What is SAP? can anybody explain

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What is SAP? can anybody explain

Answer 1

SAP is comprehensive computerized system that have proven capability to integrate all business process within one organisation.

Why they incorporate SAP or ERP system ?

Through integrated and real time system

1. Company can manage and monitor as well as coordinate all activities process in all departments and location.

2. Organisation able to reduce operational costs, increase productivity and standardize business process by streamlining business process activity (due to no multiple data entry will occur during activities)

Better archiving and documentation

1. Maximize profit through full utilization of resources

2. Eliminate unnecessary activities that does not have value added as well as birocration

3. Maintain competition level

Advantages of using SAP

1. To fasten reporting process

2. Proven tools for decision making process

3. Provide business integrated system

4. To ease analystical process such as market analysis

5. To ease control and analytical system between SBU

6. To eliminate redundancy

SAP Module

a) SD - Sales and Distribution

SD module will support sales and distribution activities in the organisation. This can be done through integration function of order processing activities regarding price, stock inventory as well as delivery report schedule and control. All this data information have direct interface with profitability analysis at FI module.

b) MM - Material Management

This module optimizes all purchasing process within the organization. Where, cost from warehose management and material purchase can be more efficient since avaliability of accurate inventory control as well as proper warehouse management. Purchasing system will be more efficient because of automated supplier evaluation.

c) PP - Production Planning

d) QM - Quality Management

e) FI - Financial Accounting

FI module will cover all data information that related with accounting activities. FI module will also provide all completed accounting documentation. At the same time this accounting information can be used for enterprise-wide control and planning.

f) CO - Controlling

CO module will provide all function activities from controlling and planning, such as budget planning (expense) and sales planning (income). Further, this module also provide standard reporting system in coordinating all finance/accounting internal process and documents.

1. Project Preparation (Project management schedule)

2. Business Blueprint (mapping business process)

3. Realization (Customization and configuration)

4. Final Preparation (User training, master data etc)

5. Go Live and support

SAP feature

1. Client : The highest element in organizational hierarchy (normally enter when we log-in or already defaulted)

2. Company code : code/unique number which is given to specific company because of having independent accounting department

3. Parameter : limitation that will be given for searching particular data

4. Field : “column” in SAP that need to be filled in

5. Session : SAP Screen/worksheet

6. Transaction code : transaction activities which represent in T-code for shortcut such as for create, change, display etc

7. Execute : Running a program/transaction which is been created.

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Answer 2

It is a software:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAP_AG

should give you the best introduction.

Answer 3

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SAP has many meanings.  What relationship are you referring to for SAP?

For example, SAP can be any of these:

http://www.acronymfinder.com/SAP.html

Ron