SAP Training

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S A P
Training Curriculum - NIRMAL
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What is ERP?

• An Enterprise Resource Planning system is a
  packaged business software system that allows a
  company to
• Automate and integrate the majority of its
  business processes
• Share common data and practices across the entire
  enterprise
• Produce and access information in a real-time
  environment

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What is S A P
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What is S A P
S A P Stands for Systems Applications and
Products
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About SAP

• S
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ystems,
pplications,
roducts...
Founded in Walldorf, Germany in 1972
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SAP Facts Figures
World Leader in enterprise business
software solutions

• 4th largest independent software supplier in the
  world
• Largest ERP vendor
• More than 2,500,000 users in over 50 countries
• Over 21,000 R/3 installations worldwide
• An average of 25 of revenue invested in RD
• High customer and employee satisfaction

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Why SAP is Unique

• Highly integrated
• Comprehensive functionality
• Complex data structures
• Availability of data
• Single point of entry
• On-line data capture and real-time update
• Requires strong application knowledge
• Causes personnel and organizational structure
  changes
• Causes business process changes

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SAP Business Partners
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Support Services
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Industries Served By SAP
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SAP - The Product

• Original product was SAP R/2 on the mainframe
  introduced in 1972
• SAP R/3 introduced for smaller platforms in 1992
• Developed using a fourth generation proprietary
  language developed by SAP called ABAP/4
• Major SAP versions
• 2.2h
• 3.0d, 3.0e, 3.0f , 3.1g, 3.1h, 3,1i
• 4.0b, 4.5b
• 4.6b, 4.6c

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SAP - Enterprise System
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SAP - Client/Server Environment
Client Software/hardware combination that can
make a request for services from a central
repository of resources Server
Software/hardware combination that can provide
services to a group of clients in a
controlled environment
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SAP - Three-Tier SAP Structure
GUI Graphical User Interface or Web
Interface Application server (one or many)
Database server (one single location)
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SAP Components

• SAP R/3 is comprised of modules categorized in
  three core functional areas
• Financial
• Human Resources
• Logistics
• Special software packages on top of R/3, targeted
  to specialized vertical industries
• Industry Solutions (IS)
• Special set of modules positioned between the
  technical and functional areas of the system
• Cross Application (CA) Modules
• Workflow (WF)

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Financial Accounting

• General Ledger
• Accounts Receivable
• Accounts Payable
• Tax and Financial Reports
• Special Purpose Ledger
• Legal Consolidations

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Controlling

• Cost Center Accounting
• Profit Center Accounting
• Product Cost Controlling
• Profitability Analysis
• Activity Cost Management
• Internal Orders

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Fixed Asset Management

• Depreciation
• Property Values
• Insurance Policies
• Capital Investment Grants

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Project System

• Project Tracking
• Work Breakdown Structure
• Budget Management
• Cost and Revenue Planning
• Networks and Resources

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Sales and Distribution

• Computer Aided Sales
• Quotations
• Sales Order Management
• Pricing
• Delivery
• Invoicing

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Materials Management

• Procurement
• Inventory Management
• Vendor Evaluation
• Invoice Verification
• Warehouse Management

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Production Planning

• Sales Operations Planning
• Demand Management
• Material Requirements Planning
• Production Activity Control
• Capacity Planning

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Quality Management

• Quality Certificates
• Inspection Processing
• Planning Tools
• Quality Control
• Quality Notifications

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Plant Maintenance

• Plant Maintenance
• Equipment and Technical Objects
• Preventive Maintenance
• Service Management
• Maintenance Order Management

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Human Resources

• Personnel Administration
• Payroll, Benefits
• Time Management
• Planning and Development
• Organization Management

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Industry Solutions

• Banks
• Hospitals
• Oil Companies
• Publishing Sector
• Telecommunications
• Retail
• Utilities
• Others

Industry Solutions. . . . . . . .
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Audit Cycles

• Revenue
• Expenditure
• Inventory Management
• Fixed Assets
• Treasury
• Payroll/Personnel
• Business Processes
• Or audits specified by your organization
• e.g. Cross functional, Operational

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Management Challenges

• SAP Modules
• Three Main Functional Categories
• Multitude of Modules
• Multitude of Sub-Modules
• SAP Business Processes
• 1000 Processes
• Many Audit cycles
• Auditors will determine how all these components
  interrelate in order to audit effectively
• Management should have continuous monitoring
  processes in place

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Business/SAP/Audit Process Views
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Relationship of Audit to SAP

• SAP Module Functional Categories, Modules and
  Components
• Business Cycles Audits and SAP Modules

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Linking Audit Cycles to SAP Modules
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BOTTOMLINE When auditing SAP, one should not be
concerned so much with which modules or
sub-modules they are dealing with. What matters
is what functionality is supported by the system
and what system functionality we need to audit.
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