About SAP financial management

Introduction to SAP

SAP, started in 1972 by five former IBM employees in Mannheim, Germany, states that it is the world's largest inter-enterprise software company and the world's fourth-largest independent software supplier, overall.

The original name for SAP was German: Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte, German for "Systems Applications and Products." The original SAP idea was to provide customers with the ability to interact with a common corporate database for a comprehensive range of applications. Gradually, the applications have been assembled and today many corporations, including IBM and Microsoft, are using SAP products to run their own businesses.

SAP applications, built around their latest R/3 system, provide the capability to manage financial, asset, and cost accounting, production operations and materials, personnel, plants, and archived documents. The R/3 system runs on a number of platforms including Windows 2000 and uses theclient/server model. The latest version of R/3 includes a comprehensive Internet-enabled package.

SAP has recently recast its product offerings under a comprehensive Web interface, called mySAP.com, and added new e-business applications, including customer relationship management (CRM) and supply chain management (SCM).

As of January 2007, SAP, a publicly traded company, had over 38,4000 employees in over 50 countries, and more than 36,200 customers around the world. SAP is turning its attention to small- and-medium sized businesses (SMB). A recent R/3 version was provided for IBM'sAS/400 platform.

SAP Module Introduction

 

SAP's solution includes a number of functional modules, which support transactions to execute key business processes, such as:

· 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)

 

Modules(то что выделено серым не обязательно печатать,тк все остально-главная инфа)

SAP ALL-IN-ONE

SAP All-in-One is SAP's business software for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). SAP Business All-in-One helps users manage financials, HR, procurement, inventory, manufacturing, logistics, product development, corporate services and customer service.

SAP BUSINESS BYDESIGN

SAP Business ByDesign offers midmarket companies with 50 to 500 employees a range of on-demand applications, including financials, procurement and CRM software, via a dashboard. Business ByDesign marks SAP's entry into the hosted-applications arena. Keep track of the latest developments, fact sheets, and SAP management interviews on the subject here.

SAP BUSINESS ONE

SAP Business One is integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for SMBs and mid-market companies. SAP Business One contains 14 core modules, including the Administration Module; Financials Module; Sales Opportunities Module; Sales Module, where orders are entered, shipped and invoiced; Purchasing Module; Business Partners Module; Banking Module; Inventory Module; Production Module, where bill of materials is defined and manufacturing is tracked; MRP Module, where purchase and production planning takes place; Service Module; Human Resources Module; Reports Module; an E-commerce module; and a WebCRM module.

SAP CRM SOFTWARE

SAP CRM helps marketers sharpen their customer focus and increase customer retention. SAP CRM capabilities include marketing resource and brand management; campaign management; segmentation and list management; real-time offer management; loyalty management; and e-marketing.

SAP ERP SOFTWARE

Learn the concepts of SAP enterprise resource planning and how to keep SAP ERP deployments on time and under budget.

SAP HR MANAGEMENT

Get help on SAP HR management, HR implementations, human resources reporting, personnel selection and administration, organization management, time management, payroll, benefits, HR configuration tables, online training, quality assurance in SAP HR, and how to transfer HR data to the financial and cost accounting departments.

ABOUT SAP MM

The SAP MM (Materials Management) module interfaces with SAP's Production Planning and Plant Maintenance modules. The purpose of SAP MM is to ensure timely delivery of materials and to reduce inventory management costs. SAP MM monitors material requisitions (based on BoMs) and the inspection or quality control process. SAP MM also addresses finished-goods inventory.

ABOUT SAP PLM SOFTWARE

SAP PLM (SAP Product Lifecycle Management) software supports all product-related processes – from the first product idea, through manufacturing to product service. SAP PLM helps users optimize the product development process and get products to market quicker.

ABOUT SAP PM

SAP PM, or Plant Maintenance, deals with the preventive maintenance of manufacturing equipment that accompanies a streamlined production process. SAP PM also monitors downtime of equipment, workforce production hour as well as the time, materials and labor necessary for such maintenance.

ABOUT SAP SCM SOFTWARE

The SAP SCM software (Supply Chain Management) module helps users with SCM planning of supply chain processes to enable collaboration and coordination of the supplier network. SAP SCM can help transform a linear supply chain into a responsive supply network, helping companies respond to shorter, less predictable product life cycles.

ABOUT SAP SD

The SAP SD (Sales and Distribution) module tracks proceedings from customer inquiries, requests for proposals (RFPs) and requests for quotations (RFQs) and pricing through working with the finished-goods stock (in factories and warehouses) to picking, packing, shipping and delivery.

SAP manufacturing module

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Global Available-to-Promise is the SAP Supply Chain Management (SCM) module that allows companies to aggregate demand from different sources into one central location in SAP ERP.

ABOUT SAP MOBILE TECHNOLOGY

Mobilizing SAP applications has become a key strategy for the vendor. Learn more about the SAP product roadmap for SAP mobile applications. Read articles and research on how SAP mobile applications have evolved and get analyst projections on mobile technology development. Discover how mobile support and mobile technology training will need to grow as SAP mobile technology gains in popularity. Learn how to evaluate tools from SAP for mobile applications.

ABOUT SAP XAPPS

SAP xApps, or Composite Applications, are based on the SAP ESOA, meaning they use SAP enterprise SOA services and run on an SAP NetWeaver application server. SAP xApps include small-footprint software products from SAP, SAP partners and customers. Most xApps are targeted at specific industries or verticals.

SAP Sales and Distribution (SAP SD)

The Sales and Distribution (SAP SD) consists of all master data, system configuration, and transactions to complete the Order to Cash process. It includes the following information and processes:

· Customer Master and Material Master data

· Sales Orders

· Deliveries

· Pricing

· Billing

· Credit Management

Order to Cash business process associated with the SAP SD module:

 

Subcomponents of the SAP Sales and Distribution (SAP SD) Module:

· Master Data

· Sales Support

· Pendulum List Indirect Sales

· Sales

· Shipping and Transportation

· Billing

· Empties Management

· Credit Management

· Foreign Trade/Customs

· Sales Information System

This is brief review of the components and processes associated with the SAP SD module. For a more in-depth understanding of the Sales and Distribution module, please review our available SAP Sales and Distribution training.

Please Note: The Learn SAP pages on this site are intended to be brief summaries for SAP customers who are encountering SAP for the first time. For more advanced knowledge, please review the articles in our SAP Library, and our SAP Trainingofferings for both Super Users and Project Teams.

 

SAP Project System (SAP PS)

Project System provides tools to track project milestone, costs and resources. SAP's Project System module contains tight integration to the Controlling, Human Resources, and Logistics modules. It utilizes personnel records from HR, rolls costs into Controlling and links to materials or customers in the Logistics modules.

Two key objects that define the Project in SAP are:

· Work Breakdown Structure - defines tasks and assign resources to those tasks

· Network - defines the dependencies within the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Common processes in Project System include:

· Tracking costs against WBS elements. These costs can either be from personnel time charged against the project or from materials and/or services procured to support the project.

· Tracking milestones against key dates defined in the project.

The following diagram illustrates the hierarchy of objects within an SAP Project:

This is brief review of the components and processes associated with the SAP PS module. For a more in-depth understanding of the Project System module, please review our available SAP Project System training.

Please Note: The Learn SAP pages on this site are intended to be brief summaries for SAP customers who are encountering SAP for the first time. For more advanced knowledge, please review the articles in our SAP Library, and our SAP Trainingofferings for both Super Users and Project Teams.

 

Introduction to SAP

SAP, started in 1972 by five former IBM employees in Mannheim, Germany, states that it is the world's largest inter-enterprise software company and the world's fourth-largest independent software supplier, overall.

The original name for SAP was German: Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte, German for "Systems Applications and Products." The original SAP idea was to provide customers with the ability to interact with a common corporate database for a comprehensive range of applications. Gradually, the applications have been assembled and today many corporations, including IBM and Microsoft, are using SAP products to run their own businesses.

SAP applications, built around their latest R/3 system, provide the capability to manage financial, asset, and cost accounting, production operations and materials, personnel, plants, and archived documents. The R/3 system runs on a number of platforms including Windows 2000 and uses theclient/server model. The latest version of R/3 includes a comprehensive Internet-enabled package.

SAP has recently recast its product offerings under a comprehensive Web interface, called mySAP.com, and added new e-business applications, including customer relationship management (CRM) and supply chain management (SCM).

As of January 2007, SAP, a publicly traded company, had over 38,4000 employees in over 50 countries, and more than 36,200 customers around the world. SAP is turning its attention to small- and-medium sized businesses (SMB). A recent R/3 version was provided for IBM'sAS/400 platform.

SAP Module Introduction

 

SAP's solution includes a number of functional modules, which support transactions to execute key business processes, such as:

· 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)

 

Modules(то что выделено серым не обязательно печатать,тк все остально-главная инфа)

SAP ALL-IN-ONE

SAP All-in-One is SAP's business software for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). SAP Business All-in-One helps users manage financials, HR, procurement, inventory, manufacturing, logistics, product development, corporate services and customer service.

SAP BUSINESS BYDESIGN

SAP Business ByDesign offers midmarket companies with 50 to 500 employees a range of on-demand applications, including financials, procurement and CRM software, via a dashboard. Business ByDesign marks SAP's entry into the hosted-applications arena. Keep track of the latest developments, fact sheets, and SAP management interviews on the subject here.

SAP BUSINESS ONE

SAP Business One is integrated enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for SMBs and mid-market companies. SAP Business One contains 14 core modules, including the Administration Module; Financials Module; Sales Opportunities Module; Sales Module, where orders are entered, shipped and invoiced; Purchasing Module; Business Partners Module; Banking Module; Inventory Module; Production Module, where bill of materials is defined and manufacturing is tracked; MRP Module, where purchase and production planning takes place; Service Module; Human Resources Module; Reports Module; an E-commerce module; and a WebCRM module.

SAP CRM SOFTWARE

SAP CRM helps marketers sharpen their customer focus and increase customer retention. SAP CRM capabilities include marketing resource and brand management; campaign management; segmentation and list management; real-time offer management; loyalty management; and e-marketing.

SAP ERP SOFTWARE

Learn the concepts of SAP enterprise resource planning and how to keep SAP ERP deployments on time and under budget.

SAP HR MANAGEMENT

Get help on SAP HR management, HR implementations, human resources reporting, personnel selection and administration, organization management, time management, payroll, benefits, HR configuration tables, online training, quality assurance in SAP HR, and how to transfer HR data to the financial and cost accounting departments.

ABOUT SAP MM

The SAP MM (Materials Management) module interfaces with SAP's Production Planning and Plant Maintenance modules. The purpose of SAP MM is to ensure timely delivery of materials and to reduce inventory management costs. SAP MM monitors material requisitions (based on BoMs) and the inspection or quality control process. SAP MM also addresses finished-goods inventory.

ABOUT SAP PLM SOFTWARE

SAP PLM (SAP Product Lifecycle Management) software supports all product-related processes – from the first product idea, through manufacturing to product service. SAP PLM helps users optimize the product development process and get products to market quicker.

ABOUT SAP PM

SAP PM, or Plant Maintenance, deals with the preventive maintenance of manufacturing equipment that accompanies a streamlined production process. SAP PM also monitors downtime of equipment, workforce production hour as well as the time, materials and labor necessary for such maintenance.

ABOUT SAP SCM SOFTWARE

The SAP SCM software (Supply Chain Management) module helps users with SCM planning of supply chain processes to enable collaboration and coordination of the supplier network. SAP SCM can help transform a linear supply chain into a responsive supply network, helping companies respond to shorter, less predictable product life cycles.

ABOUT SAP SD

The SAP SD (Sales and Distribution) module tracks proceedings from customer inquiries, requests for proposals (RFPs) and requests for quotations (RFQs) and pricing through working with the finished-goods stock (in factories and warehouses) to picking, packing, shipping and delivery.

ABOUT SAP FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

SAP financial management begins with SAP's FI (Financial Accounting) module, which integrates with other SAP software modules such as MM (Materials Management), PP (Production Planning), SD (Sales and Distribution), PM (Plant Maintenance) PS (Project Systems) as well as HR.