What is SAP?

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SAP AG is a German based Software company providing enterprise solutions to clients. The company was formed by five former IBM Engineers, Hopp, Wellenreuther, Hector, Tschira and Plattner.

SAP ERP is one of the products developed by them under the enterprise solutions category. The first version of the SAP ERP, SAP R/1 was developed in year 1972 where, throughout the years, the company has developed improved & better versions of the product.

The SAP ERP solution has been developed covering the end to end business scenarios of corporates where, the functionality is grouped into various modules. The most commonly used modules in SAP ECC 6 are as follows.
Finance & Accounting Modules of SAP ERP

 SAP FI (Financial Accounting)
FI-GL General Ledger
FI-AP Accounts Payable
FI-AR Accounts Receivable
FI-AA Asset Accounting
FI-BL Bank Ledger
FI-SL Special Purpose Ledger
FI-TV Travel Management

 SAP CO (Controlling)
CO-OM Overhead Cost
CO-PC Product Cost
CO-PA Profitability Analysis
EC-PCA Profit Center Accounting
SAP PS (Project Systems)
SAP TR (Treasury)
SAP IM (Investment Management)
SAP FSCM (Financial Supply Chain Management)


 Logistics & Supply Chain Modules of SAP ERP
SAP MM (Material Management)
SAP SD (Sales and Distribution)
SAP PP (Production Planning)
SAP QM (Quality Management)
SAP WM (Warehouse Management)
SAP CS (Customer Service)
SAP PM (Plant Maintenance)
Cross Application & Technical Modules of SAP ERP
SAP WF (Workflow)
SAP BW (Business Warehousing)
SAP MII (Manufacturing Integration & Intelligence)
SAP NetWeaver
SAP Solution Manager
SAP PI (Process Integration)



Industry Solutions of SAP ERP
SAP AFS (Apparel & Footwear Solution) : Apparel & Footwear Industry
IS-A-DBM (Dealer Business Management) : Automotive Industry
IS-Oil : Oil & Gas Industry
IS-Retail : Retail Industry
IS-T : Telecommunication Industry

 An organization has the freedom to determine the set of SAP ERP modules to be implemented for their business organization. Further, they have the option of implementing all required modules at once or implementing module by module.

 Even though there are separate modules in SAP ERP, each module is integrated to one another. Hence, the client implementing SAP ERP, does not need an extra effort to integrate the standard SAP modules.

Comments

  1. Wicki20 November 2018 at 05:29

    What are the advantages of SAP over Oracle ERP?

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  2. Thilini3 January 2019 at 02:07

    Hi Wicki,

    When compared to Oracle, SAP has a stronger & a better Production module with a lot of functionalities. It is also an end to end integrated solution with a clear flow of information.

    SAP is also more user friendly than Oracle, in my opinion.

    Regards,
    Thilini

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  3. Keerthi1 June 2021 at 11:27

    Hi Thilini. Any specific modules for textile industry.

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    1. Thilini5 June 2021 at 12:55

      Hi Keerthi, SAP FMS (Fashion Management Solution) would suit your requirement. Earlier they had a vertical named AFS (Apparel and Footwear Solution) to meet industry specific requirements

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