INFO245: Introduction to Enterprise Resource Planning ERP Lab 1: Basic SAP and SYSPRO Concepts and N

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INFO245Introduction to Enterprise Resource
Planning (ERP)Lab 1 Basic SAP and SYSPRO
Concepts and Navigation
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SAP

• Systems, Applications, and Products in Data
  Processing (SAP)
• Name of the company
• SAP AG
• SAP America
• Name of the software
• SAP R/2 Mainframe version
• SAP R/3 Client/Server version

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SAP AG

• Founded in Germany (1972)
• Worlds fourth largest software provider
• Worlds largest provider of Integrated Business
  Solutions software
• Company stock trades on the Frankfurt and New
  York exchanges

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SAP R/3

• World-wide usage
• Designed to satisfy the information needs for all
  business sizes (international to local)
• Multi-lingual
• Multi-currency
• Designed to satisfy the information needs for all
  industries (industry solutions)
• Architecture
• Many hardware
• Many OS
• Many database

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Three-tier Client/Server Architecture
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SAP R/3 Document Principle

• Each business transaction that writes data to the
  database creates a uniquely numbered electronic
  document
• Each document contains information such as
• Responsible person
• Date and time of the transaction
• Commercial content
• Examples sales order (SD) raw material purchase
  (MM) employee direct deposit of salary (HR)
• Once created, a document can not be deleted from
  the database

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Screen Elements
Command field
Standard toolbar
Menu bar
Options
Menu Edit Favorites Extras System
Help
Title bar
System function name Activity
Application toolbar
Input field
Input field
Tab
Overview
1st selection
2nd selection
Radio button
3rd selection
Green light positive
4th selection
Yellow light neutral
5th selection
Change
Display
Checkboxes
2nd selection
1st selection
3rd selection
Pushbutton
Execute
Status bar
Message
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SAP Easy Access - Standard
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Selecting Functions
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SYSPRO

• SYSPRO is an internationally recognized, leading
  provider of enterprise business solutions for
  small to medium sized companies.
• Aimed at manufacturing organizations
• Successful average growth rate 15 per year
• Privately held revenue numbers not available

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SYSPRO Key facts
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SYSPRO Locations
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Company Timeline
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SYSPRO System

• Much simpler, easier to understand vs. SAP
• Focus on small to medium manufacturers no
  industry solutions
• Microsoft, primarily

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SYSPRO user interface