SAP Product Overview

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SAP Product Suite
 R/3 – Core ERP system
 APO – Supply Chain Planning System
 CRM – Customer Relationship System
 BW – Reporting System
 SRM – Supplier Relationship System
 Others – PLM, XI, Netweaver …
R/3
Primary Execution/ERP system
Modules:
 Logistics
 Sales and Distribution
 Materials Management
 Production Planning
 Human resource
 Financial FICO
 Finance FI (includes AR, AP, GL…)
 Controlling CO
 Profitability Analysis
APO
Supply Chain Management/ Advance Planning
and scheduling
Modules:
 Demand Planning
 Supply Network Planning
 Global Available-To-Promise
 TPVS
 PPDS
CRM
 Customer relationship functions –
integrated to SD functionality
 Marketing
 Sales
 Internet Sales
 Customer analytics
BW
 Reporting of the execution activities
 Used for pulling data from R/3 or other
SAP products like APO and carry out
reporting on it.
 Activities of configuration involving setting
up the structure in Infocubes
Areas of SAP consulting
 Functional
 People who consult in business process /business
functions and configure SAP software to meet
business needs of the client
 They also develop functional specifications for
ABAP developers to meet business needs
 Technical
 Basis (Guys who install and debug an issues with
installation)
 ABAPer – Guys who code (create programs in
SAP) in SAP’s programming language called ABAP