and on any
supported device.

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ERPsim Academic Release: 2016-2017
© Léger et al. 2004-2016. ERPsim is a proprietary technology developed by researchers at HEC Montréal,
École Polytechnique de Montréal and Western Michigan Univ. Visit erpsim.hec.ca for more information.
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Teaching Notes
Complete reference on ERPsim, which
provides advices on pedagogy,
troubleshooting, and guides
instructions on how to get started and
how to run a simulation game.

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ERPsim Academic Release: 2016-2017
© Léger et al. 2004-2016. ERPsim is a proprietary technology developed by researchers at HEC Montréal,
École Polytechnique de Montréal and Western Michigan Univ. Visit erpsim.hec.ca for more information.
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ERPsim Learning Portal
The Learning Portal contains all the
pedagogical material related to ERPsim.
Professors and lecturers that completed
the certification gain a full access to the
portal.
The portal is also available to students
with a valid ERPsim license (requires
payment).
https://erpsim.hec.ca/learning

24. ERPsim Academic Release: 2016-2017
© Léger et al. 2004-2016. ERPsim is a proprietary technology developed by researchers at HEC Montréal,
École Polytechnique de Montréal and Western Michigan Univ. Visit erpsim.hec.ca for more information.
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© Léger et al. 2004-2016. ERPsim is a proprietary technology developed by researchers at HEC Montréal, École Polytechnique de Montréal and Western Michigan Univ. ERPsim is owned
by Polyvalor and Valorisation Gestion and commercialized by Baton Simulations. Visit erpsim.hec.ca for more information.
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2016-12-01 by Jean-François Michon