SAP University Alliances

Version 2.20
Author Stefan Weidner
Introduction to SAP

Product Abstract
SAP ERP 6.0 EhP4
This teaching material is intended to explain how the fundamental

Level business processes interact with SAP ERP in functional areas

Beginner
Focus
Cross functional integration
Cross-functional
SD, MM, PP, FI, CO,
HCM, WM, PS, EAM
such as Sales and Distribution, Materials Management, Production
Planning, Financial Accounting, Controlling, Human Capital
g
Management, Warehouse Management,
g Project
j Management,
g and
Enterprise Asset Management.

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 SAP ERP Course Overview

 Introduction to SAP
 Navigation
 Introduction to GBI
 Sales & Distribution
 Materials Management
 Production Planning
 Financial Accounting
 Controlling
 Human Capital Management
 Warehouse Management
 Project System
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 SAP ERP SAP

“Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung”

(English: “Systems, Applications, and Products in Data Processing”)
 Global concern with many companies
- SAP AG
- SAP America
- SAP UK etc.
 SAP Business Suite
- SAP Enterprise
p Resource Planning
g ((SAP ERP))
- SAP Supplier Relationship Management (SAP SRM)
- SAP Customer Relationship Planning (SAP CRM)
- SAP Supply Chain Management (SAP SCM)
- SAP Product Lifecycle Management (SAP PLM) etc.
 SAP Business ByDesign
 SAP NetWeaver

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 SAP ERP Who is SAP?

 SAP AG
- Founded in Walldorf, Germany in 1972
- World’s Largest Business Software Company
- World’s Third-largest Independent Software Provider
 Company Statistics
- Over 55,000 employees in more then 75 countries
- 183,000+ customers in more then 130 countries
- 200 000+ installations
200,000+
- 2,500+ Business Partners

Source: SAP AG website

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 SAP ERP Integrated Business Solution Vendors

 SAP
- SAP Business Suite, SAP All-in-One, SAP Business ByDesign, SAP
Business One
 Oracle Applications
- Oracle, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, Siebel, Retek
 Microsoft Business Solutions
- Dynamics: Great Plains, Navision, Axapta, Soloman
 The Sage Group
- Sage Software – Accpac ERP, PeachTree
 SSA Global Technologies
- BAAN

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 SAP ERP SAP Portfolio Strength

 World-wide usage
 Designed to satisfy the information needs for all business sizes
(small local to large all international)
- Multi-lingual
- Multi-currency
- Multi-balance (parallel G/L Accounting)
 Designed to satisfy the information needs for all industries, e.g.
- Automotive
- Banking
- Retail
- Public Sector
- Higher Education and Research etc.

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 SAP ERP SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (SAP ERP)

 Enables a company to support and optimize its business

processes
 Ties together disparate business functions (integrated business
solution) such as
- Finance (Financial Accounting
Accounting, Managerial Accounting
Accounting, Treasury
Treasury, …))
- Logistics (Sales, Procurement, Production, Fulfillment, …)
- Human Resources etc.
 Helps
H l ththe organization
i ti run smoothly
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 Real-time environment
 Scalable and flexible

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 SAP ERP SAP Architecture

 Client/Server Environment
- Client – hardware/software environment that can make a request for
services for a central repository of resources
- Server – hardware/software combination that can provide services to a
group of clients in a controlled environment

 Three – Tier Structure

- GUI
• Graphical User Interface or Web Interface
- Application Server
• One or more, help distribute work load
- Database Server
• One single data repository

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SAP ERP SAP Business Suite

SAP PLM

SAP SAP ERP SAP

SRM CRM

SAP SCM

SAP NetWeaver

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SAP ERP History

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MM SAP PLM
CO
PP AM
SAP R/3 SAP SAP
SRM SAP ERP CRM
Client/Server
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Basis
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SAP SCM
HR IS

SAP NetWeaver

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 SAP ERP SAP Software Applications

 For large enterprises  For small & medium enterprises

- SAP ERP - SAP All-in-One
All i O
- SAP CRM - SAP Business ByDesign
- SAP PLM - SAP Business One
- SAP SCM
- SAP SRM
- SAP Business Objects
 Platforms
- SAP NetWeaver
- SAP Enterprise Services
Architecture

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 SAP ERP SAP ERP Business Modules

 Collections of logically related transactions within identifiable

business functions
- MM (“Buy”)
- PP (“Make”)
- SD (“Sell”)
- FI and CO (“Track”)
- HCM (“People”)
- WM (“Store”)
- EAM (“Maintain”)
- CS (“Service”)

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 SAP ERP SAP ERP Core Applications

 Logistics  Human Capital Management

- Sales & Distribution - Personnel Management
- Materials Management - Benefits
- Production Planning - Payroll
- Plant Maintenance
- Quality Management
 Finance
- Financial Accounting
- Managerial Accounting
- Asset Management
- Treasury

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 SAP ERP SAP Industry Solutions

 Aerospace & Defense

 Automotive  Media

 B ki
Banking  Mill Products

 Chemicals  Mining

 Consumer Products  Oil & Gas

 D f
Defense &S
Security
it  Pharmaceuticals

 Engineering, Const.  Postal Services

 Healthcare  Professional Services

 High Tech  Public Sector

 Higher Education  Railways

 Industrial Machinery  Retail

 Insurance  Telecommunications

 Life Sciences  Utilities

 Logistics Service Prod.  Wholesale Distribution

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