WHAT IS SAP

SAP STANDS FOR “SYSTEM, APPLICATIONS AND PRODUCTS IN DATA PROCESSING”. IT IS THE
LARGEST BUSINESS SOFTWARE COMPANY IN THE WORLD AND ALSO THE LARGEST ENTERPRISE
RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP SOFTWARE) SOLUTION SOFTWARE PROVIDER.
SAP‟S MAIN PRODUCTS ARE SAP ERP (FORMERLY KNOWN AS SAP R/3) AND SAP BUSINESS OBJECTS
SOFTWARE. SAP SOFTWARE HAS THREE-TIER APPLICATION ARCHITECTURE: DATABASE,
APPLICATION SERVER AND CLIENT SAP GUI (PRESENTATION LAYER).AS PER THE REPORTS THERE
ARE OVER 100,600 SAP INSTALLATIONS AT MORE THAN 41,200 COMPANIES IN MORE THAN 120
COUNTRIES /3 ARCHITECTURE WAS REPLACED WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF ERP CENTRAL
COMPONENT (ECC ). SAP‟S BUSINESS SUITE CONTAINS FIVE ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS
 SAP‟S BUSINESS SUITE CONTAINS FIVE ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS

• SAP ERP
• CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (CRM)
• PRODUCT LIFE-CYCLE MANAGEMENT (PLM)
• SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (SCM)
• SUPPLIER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (SRM ).
• SAP SD ( SALES AND DISTRIBUTION ) IS ONE THE LARGEST FUNCTIONAL MODULE IN SAP. IT HANDLES ALL THE PROCESSES
FROM AN ORDER TO DELIVERY. THE MAIN OPERATIONS, THIS MODULE HANDLES ARE CUSTOMER SALES ORDERS
PROCESSING , PRICING, PICKING, PACKING , SHIPPING, BILLING AND RISK MANAGEMENT ETC .
• ANY ORGANIZATION SUCCESS IS DEPENDED ON 4M‟S. THEY ARE MACHINERY, MATERIAL, MAN POWER , MONEY THESE M‟S
ARE WELL MAINTAINED AND COORDINATED USING AN ERP .
VARIOUS MODULES IN SAP ERP
 REASONS FOR PREFERRING ONLY SAP IN THE COMPANIES

• 1) SAP GIVES SOLUTION TO ALL DEPARTMENTS IN ENTERPRISE TO GAIN SUCCESS.

• 2) TIGHTLY INTEGRATED PRODUCT. (MEANS IF WE UPDATE SOMETHING IN ONE

DEPARTMENT I.E. MFG. IT AUTOMATICALLY REFLECTS IN RELEVANT DEPARTMENTS. NO
NEED TO INFORM OTHER DEPARTMENTS.)

• 3) DATA SECURITY
 FUTURE OF SAP

• MOST OF THE MFG COMPANY‟S AROUND THE WORLD ALREADY IMPLEMENTED SAP,
CAREER IN SAP FOR NEXT 40-50 YRS IS BRILLIANT.

• SAP WILL DO CONTINUOUS PROCESS OF R&D WITH UP-GRADATION IN VERSION AS PER THE
TIME I.E.
• 4.6C 4.7 5.0 ECC6.0… EHP 7(PRESENT VERSION)
• PRESENTLY SAP IS GIVING SUPPORT ONLY FOR ECC 6.0. MARKET SHARE OF SAP IS 65 TO 70%
THE ARCHITECTURE OF SAP
 SAP LANDSCAPE:

• A LANDSCAPE IS AN ARRANGEMENT OF SERVERS. ANY CLIENT IF THEY WANT TO IMPLEMENT SAP THEY
NEED TO PURCHASE SERVERS. .

• SAP SUGGEST TO GO FOR MINIMUM 3 SERVER:-

• DEVELOPMENT SERVER

• QUALITY SERVER

• PRODUCTION SERVER .
• DEVELOPMENT SERVER: - WILL BE USED TO CONFIGURE THE CLIENT BUSINESS PROCESS INTO SAP.
DEVELOPMENT SERVER WILL BE USED BY CONSULTANTS ONLY.
• QUALITY SERVER: - WILL BE USED TO TEST THE SCENARIOS. QUALITY SERVER WILL BE USED BY
CONSULTANTS AND CORE USERS. CORE USER IS THE EMPLOYEE OF THE COMPANY WHO HAS GOOD
EXPERIENCE & EXPOSURE IN CLIENT BUSINESS PROCESS.
• PRODUCTION SERVER: - IT IS THE LIVE SERVER, WHERE END USER WILL DO DAY TO DAY TRANSACTIONS
IN SAP.
• PRODUCTION SERVER WILL BE USED BY END USERS AND CORE USERS.
• CONSULTANTS WILL NOT HAVE ACCESS TO PRODUCTION SERVER.
• USERS WILL NOT HAVE ACCESS TO DEVELOPMENT SERVER
 ROLES & RESPONSIBILITY OF CONSULTANT

• AS A CONSULTANT WE WILL BE PLACED INTO EITHER IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT ,

SUPPORT PROJECT, ROLLOUT PROJECT, UPGRADE PROJECT
• IMPLEMENTATION PROJECT
• CONFIGURING CLIENT BUSINESS PROCESS NEWLY INTO SAP
Whenever implementation partner receives the order from client
to implement SAP, then they start using ASAP methodology
(ASAP stands for accelerated SAP).

ASAP methodology consists of guidelines to implement SAP,

that is step by step implementing of SAP
 ASAP METHODOLOGY CONSISTS 5 PHASES

• 1. PROJECT PREPARATION

• 2. BUSINESS BLUE PRINT (BBP)

• 3. REALIZATION

• 4. FINAL PREPARATION

• 5. GO-LIVE & SUPPORT

• AS A CONSULTANT WE WILL BE INVOLVED FROM BUSINESS BLUE PRINT PHASE.

 PROJECT PREPARATION PHASE:
-IN PROJECT PREPARATION PHASE THE MANAGEMENT FROM IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER
AND MANAGEMENT FROM CLIENT WILL INVOLVE.

• MANAGEMENT FROM IMPLEMENTATION • MANAGEMENT FROM CLIENT

PARTNER
• BDM . • VP- IT
• DELIVERY HEAD . • VP- FINANCE .
• TECHNICAL EXPERT • PROJECT MANAGER
• PROJECT MANAGEMENT • TECHNICAL HEAD
2) Business Blue Print Phase (3 Months )
REALIZATION PHASE
FINAL PREPARATION PHASE
GO-LIVE & SUPPORT PHASE
Any Queries
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