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SAP is a German multinational software corporation that makes enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations. Founded in 1972, SAP's flagship product is its ERP software package, which businesses use to integrate functions like finance, procurement, project management and HR. SAP's ERP system uses a three-tier architecture with databases, application servers and web-based clients to provide real-time data processing across integrated modules.

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SAP Overview

SAP is a German multinational software corporation that makes enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations. Founded in 1972, SAP's flagship product is its ERP software package, which businesses use to integrate functions like finance, procurement, project management and HR. SAP's ERP system uses a three-tier architecture with databases, application servers and web-based clients to provide real-time data processing across integrated modules.

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SAP Overview
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SAP?
 Company

 ERP Software package


 R/2
 R/3
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Founded Weinheim, Germany


(1972; 45 years ago)
Founder Dietmar Hopp
Hans-Werner Hector
Hasso Plattner
Klaus Tschira
Claus Wellenreuther
Headquarters Walldorf, Germany
Area served Worldwide
Key people •Hasso Plattner (Chairman)
•Bill McDermott (CEO)
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What is ERP ?
 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) is a software that is built to organizations
belonging to different industrial sectors, regardless of their size and strength.
 The ERP package is designed to support and integrate almost every functional area
of a business process such as procurement of goods and services, sale and
distribution, finance, accountings, human resource, manufacturing, production
planning, logistics & warehouse management.
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Why ERP

 Integration

 Best business practices

 Standardization
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Why not ERP?

 Complexity

 Cost

 Inflexibility
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SAP R/3 System Business Modules


Logistical Financial
Sales & Financial
Distribution Accounting

Materials
Mgmt. Controlling

Production Fixed Assets


Planning Mgmt.

R/3
Client / Server
Quality
Mgmt.
ABAP/4 Project
System

Plant
Maintenance Workflow

Human Industry
Resources Solutions
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What is R3?

 R – Real Time data processing

 3 – 3 Tier
 1. Database
 2. Application Server
 3. Client SAP (GUI)
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R/3 System: Hardware/Software Views
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Central System 2-Tier Configuration 3-Tier Configuration Web-enabled

Presentation
Presentation

Internet
Transaction
Application Service/Web
Service

Database,
Application,
Database and Database
Presentation Application

In a central R/3 System configuration, one host is responsible for all processing
tasks.
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Central Database
Basis System: Three-Tier Computer (Storage of all data)
Hierarchy
Access to Dataase:
(Read / Write data)

Database

Input / Output
of data to users

Processing of data
Application using application logic

Presentation of the
processed data to
Presentation the user
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ERP: Integration

Integrate people, data and business processes within and between


organizations.

Collaboration, non-redundancy, consistency and internal process


optimization.
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SAP Modules
Technical
- Basis
- ABAP
- Security
Functional
 Financial Accounting (FI)
 Financial Supply Chain Management (FSCM)
 Controlling (CO)
 Materials Management (MM)
 Sales and Distribution (SD)
 Logistics Execution (LE)
 Production Planning (PP)
 Quality Management (QM)
 Plant Maintenance (PM)
 Project System (PS)
 Human Resources (HR)
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User

 Every SAP user has a user name.

 Users of SAP system are client-specific, which means that having a user
identification on one client will only allow access to that particular client.
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Password Rules

 Letters
 Numbers
 Easy to remember
 3-8 Characters long
 No 3 Characters can be the same
 Do not start with a ? or an !
 Do not use previous 5 passwords
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Language

 SAP supports multi-national character sets and languages on the same


system, at the same time.

 Default languages are English and German.


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Field Types

 There are three types of Entry Fields

 Required
 Default entry
 Optional entry field
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Sessions

 An SAP session is a window in which the user may perform a particular


task.

 A User may have up to nine sessions open at one time.


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System Messages
 E - Error
– An invalid entry has been made.
– The cursor moves to the field where the
error has occurred.
 W - Warning
– A possible error has been made.
–The user can continue without changing.
I – Information
– Feedback from the system.

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