innovation and collaboration for productive economy: university perspective

Innovation and collaboration for productive economy: University Perspective

Mateja Podlogar, Ph.D.Teaching Assistant & Head, eProcurement Laboratory, Electronic Commerce Center, Faculty of Organizational

Sciences,University of Maribor, Slovenia

Mateja.Podlogar@fov.uni-mb.sihttp://eCom.FOV.Uni-Mb.si/Podlogar

Two important fields of our work:Educational process (Prototypes)Research

BuyerSupplier 1

Supplier 2

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Suppliers’ suppliers

Internet technologies

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e- Commerce Center

eProcurement Laboratory eMarkets Laboratory

mCommerce Laboratory eCollaboration Laboratory

Information Systems Auditing Laboratory

University Collaboration with Businesses over Laboratories

Laboratories

Business Students

Educational process - Prototypes

Implementing electronic commerce in two steps (two courses):Electronic commerce inside the companyElectronic commerce between companies

In cooperation with technology companies:Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, IBM

Example of students’ prototype:

Connecting Two Different ERP Systems: Microsoft Business Solutions—Navision and SAP

PurchasePurchase OrderOrder SalesSales OrderOrder

MicrosoftMicrosoftBizTalkBizTalkServerServer

SalesSales InvoiceInvoice

MicrosoftMicrosoftBizTalkBizTalkServerServerSAP R/3SAP R/3

XML XML

XML XML

PurchasePurchase InvoiceInvoice

ShipmentShipment NotifNotif..PurchasePurchase ReceiptReceipt

Microsoft BusinessMicrosoft BusinessSolutionsSolutions––NavisionNavision

PurchasePurchase OrderOrder SalesSales OrderOrder

MicrosoftMicrosoftBizTalkBizTalkServerServer

SalesSales InvoiceInvoice

MicrosoftMicrosoftBizTalkBizTalkServerServerSAP R/3SAP R/3

XML XML

XML XML

PurchasePurchase InvoiceInvoice

ShipmentShipment NotifNotif..PurchasePurchase ReceiptReceipt

Microsoft BusinessMicrosoft BusinessSolutionsSolutions––NavisionNavision

Course: Organizational System Design

Business processinside one companyBusiness processinside one company

Students in collaboration

with the company

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Defininggoals forResolvingproblems

Processreenginering

Processreenginering

ProblemanalysingProblem

analysing

Possible problem solutions

Possible problem solutions

Different Technologies

Course:Business Information systems

Interorganizational Systems betweenbuyer and supplier

Interorganizational Systems betweenbuyer and supplier

Definingg goals for resolving problems

Definingg goals for resolving problems

ProcessreengineringProcessreenginering

ProblemAnalysingProblem

Analysing

Possible problem solutionsv

Possible problem solutionsv

Company I

BUYER SIDE

Defininggoals for

Resolvingproblems

Defininggoals for

Resolvingproblems

ProcessreengineringProcessreenginering

ProblemAnalysingProblem

Analysing

Possible problem solutions

Possible problem solutions

Company II

SUPPLIER SIDE

Different Technologies

Plans and guidelines for future collaboration and innovation inside our educational process

Close collaboration between students and companies(use of the newest technologies for e-business)

Doing real business prototype solutions

Close regional collaboration between Labs from different Universities

Hosted service for Oracle e-Business Suite

Collaboration between all partners inside the supply chain (projects between business, laboratories and students):

Supply chain establishment with one or maybe more companies

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