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SAP Overview (SAP01)

Dr. Supakorn Kungpisdan
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Enterprise Application
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SAP World
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Evolution of ERP
Closed Loop MRP 70
MRP II 80
MRP 60
ERP 90
Material Requirements Planning
Material Resource Planning and
Manufacturing Resource Planning
Enterprise Resource Planning
MRP and MRP II only focus on manufacturing
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What is ERP?
ERP is a high-end sophisticated software solution that
reduces the pressure and workload off the managers
and provides accurate, timely information for taking
appropriate business decisions. Managers with knowledge of
ERP will be able to achieve their targets and goals by proper
implementation of ERP system in their organization.
In fact managers are expected to translate the business rules
and requirements for mapping them into ERP software.
Implementation of ERP solutions is one of the largest drivers
of growth in the consultancy business.

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ERP Characteristics
Integrated System
Real Time
Best Practice
Customizing
(Configuration)
Process Oriented
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Enterprise Application
First Generation

Company A



ERP
Customers
Suppliers
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SAP World
(1
st
Generation of Enterprise Application)
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What is SAP?
SAP is the leader of ERP software vendor
Enterprise Resource Planning is a back
office application for Enterprise
MRP
MRP II
ERP
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SAP
Systems, Applications, and Products in Data
Processing (SAP)
Name of the company
SAP AG
SAP America
Name of the software
SAP R/2 Mainframe version
SAP R/3 Client/Server version
mySAP ERP

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SAP AG
Founded in Germany (1972)
Worlds fourth largest software provider
Worlds largest provider of Integrated Business
Solutions software
Company stock trades on the Frankfurt and New
York exchanges
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SAP R/3
World-wide usage
Designed to satisfy the information needs for all
business sizes (international to local)
Multi-lingual
Multi-currency
Designed to satisfy the information needs for all
industries (industry solutions)
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SAP R/3
Enables a company to link its business
processes
Ties together disparate business functions
(integrated business solution)
Helps the organization run smoothly
Real-time environment
Scalable and flexible

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Integrated Business Solutions
Software Vendors
SAP
Peoplesoft
J.D. Edwards
Oracle
MicrosoftGreat Plains
IBM

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Architecture
Central relational database (e.g., Oracle and many
others)
Client/Serverthree-tiered
ERP ComponentOriented towards common
identifiable business modules (PP, MM, SD, FI, CO, HR)
Add-ons:
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
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Relational Database
Tables: Defines and links thousands of tables of
information
Advantages
Consistent and accurate data
Common definitions for terms
Shared, but restricted usage (e.g., profiles)
Eliminates data redundancy


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Oracle
DB2
MSSQL
SAP can use a
number of
database programs
to actually store
the data.
SAP Databases
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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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Three-Tier SAP Structure
GUIGraphical User Interface or Web Interface
Application server (one or many)
Database server (one single location)

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Three-tier Client/Server
Architecture
USER PCs
USER PCs
Application
Server
Application
Server
Application
Server
Application
Server
Database
Server
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Two Tier Client/Server System
(Training Configuration)
User PCs
Database and
Application
Server
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Business Modules
Collections of logically related transactions
within identifiable business functions
PP: Production Planning (Make)
MM: Material Management (Buy)
SD: Sales & Distribution (Sell)
FI: Financial Accounting and CO: Controlling
(Track)
HR: Human Resources
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SAP System
R/3
Client / Server
ABAP/4
FI
Financial
Accounting
CO
Controlling
AM
Fixed Assets
Mgmt.
TR
Treasury
WF
Workflow
IS
Industry
Solutions
MM
Materials
Mgmt.
HR
Human
Resources
SD
Sales &
Distribution
PP
Production
Planning
QM
Quality
Manage-
ment
PM
Plant Main-
tenance
System

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SAP Industry Solution
Aerospace/Defense
Automotive
Banking
Chemicals
Consumer Products
Engineering/Construction
Financial Svc Provider
Healthcare
High Tech
Higher Education/Research
Insurance
Media
Mill Products
Mining
Oil & Gas
Pharmaceuticals
Public Sector
Retail
Service Providers
Telecommunications
Utilities
so on
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mySAP World
(2
nd
Generation of Enterprise Application)
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The Future of ERP
Extended ERP 2000
Closed Loop MRP 70
MRP II 80
MRP 60
ERP 90
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ERP Extension
Web Enable
Customer Relationship Management
(CRM)
Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Strategic Enterprise Management (SEM)
Business Information Warehouse (BIW)
Knowledge Management (KM)
So on
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Enterprise Application Components
Second Generation

Company A





ERP
Customers
Suppliers
BW
CRM
SEM SCM
KM
Web-enabled
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What is mySAP?
The future of ERP software must include
CRM, SCM, SEM, BW, KM, Web-enable
mySAP is the future or extended of SAP
ERP software

MRP
MRP II
ERP
TEI
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mySAP Components
SAP
R/3
CRM
SCM
SEM
BW
KW
mySAP Business Information Warehouse
mySAP Customer Relationship Management
mySAP Knowledge Management
mySAP Supply Chain Management
mySAP Strategic Enterprise Management
mySAP

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SAP NetWeaver World
(3
rd
Generation of Enterprise Application)
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Enterprise Service Architecture
Third Generation (Enterprise Application Integration)

Company A





ERP
Customers
Suppliers
BW
CRM
SEM SCM
KM
Web-enabled
Web Service Web Service
Web Service
Web Service
Web Service
Web Service Web Service
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mySAP Business Suite
(
mySAP ERP
mySAP PLM
mySAP SRM
mySAP SCM
mySAP CRM
SAP NetWeaver
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SAP NetWeaver : Integration Tools
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SAP NetWeaver
The core capabilities of SAP NetWeaver are the
integration of people, information, and process
In people integration, it simply means that it enables
you to bring people together and help them work
more efficiently
Information integration means you can bring
together information from a variety of locations and
have it make sense in the context of what your folks
do everyday
Process integration means coordinating the flow of
work across departments, divisions, and between
companies
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SAP NetWeaver
SAP Enterprise Portal: helps create software that brings
together all the data and software tools that a person needs
to do her job in one consistent user interface
SAP Mobile Infrastructure: universal translator for mobile
devices
SAP Business Intelligence: provides tool for information
integration, so what your people see is consistent and
accurate
SAP Master Data Management: is a system for
harmonizing information that is distributed across a wide
variety of applications
SAP Exchange Infrastructure: Integrates processes and
help applications talk to one another
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SAP EP Example

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Programming Code Modifications
Changes to the delivered code
ABAP/4Advanced Business Application
Programming (ABAP)
This should be done sparingly and carefully as it
can make migration to new versions of the
software much more difficult
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SAP People
Consultant
Technical Functional
Basis ABAP
FI
CO
MM
SD

User