What is SAP ?

-> SAP stands for Systems Applications and Products in Data Processing.

-> It was Founded in 1972 by 5 Empoyees of IBM in Germany.

-> It is an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) Software.

-> SAP Released R/3 as a Client Server Software.

-> In R/3 'R' stands for Real time & '3' stands for 3-tier Architecture.

-> Modules in SAP R/3 or ECC

* FICO - Finance & Controlling

* SD - Sales & Distribution

* MM - Material Management

* PP - Production Planning

* QM - Quality Management

* WM - Warehouse Management

* LE - Logistics Execution

* HR - Human Resource

* PS - Project Systems

* EHS - Environment Health and Safety

* PLM - Product Life Cycle Management

-> New Dimension Products

* CRM - Customer Relationship Management

* SRM - Supplier Relationship Management

* APO - Advanced Planner & Optimizer

* BI - Business Intelligence

* SEM - Strategic Enterprise Management

* BPC - Business Process Consolidation

* FSCM - Financial Supply Chain Management

* PI - Process Integration

-> SAP Runs on 4th Generation Programming Language called ABAP (Advance Business Application Programming). It have many of the features of other modern programming languages ssuch as the familiar C, Visual Basic and Power Builder.

-> SAP are Categorized into 3 core functional areas:

* Logistics

Sales and Distribution (SD)

Material Management (MM)

Warehouse Management (WM)

Production Planning (PP)

General Logistics (LO)

Quality Management (QM)

* Financial

Financial Accounting (FI)

Controlling (CO)

Enterprice Controlling (EC)

Investment Management (IM)

Treasury (TR)

* Human Resources

Personnel Administration (PA)

personnel Development (PD)