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What is SAP?

• SAP is an ERP System
• ERP Stands for Enterprise Resource Planning
• An ERP System is a collection of software
  programs which ties all of an enterprises various
  diverse functions (such as finance, sales,
  manufacturing, human resources) into a cohesive
  data base.

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Introduction to SAP - History

• SAP stands for Systems, Applications, and
  Products in Data Processing
• Founded in Germany by Five Former IBM Engineers
  in 1972
• In 1988, SAP went public and became a joint-stock
  company, SAP AG

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Introduction to SAP - Today

• Headquartered in Walldorf, Germany,
• The World's Largest Inter-Enterprise Software
  Company
• The world's Third-Largest Independent Software
  Supplier Overall
• Employs Over 23,700 People in More than 50
  Countries
• Additional Information can be Found on the SAP
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Introduction to SAP

• SAP Supports all Kinds of Industries and all
  Functions of the Industry
• SAP is an Integrated System
• This means that all SAP modules are designed to
  share information and automatically create
  transactions based on various business process.

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Introduction to SAP

• SAP R/2 is the SAP Mainframe Based Software
  Package
• SAP R/3 is the SAP Client/ Server 3 Tier
  Architecture Based Software Package

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R/2 System Components

• RA - Assets Accounting
• RF - Financial Accounting
• RK - Cost Accounting
• RK-P - Projects
• RM-INST - Plant Maintenance
• RM-MAT - Materials Management
• RM-PPS - Production Planning and Control

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R/2 System Components

• RM-QSS - Quality Assurance
• RP - Human Resources

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R/3 Business Application Modules

• FI - Financial Accounting
• IM - Investment Management
• CO - Controlling
• SD - Sales
• MM - Materials Management
• PP - Production Planning

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R/3 Business Application Modules

• QM - Quality Management
• PM - Plant Maintenance
• PS - Project System
• HR - Human Resources

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Characteristics of SAP R/3

• Consists of business application modules that can
  be used either individually or in combination
  with other modules.

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Quiz

1. What does SAP stand for?
2. What does ERP stand for?
3. What is the difference between SAP R/2 and SAP
   R/3?
4. What business application module is the FI
   module?
5. Is the FI module an R/2 or R/3 business
   application module?

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Quiz - Answers

1. System, Application, and Products in Data
   Processing
2. Enterprise Resource Planning
3. SAP R/2 is the SAP Mainframe Based Software
   Package and SAP R/3 is the SAP Client/ Server 3
   Tier Architecture Based Software Package
4. Financial Accounting
5. R/3 the R/2 Financial Accounting model is RF