What does AG in SAP AG stands for?

Question

What does AG in SAP AG stands for?

Answer 1

The German term Aktiengesellschaft (IPA /'aktsiəngəzεlʃaft/) (abbreviated AG) means a corporation which is limited by shares, i.e., owned by shareholders. It may be traded on the stock market. The term is used in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

SAP Introduction

SAP means Systemanalyse und Programmentwicklung. This is german for System analysis and program development.

The name was later changed into Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung: Systems, application and products in the data processing.

The company is specialized in large application supporting large corporations.

SAP is well known for its ERP solution R/3. The modularity of the product allows a certain fexibility in the implementation and use.

The major components within R/3 are

Financial system (FI-Co)

Project system (PS)

Logistic system (LO)

Human ressource (HR)

Customer Relation Management (CRM)

Developpment system (ABAP)

The major components outside R/3 are :

Netweaver

SAP Business Warehouse and Strategic Entreprise Management

Others

Answer 2

Aktiengesellschaft