This document provides an overview of SAP (Systems Applications and Products in Data Processing). It discusses what ERP is, SAP products, the technical features of SAP, SAP's history and founding in Germany in 1972, the three environments that make up the SAP project system, and the typical business flow and implementation life cycle for a SAP project.
2. ERP
ERP-Enterprise Resource Planning.
Enterprise- is a huge business organization.
Resource-Money Finance, Accounts,
Costing/controlling
Material MM ,Stock inventory ,purchasing
Manpower HR.
Machinery PP,PM.
Marketing SD
Methods CRM,SCM,SRM.
Planning Utilization of resource for huge business org.
4. SAP
SAP was founded in 1972 in walldorf, Germany. SAP was developed in
SAP AG. SAP stands for (Systems Applications and Products in Data
Processing).
SAP project system is divided in to three environments,
1.DEVELOPMENT
2.QUALITY ASSURANCE
3.PRODUCTION
1.Where most of the implementation work take place.
2.Where the testing is conducted.
3.Client.
Technical Features:
1.Platform Independent.
2.Database Independent.
3.Based on 3tier Architecture.
4.Multi Language Support.
5. 1.It can work in any type of platform.
2.Any type of data base. Ex-SQL,ORACLE
3.Presentation, Application and Database.
4.Supports for more than 75 language.
SAP AG PRODUCTS
1.SAP R/2 : First ERP Product released in 1979, Language
is COBAL
2.SAP R/3 : Second ERP Product release in 1990,
Language is ABAP.
3.SAPmini : Small Scale and Medium Scale Business,
Language is ABAP.
SAP R/2 Works based on Main Frames.
SAP R/3 Works based on RDBMS.
8. Business Flow
1. Business process analysis.
2. Document the analysis.
3. Client sign off.
4. Gap analysis.
5. Realization.
6. Testing.
7. QA (Quality assurance).
8. Go-live.
9. End user training.
10. Post Production and Support.
9. SAP-Implementation Life Cycle
1.Project preparation.
2.Bussiness Requirements analysis documentation is
called
i) Business Road maps.
ii) Business blue prints.
iii) Client signoff.
iv) Fit gap analysis.
3.Realization phase.
4.Testing/QA.
5.Go-live & Support.