In order to analyze a business process through process mining, it is important first to understand how the business process is designed. This case presents a narrative of an order-to-cash business process for a hypothetical company, BW Fishing Inc., and requires a student to make a flowchart of this...

The case provides a comprehensive and practical examination of the US federal government’s financial practices, challenges and reporting standards. By exploring the sustainability of the current fiscal path, students will engage in critical thinking about the US national debt, spending and the econo...

This curriculum offers an opportunity for students to learn and think critically about the purpose of auditor independence, the regulatory bodies who oversee independence and their personal professional and ethical responsibilities related to independence. ​This curriculum materials includes slides,...

The development and validation of an automated grading tool using robotic process automation (RPA) for SQL queries saves faculty time and allows for more accurate grading. This enhances the accuracy of grading but also allows faculty to reallocate their time toward other important academic responsib...

In this case, students will identify a process in business or in their personal life that can be automated using RPA and develop the bot to automate this process. Students can develop a bot that has different levels of sophistication in terms of how many programs it interacts with and that uses vari...

In this case, students gather data to perform an internal audit of travel expenses for Fairfield Inc. Employees have submitted trips for reimbursement that include the address from which the employee left, the address to where they traveled and the employee's self-reported mileage for the trip. Stud...

In this case, students are expected to automate the selection of a sample of expenses for testing for audit purposes based on: (1) a systematic selection of key transactions above or below a specified threshold and (2) a random selection of non-key transactions that do not meet the specified thresho...

In this case, the students help automate the creation of sales reports for Pure Guitar Inc. The case requirements include the completion of the overview case first. We strongly suggest this, although the case can be completed without this requirement. This case does not require the completion of the...

In this case, the students help automate the preparation of tax Form 8805 for each foreign partner from the RiverBend Technologies whose earnings derive from the US and abroad. The case requirements include the completion of the overview case first. We strongly suggest this, although the case can be...

In this case, the students help automate an existing manual process to bill customers for wood products sold by Wood’s Amazing Woods Inc. The case requirements include the completion of the overview case first. We strongly suggest this although the case can be completed without this requirement. Thi...

This case can be completed without covering the overview presentation, although it is not ideal to do so. Select elements of the overview presentation are repeated at a high level and can be reinforced if the presentation has already been covered before beginning the case (definition of RPA; account...

An overview slide presentation provides students initial exposure to RPA and is recommended to cover before asking students to complete any cases. The presentation coverage includes: innovation mindset (definition and importance); RPA foundational concepts (definition, primary uses, evolution, typic...