SAP MODULES

SAP MODULESBYANAND KUMAR1 Basic SAP Division TechnicalFunctionalTechno functionalDual ModuleABAPSDABAP +HRSD+CRMBASISHRMABAP +SDPP+SDFICOBIWFICO+SDPP, MMHR+SDSCMHR+CRMSD with CIN23SAP ModulesSAP R/3FIWFPSPMWMPPMMSDHRAMCOQMPP Production PlanningWM Warehouse ManagementPM Plant MaintenanceAM Asset ManagementPS Project SystemMM Materials ManagementSD Sales and DistributionQM Quality ManagementWF WorkflowHR Human ResourcesCO ControllingFI Financial Accounting4Let us see a few of the R/3 Modules in brief

Financial Accounting

Financial Accounting is designed for automated management and external reporting of general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable and other sub-ledger accounts with a user defined chart of accounts. As entries are made relating to sales production and payments journal entries are automatically posted. This connection means that the "books" are designed to reflect the real situation.

Controlling

Controlling represents the company's flow of cost and revenue. It is a management instrument for organizational decisions. It is also automatically updated as events occur.

Assets Management

Asset Management is designed to manage and supervise individual aspects of fixed assets including purchase and sale of assets, depreciation and investment management.

Sales and Distribution

Sales and Distribution helps to optimize all the tasks and activities carried out in sales, delivery and billing. The key elements are; pre-sales support, inquiry processing, quotation processing, sales order processing, delivery processing, billing and sales information system.

Materials Management

Materials Management supports the procurement and inventory functions occurring in day-to-day business operations such as purchasing, inventory management, reorder point processing, etc.

Production Planning

Production Planning is used to plan and control the manufacturing activities of a company. This module includes; bills of material, routings, work centers, sales and operations planning, master production scheduling, material requirements planning, shop floor control, production orders, product costing, etc

Quality Management

Quality Management is a quality control and information system supporting quality planning, inspection, and control for manufacturing and procurement.

Plant Maintenance

In a complex manufacturing process, maintenance means more than sweeping the floors. Equipment must be services and rebuilt. These tasks affect the production plans. Plant Maintenance module supports and supervises these maintenance.

Warehouse Management

Warehouse Management provides flexible, automated support to assist in processing all goods movements and in maintaining current stock inventories in the warehousing complex.

Human Resources

Human Resources is a complete integrated system for supporting the planning and control of personnel activities.

Workflow

Workflow is a solution which has been integrated fully in the R/3 System and which enables customer-specific business process flows to be coordinated and controlled on a cross-application and cross-workplace basis.

Project System

Project System is designed to support the planning, control and monitoring of long-term, highly complex projects with defined goals. SAP are moving away from describing their system as a set of SAP Modules, now are using the term solutionsFinancials Human Resources Customer Relationship Management Supplier Relationship Management Product Lifecycle Management Supply Chain Management Business Intelligence

5 SAP FI..FI means Financial accounting, it includes.General ledger Book close Tax Accounts receivable Accounts payable Asset Management (SAP AM) Consolidation Special ledgers

6FI contd..SAP FI - which stands for Financial Accounting - is the SAP Module where regulatory or statutory data is tracked and managed. The SAP FI Module has the capability of meeting all the accounting and financial needs of an organization. It is within this SAP FI Module that Financial Managers as well as other Managers within your business can review the financial position of the company in real time as compared to legacy systems which often times require overnight updates before financial statements can be generated and run for management review.

7SAP CO.CO stands for controlling, it includes.Cost elements Cost centers Profit centers Internal orders Activity based costing Product costing

8SAP CO CONTD..The SAP CO (Controlling) Module provides supporting information to Management for the purpose of planning, reporting, as well as monitoring the operations of their business. Management decision-making can be achieved with the level of information provided by this module.9SAP PS ModulePS is Project Systems this SAP Module is where you can manage your projects, large and small, includingMake to order Plant shut downs (as a project) Third party billing (on the back of a project)

10SAP HR ModuleHR is for Human Resources ... people are the important part of this SAP module, includingEmployment history Payroll Training Career management Succession planning SAP HR stands for Human Resources and this is the module which helps you optimize your HR processes to attract, develop and attain the right people including

11SAP PM Module..Plant Maintenance is the PM this SAP module is where you maintain your equipment (e.g. a machine, an oil rig, an aircraft etc), includingLabour Material Down time and outages

12SAP MM Moduleone of the most important SAP Modules where MM is Materials Management - underpins the supply chain, includingRequisitions Purchase orders Goods receipts Accounts payable Inventory management BOMs Master raw materials, finished goods etc

13SAP MM Contd.AP MM stands for Materials Management and this is part of SAP Logistics which helps you manage end-to-end procurement and logistics business processes,from requisitioning to payment.Some of the main SAP MM transactions are:ME51N - Create RequisitionME21N - Create Purchase OrderMIGO - Goods receipt a POMIRO - Create Invoice

14 SAP QM QM stands for Quality ManagementThis SAP module improve the quality of your goods, includingPlanning Execution Inspections Certificates

15 SAP PP modulesone of the really big SAP modules is Production Planning manages your production process, includingCapacity planning Master production scheduling Material requirements planning Shop floor

16 SAP SD Moduleone of the large SAP modules is Sales and Distribution from order to delivery, including RFQ Sales orders Pricing Picking (and other warehouse processes) Packing Shipping

17SAP BW ModuleBW stands for Business (Data) Warehouse which includes the following main functions: Data extraction from source systems Some technical and functional transformation of the data Storage of the data in what are called Info providers Reporting (which uses Info providers)

18 SAP ABAPIt is not really a module, it stands for Advanced Business application Programming.This is the structured programming language for custom development including reports.ABAP is one of application specific fourth generation language.It was also intended to be used by SAP customers to enhance SAP applications customers can develop custom reports and interfaces with ABAP programming.

19Contd..The advanced way of programming in ABAP is using OOPS concept.

What is oops?OOP is the common abbreviation for Object-Oriented Programming.Key Words:Objects', BAPI, BADI,20ABAP Webdynpro ProThis is the SAP standard UI technology for developing the web application in ABAP environment.Web Dynpro supports a structured design process.Automatic data transport using data binding Automatic input checkThe concept of Web Dynpro ABAP is identical with Web Dynpro Java and offers more or less the same functions.

21 SAP BASISThe ABAP language environment, including the syntax checking, code generation and runtime system, is part of the SAP Basis component.SAP Basis is the technological platform that supports the entire range of SAP applications, now typically implemented in the framework of the SAP Web Application Server. SAP Basis can be seen as the "operating system" on which SAP applications run.22Contd..SAP Basis currently runs on UNIX (AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, Linux), Microsoft Windows, i5/OS on IBM System i (formerly iSeries, AS/400) and z/OS on IBM System z (formerly zSeries, S/390). Supported databases are IBM DB2, Informix, MaxDB, Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server 23 SAP XI/PISAP exchange infrastructure is SAPs enterprise application integration software.used to facilitate the exchange of information among a company's internal software and systems and those of external parties. Like other NetWeaver components, SAP XI is compatible with software products of other companies.The central component of SAP XI is the SAP Integration Server, which facilitates interaction between diverse operating systems and applications across internal and external networked computer systems.24Component of SAP XIIntegration buildingIntegration RepositoryIntegration directoryIntegration ServerBusiness process engineIntegration EngineAdapter engine.25 SAP PI (process Integration)This section provides you with information about administration and maintenance tasks specific to the SAP Net Weaver usage type Process Integration (PI).Tasks:MonitoringManagementSoftware logisticsTroubleshooting26 SAP CRMCRM is the acronym of Customer Relationship Management. CRM is a business system that consists of enterprise goals, business strategies, business processes and enterprise information systems. CRM software systems automate many customer-related business tasks. 27 CRM vs. ERP and SCM

ERP (Enterprise Relationship Management) and SCM (Supply Chain Management) are two other categories of enterprise software that are widely implemented in corporations and non-profit organizations. While CRM attempts to enhance the relationship with customers, the primary goal of ERP is to improve and streamline internal business processes, and SCM aims to facilitate the collaboration between the organization, its suppliers, the manufacturers, the distributors and the partners

28 CRM technical/ FunctionalCRM requirement will be either technical or functional.Technical candidates will be required to worked on GUI .29 SAP MDM Master Data Managementis an enabling foundation for enterprise information management providing a single version of master data for supplier, product, customer, or user-defined data objects in heterogeneous environments.MDM ensures cross-system data consistency through interactive distribution.

30 SAP (ISU/CCS)The Customer Care and Service (ISU/CCS) Benchmark simulates typical processes in a utilities company. The core business processes can be divided into two main processes: consumption and revenue collection. For the consumption process, three batch jobs are utilized for collecting information meter-reading orders have to be created and printed, and the results have to be uploaded into the system. To collect revenues, additional batch jobs billing the customer, invoicing, and printing the bill produce load on the system.31 SAP Retail overviewSAP Retail is a completely integrated retailing system.It maps the complete set of business processes required for competitive assortment strategies, different retail formats, and ECR-driven logistics and distribution. It provides all the functions necessary for modeling business processes in a retail company.The business process area "Retailing" comprises the procurement, storage, distribution, and sale of merchandise. SAP Retail supports both wholesale and retail scenarios.32 The key retailing processes include: Assortment Management Sales Price Calculation Promotion Management Allocation Requirements Planning and Purchasing Goods Receipt Invoice Verification and Subsequent Settlement of End-Of-Period Arrangements Warehouse Management Picking and Delivery Billing Store Supply33 SAP SCMSCM enables collaboration, planning, execution, and coordination of the entire supply network, empowering you to adapt your supply chain processes to an ever-changing competitive environment.

34 SAP SCM ComponentsSAP Advanced Planning and Optimization (SAP APO)

SAP APO is composed of Demand Planning, Supply Network Planning, Multi-level Supply and Demand Matching, Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling, Transportation Management, and Global Available-to-Promise.

35 SCM Components Contd..SAP Forecasting and Replenishment (SAP F&R) SAP Event Management (SAP EM)EM enables the coordination of planning and activities within the business and with partners by exchanging information across systems and monitoring critical situations. Supply Network Collaboration (SNC) - formerly SAP ICH EM enables the coordination of planning and activities within the business and with partners by exchanging information across systems and monitoring critical situations.

36 Contd..SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM) EWM offers flexible, automated support for processing various goods movements and for managing stocks in a warehouse complex. The system supports scheduled and efficient processing of all logistics processes within a warehouse.

37 SAP SRMSupplier relationship management is a comprehensive approach to managing an enterprise's interactions with the organizations that supply the goods and services it uses.

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