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Business without ERP

Customers

PP contacts Purchasing for raw material

Purchasing
Customer Calls to place 1 order for a Car

Sales office/Inventory contacts PP

Production Planning
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Sales office contacts Inventory

Sales

Inventory

Business without ERP (Contd..)

Customers
Where is my car What is this confusion What to manufactur e?? Whom to contact for status? What is Cost and profit

Production Planning

Sales

Shop floor

Finance

Purchasing Vendors Inventory

Lets Deliver the end product to customer..

I did not order for a TRUCK!!!!

Dear Sir, Your Order

Sales

Business without ERP (Contd..)

I AM NOT TAKING DELIVERY AND WILL NEVER DEAL WITH YOU!

We are SORRY Sir

Sales

Overall Picture
Vendors

Sales General Ledger

Purchasing

Customers

A/R

A/P

Production Planning

Inventory

Shop Floor Execution

Why Enterprise Architecture

Why Enterprise Architecture ? Numerous disparate information systems

Integrating the data becomes costly

Time Money Resources

Inconsistencies and duplication of data Lack of timely information Required: Central enterprise definitions Required: Centrally controlled business change

Enterprise Structure Integrating Business

FA Marketing Treasury GL Shop Floor Sales AR AP Purchasing Payroll HR

Partner Systems
PP

Mfg.

Plants

Enterprise Architecture - Benefits

Eliminates the duplication, discontinuity and redundancy in data Increases the return on investment made on IT implementations Delivers quality information designed for the Enterprise as a whole Faster and cheaper Delivers quality information to produce a quality enterprise Satisfying Partners/Customers Reducing required manpower

SAP STANDS FOR:

Systems Applications and Products in Data Processing

When was SAP founded?

Founded in 1972 by Wellenreuther, Hopp, Hector, Plattner and Tschira
Renamed in 1977 Before 1977 : Systems Analysis and Program Development (German : Systemanalyse und Programmentwicklung)

History of SAP
Systems Applications and Products in Data Processing
German : Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung

Founded in 1972 by Wellenreuther, Hopp, Hector, Plattner and Tschira

Renamed in 1977 Before 1977 : Systems Analysis and Program Development (German : Systemanalyse und Programmentwicklung)

SAP is both the name of the Company as well as their ERP Product

3 Tier Client / Server Architecture

The SAP R/3 architecture is based on a 3-tier client/server principle
Presentation Server Application Server Database Server Dedicated Servers are linked by Communication Networks

Perform tasks without sacrificing data integration and processes within

the system, as a whole

SAP R/3 System Architecture (Contd...2)

Overview of Presentation & Database Servers

The Presentation Server
GUI only At workstation Very light Sends requests to application server Obtains screens from application server and displays

My SAP Industry Solutions (Some Examples) & SAP for Aerospace

Defense SAP for Media SAP for Automotive SAP for Mill Products SAP for Banking SAP for Mining SAP for Chemicals SAP for Oil & Gas SAP for Consumer Products SAP for Pharmaceuticals SAP for Engineering, Construction & Operations

SAP for Healthcare SAP for Public Sector SAP for High Tech SAP for Retail SAP for Higher Education & Research SAP for Service Providers SAP for Industrial Machinery & Components SAP for Telecommunications SAP for Insurance

Integration is the Key Challenge Business Drivers

Document Mgmt Call Center Market Analysis

Extended Value Network Increased Market Dynamics

Integration costs are high

Long integration projects IT environments become increasingly rigid Lots of heterogeneous systems

SCM

ERP
E-sales

Pressure on IT increases
Must leverage existing investments Must support new business processes quicker

Trading

E-procurement
Technical systems

Must reduce total cost of ownership (TCO)

PLM

How to Address the Integration Reduce Complexity Challenge

Minimize the number of connections
through hubs
Document Mgmt Call Center Market Analysis

Use only one platform to integrate all people, information, and systems

Reduce Cost Integration

SCM ERP

Deliver .NET and J2EE interoperability Deliver adaptors for ISV products Deliver products, not projects

E-sales

Increase company performance

Increase ease of use, scalability and adaptability

Trading E-procurement Technical systems

Increase business process flexibility by using an Enterprise Services Architecture

PLM

Business Scenarios Main Elements

Organizational Structure in SAP

Production Planning

Financial Accounting

Plant

Company Code

Controlling
Controlling Area

Client

Human Resources
Personnel Area

Sales and Distribution

Materials Management

Sales Area

Purchasing Organization

Logging on to SAP System

Logon pad with different systems

Adding to favorites
Steps to add transaction to favorites Step I: Select the transaction you want to add to favorites Step II: Right click on the transaction you want to add to favorites Step III: Select Add to favorites.

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