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
ERP 90 Enterprise Resource Planning
MRP II 80 Material Resource Planning and

Manufacturing Resource Planning

Closed Loop MRP 70

MRP 60
Material Requirements 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

Real Time
Integrated System

Best Practice

Customizing
(Configuration)

Process Oriented

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Enterprise Application
First Generation

Company A
Suppliers

ERP

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Customers

SAP World

(1st 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

ERP
MRP II
MRP

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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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SAP Databases
FI
Financial
Accounting

Workflow

SAP can use a

number of
database programs
to actually store
the data.

QM

PS

Quality
Mgmt.

Project
System

PM
Plant
Maint.

PP

SD

MM

Prod.
Planning

Sales &
Distrib.

Materials
Mgmt.

HR

AM

Human
Resources

Asset
Mgmt.

CO
Controlling

Oracle
DB2
MSSQL

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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

Application
Server

Application
Server
USER PCs

USER PCs
Database
Server

Application
Server

Application
Server

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Two Tier Client/Server System

(Training Configuration)

Database and
Application
Server
User PCs

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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

System
SD

FI

Sales &
Distribution

Financial
Accounting

MM

CO

Materials
Mgmt.

Controlling

PP

QM

AM

R/3

Production
Planning

Fixed Assets
Mgmt.

Client / Server
ABAP/4

Quality
Management PM
Plant Maintenance

HR

Human
Resources

IS

TR

Treasury

WF

Workflow

Industry
Solutions

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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

(2nd Generation of Enterprise

Application)

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The Future of ERP

Extended ERP 2000
ERP 90
MRP II 80
Closed Loop MRP 70
MRP 60

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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
Suppliers

BW
KM

CRM

Customers

ERP
SCM

SEM

Web-enabled

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What is mySAP?
The future of ERP software must include CRM, SCM, SEM, BW, KM, Webenable
mySAP is the future or extended of SAP
ERP software

TEI
ERP
MRP II
MRP

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mySAP Components

BW
CRM

SAP
R/3
SCM
SEM
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

(3rd Generation of Enterprise

Application)

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Enterprise Service Architecture

Third Generation (Enterprise Application Integration)

Company A
Suppliers

Web Service

Web Service

BW

Web Service

KM
Web Service

SCM

CRM

ERP
Web Service

Web Service

Customers

Web Service

SEM

Web-enabled

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mySAP Business Suite

mySAP PLM

mySAP SRM

mySAP
( ERP

mySAP CRM

mySAP SCM
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

User

FI

Basis

ABAP

CO
MM
SD

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