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[Former Member]

hi i am working as process engineer in plastics past 6 years. which is manufacturing industries. i m willing to study SAP . can any one tell me whether i m eligible for doing sap and which moduals will be suitable for me.

[Former Member]

Hi

<i><u><b>Welcome to sdn community</b></u></i>

As you are new to this community and SAP 1st know about sap and different modules in it after that you can take a decision to which field you are more suitable

SAP R/3 is a client/server based application, utilizing a 3-tiered model. A presentation layer, or client, interfaces with the user. The application layer houses all the business-specific logic, and the database layer records and stores all the information about the system, including transactional and configuration data.

SAP R/3 functionality is structured using its own proprietary language called <b>ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming).</b> ABAP, or ABAP/4 is a fourth generation language (4GL), geared towards the creation of simple, yet powerful programs. R/3 also offers a complete development environment where developers can either modify existing SAP code to modify existing functionality or develop their own functions, whether reports or complete transactional systems within the SAP framework.

<b>ABAP's</b> main interaction with the database system is via Open SQL statements. These statements allow a developer to query, update, or delete information from the database. Advanced topics include GUI development and advanced integration with other systems. With the introduction of ABAP Objects, ABAP provides the opportunity to develop applications with object-oriented programming.

The most difficult part of SAP R/3 is its implementation. Simply because SAP R/3 is never used the same way in any two places. For instance, Atlas Copco can have a different implementation of SAP R/3 from Procter & Gamble and so forth. Two primary issues are the root of the complexity and of the differences:

<b>Customization configuration</b> - Within R/3, there are tens of thousands of database tables that may be used to control how the application behaves. For instance, each company will have its own accounting "Chart of Accounts" which reflects how its transactions flow together to represent its activity. That will be specific to a given company. In general, the behavior (and appearance) of virtually every screen and transaction is controlled by configuration tables. This gives the implementor great power to make the application behave differently for different environments. With that power comes considerable complexity.

Extensions, Bolt-Ons - In any company, there will be a need to develop interface programs to communicate with other corporate information systems. This generally involves developing ABAP/4 code, and considerable "systems integration" effort to either determine what data is to be drawn out of R/3 or to interface into R/3 to load data into the system.

Due to the complexity of implementation, these companies recruit highly skilled SAP consultants to do the job. The implementation must consider the company's needs and resources. Some companies implement only a few modules of SAP while others may want numerous modules.

SAP has several layers. The Basis System (BC) includes the ABAP programming language, and is the heart (i.e. the base) of operations and should not be visible to higher level or managerial users. Other customizing and implementation tools exist also. The heart of the system (from a manager's viewpoint) are the application modules. These modules may not all be implemented in a typical company but they are all related and are listed below:

<b>EH&S Environmental Health & Safety</b>

Designed for the management of environmental regulatory information, particularly product safety data as required for Material Safety Data Sheets. EH&S has sub-modules of Product Safety, Dangerous Goods, Waste, Industrial Hygiene, and Occupational Health.

<b>FI Financial Accounting</b>

Designed for automated management and external reporting of general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable and other sub-ledger accounts with a user defined chart of accounts. As entries are made relating to sales production and payments journal entries are automatically posted. This connection means that the "books" are designed to reflect the real situation.

<b>The FI module has 8 sub modules:</b>

FI-GL-->General Ledger Accounting

FI-LC-->Consolidation

FI-AP-->Accounts Payable

FI-AR-->Accounts Receivable

FI-BL-->Bank Accounting

FI-AA-->Asset Accounting

FI-SL-->Special Purpose Ledger

FI-FM-->Funds Management

CO--> Controlling

Represents the company's flow of cost and revenue. It is a management instrument for organizational decisions. It too is automatically updated as events occur.

<b>The CO module has following sub modules:</b>

CO-OM-->Overhead Costing (Cost Centers, Activity Based Costing, Internal

Order Costing)

CO-PA-->Profitability Analysis

CO-PC-->Product Cost Controlling

AM--> Asset Management

Designed to manage and supervise individual aspects of fixed assets including purchase and sale of assets, depreciation and investment management.

PS--> Project System

Designed to support the planning, control and monitoring of long-term, highly complex projects with defined goals.

FS--> Insurance

An integral part of mySAP ERP, SAP for Insurance enables insurance companies to handle customer and market requirements and simultaneously control profitability and economic viability.

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In Release 6.00, SAP for Insurance includes the following components:</b>

FS-CD-->Collections and disbursements

FS-CM-->Claims management

FS-CS-->Commissions management

FS-PM-->Policy management

FS-RI-->Reinsurance management

FS-PE-->Payment Engine (Banking Payments Solution still in development)

IS--> Industry Solutions

Combines the SAP application modules and additional industry-specific functionality. Special techniques have been developed for industries such as banking, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, etc.

<b>As of Feb 2006, following Industry Specific Solutions are supported by SAP:</b>

IS-A-->Automotive

IS-ADEC-->Aerospace and Defense

IS-AFS-->Apparel and Footwear

IS-B-->Banking

IS-BEV-->Beverage

IS-CWM-->Catch Weight Management (Variable Weight Items such as Meats

and Cheeses)

IS-DFS-->Defense and Security

IS-H-->Hospital

IS-HER-->Higher Education

IS-HSS-->Hospitality Management

IS-HT-->High tech

IS-M-->Media

IS-MIN-->Mining

IS-MP-->Milling (or IS-MILL)

IS-OIL-->Oil

IS-PS-->Public Sector

IS-R-->Retail

IS-REA-->Recycling Admin

IS-SP-->Service Provider

IS-T-->Telecommunications

IS-U-->Utilities

HR-->Human Resources

Complete integrated system for supporting the planning and control of personnel activities and HR module is sometimes equivalently referred as HCM (Human Capital Management).

HR-PA-->Personnel Administration

HR-PD-->Personnel Development

HR-RC-->Recruitment

PM-->Plant Maintenance

Equipment servicing and rebuilding. These tasks affect the production plans.

MM-->Materials Management

Supports the procurement and inventory functions occurring in day-to-day business operations such as purchasing, inventory management, reorder point processing, etc.

QM-->Quality Management

A quality control and information system supporting quality planning, inspection, and control for manufacturing and procurement.

PP-->Production Planning

Used to plan and control the manufacturing activities of a company. This module includes; bills of material, routings, work centers, sales and operations planning, master production scheduling, material requirements planning, shop floor control, production orders, product costing, etc.

SD-->Sales and Distribution

Helps to optimize all the tasks and activities carried out in sales, delivery and billing. Key elements are: pre-sales support, inquiry processing, quotation processing, sales order processing, delivery processing, billing and sales information system.

SCM-->Supply Chain Management

SEM-->Strategic Enterprise Management

WM-->Warehouse Management

Subdivides the "Storage Location", which is used in the MM Module to define inventory values by location, into "Storage Types" and then into "Storage Bins". Control of stock to a physical level down to a warehouse bin. Placement and removal rules can be configured, stock counts can be done.

HUM-->Handling Unit Management

Used as a unique ID for each pallet of stock held in the warehouse.

AF&R-->Advanced Forecasting & Replenishment

Mostly referred to as Forecasting & Replenishment

Check this link

http://help.sap.com/

http://www.sap.com/company/history.epx

from here you can get a clear view about sap and allohter things

Check this link too for history of sap

http://www.sapfans.com/sapfans/saphist.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:ERP_software

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