Singapore gov't sponsors ERP skills for adults

By Enterprise Innovation Editors | Oct 9, 2009

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In a move that signals the strong commitment of the Singapore Government towards developing a pool of skilled talent to support the Infocomm industry in the growing area of Enterprise Resource Planning, the government will sponsor up to 100 adult learners to gain SAP skills through a Victoria University postgraduate course.

Under the Professional Conversion Programme for Enterprise Resource Planning [1], the Government will provide course fee funding to subsidize the costs of the three-month graduate certificate in Enterprise Resource Planning systems with a specialization in SAP and a 7- month paid internship.

The course is delivered in Singapore by Victorian University in partnership with South-East Asian SAP education provider Lithan Genovate.

VU’s SAP programs director, Paul Hawking, said the combination of ERP studies and a paid internship is a unique opportunity for students as the graduates will be in demand by industry [2].

“This commitment from the Singapore Government to subsidize the cost of study for interns in its Professional Skills Program confirms the worldwide demand for SAP skills and the role universities can play in satisfying this demand,” he said.

Victoria University offers a range of ERP Systems related courses which are taught in Melbourne, Singapore and Beijing.

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is an enterprise-wide information system designed to coordinate all the resources, information, and activities needed to complete business processes such as order fulfilment or billing. An ERP system maintains data under a single database for a variety of business functions such as Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Financials, Projects, Human Resources and Customer Relationship Management. SAP is the leading vendor of ERP systems and support business process transactions for companies like Nike, Microsoft and Coca Cola. Companies employ ERP specialists to implement and maintain their systems as well as to achieve optimal benefits.