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LAB 02: Introduction to SAP



Part 1: Last Lab’s Core Concepts Review

Part 2: SAP Overview• Introduction• SAP Internet Resource• System Benefits• SAP Structure• SAP Modules• SAP Basis System

Lab 02 objectives



Part 1:Last Lab’s Core Concepts Review



An Enterprise

Functions e.g., accounting,

sales etc.

Processes

Enterprise

CrossFunctional

Process



• Focus on Functions rather than Processes

• Inconsistencies, Redundancies in Data

• Reaction to change Slow (slow information outreach)

• Managerial Monitoring & Control Difficult

Typical problem faced by an Enterprise



Enterprise resource planning or ERP

• ERP a software system that has objectives such as– Enterprise wide integration ( of info., processes,

functions etc.)– Process view rather than functional view (Process

Improvement)– Reliable and real time access to information through

common DB– Eliminates data and operational redundancies– Cost reduction & Delivery and cycle time reduction– Scalability & others



Part 2:SAP Overview



SAP Introduction

What is SAP?SAP is the leading Enterprise Information and

Management Package worldwide. Use of this package makes it possible to track and manage,

in real-time, sales, production, finance accounting and human resources in an

enterprise.

SAP is ERP market leader



SAP Internet Resources

• SAP home http://www.SAP.com

• SAP at MIT (Tutorial) http://web.mit.edu/sapr3/docs/webdocs/getstarted/gs.html

• KANIA School of Management (Tutorial) http://academic.uofs.edu/faculty/gramborw/sap/sapguide.htm

• PlanetSAP.com (Resource) http://www.planetsap.com/

• Intelinfo.com (Resource) http://www.intelinfo.com/newly_researched_free_training/SAP.html



SAP R/3 Modular and Integrated

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Introduction

Worldwide usage

Open system

Interactiveprocessing

Integration

Designed for all types of business

R/3R/3Client / ServerClient / Server

ABAP/4ABAP/4

FIFIFinancialFinancial

AccountingAccounting

COCOControllingControlling

AMAMAssetAssetMgmt..Mgmt..

PSPSProjectProjectSystemSystem

WFWFWorkflowWorkflow

ISISIndustryIndustry

SolutionsSolutions

MMMMMaterialsMaterials

Mgmt.Mgmt.

HRHRHumanHuman

Ressources.Ressources.

SDSDSalesSales

PPPPProductionProductionPlanningPlanning

QMQMQualityQualityMgmt.Mgmt.

PMPMPlantPlant

MaintenanceMaintenance

SAP Basis - Core

SAP Modules



Financial AccountingFinancial Accounting

PurchasingPurchasing MaterialsMaterialsManagementManagement

SalesSales

Purchasing

GoodsReceipt

InvoiceVerification

Warehouse

Accounting

Billing

CustomerShipping

Sales

Supplier

An Example: Modular & Integration - Procurement Cycle



SAP R/3 Benefits

Integration• Integrated Processes

– Operational. financial, and managerial principles are satisfied simultaneously

– Common Database• Application Integration

– One point of data entry – Consistency across all user applications

• Technical Integration – On-line interactive edit and update – Elimination of redundant data – Data Integrity



SAP R/3 Benefits

Designed for all Types of Businesses• Provides a complete business solution across all business

functions. • System addresses critical business processes and provides

an enterprise-wide solution: – One system supports global business and accounting

practices. – Standardized business processes across the

organization, yet tailoring by individual business units is allowed.

– Supports multiple business structures per business process to accommodate differences between business units



SAP Benefits

Designed for all Types of Business

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SAP R/3 System - Benefits

Designed for all types of business

Business processes

Order processing

Productdevelopment

CustomerService

Financial Reporting

Personnel Devel-opment

MarketingSales

Pro-duction

Service FinancialAccounting

Functions



SAP Benefits

Worldwide Usage• Comprehensive multi-currency translation • Multiple language support • Customized reporting and document generation for

individual countries • Multi-company support • Local support in most major industrialized countries • Country specific functionality



SAP Benefits

Real-Time Processing• Transactions within system update the underlying

databases immediately



Systems from a Functional Perspective

Open System• R/3 allows the interplay and portability of applications, data

and user interfaces • Based on international standards for interfaces, services

and data formats • Architecture is aligned with recognized open systems

standards




Open System

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SAP R/3 System - Benefits

Open System




Flexibility• Customers can customize business modules to realize best

business practices • System provides necessary interfaces to incorporate

external software. • Scalability, accommodates acquisitions and growth • System can be configured the way you want to do business

in the future • Allows customized screens processing and reports • System runs on multiple hardware platforms



Application Modules

• System consists of application modules that support all of a company's business transactions and are integrated in real time

• A change in one application module results in an automatic update of the data in the other application modules

• All applications have the same "look and feel"

SAP Structure



SAP Modules



SAP Basis System



mySAP.com ERP vs SAP R/3 ERP

Suppliers &Partners

Customers

SAP R/3 Scope

YourEnterprise

Suppliers &Partners

CustomersYour

Enterprise

mySAP ScopeIncreased productivity Higher customer & supplier

responsiveness

Service oriented vs client\server arch.



3-tier Client/Server

Architecture

Expose business functionality thru a given UI

Low level APIs exist, but hard to use

EnterpriseServices Architecture

Role-based UIs built on Enterprise Services

Process automation within and across organizational boundaries built on Enterprise Services

Presentation Logic

UI UI UI

Process

Bus. Functionality

Database

Bus. Functionality

Role-specific

UI

DB DB



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