It is an enterprise-wide information system designed to coordinate all the resources, information, and activities needed to complete business processes such as order fulfillment, billing, human resource management, and production planning.
There are several SAP Modules, and to know all, it takes a lot of studies. This guide serves to de-mystify what modules you need to know.
2. What’s SAP ?
It is an enterprise-wide information system designed to
coordinate all the resources, information, and activities needed
to complete business processes such as order fulfillment, billing,
human resource management, and production planning. SAP
software is Database Independent and runs on Oracle, DB2,
SQL Server, SAP HANA, SAP Sybase, MySQL etc
SAP is considered the third largest independent software
vendor in the world with more than 12 million users, 121,000
installations worldwide, more than 1,500 SAP partners, more
than 25 industry-specific business solutions and more than
41,200 customers in 120 countries.23595 companies uses sap.
3. Modules in SAP
SAP MM-Material Management
SAP SD-Sales and Distribution
SAP PP-Production Planning and Control
SAP QM- Quality Management
SAP LO-Logistic General
SAP PM-Project Management
SAP FICO-Finance and Controlling
SAP SRM-Supply Relationship management
SAP PLM-Product Lifecycle management
4. SAP MM
SAP MM is one of the important modules in SAP ERP software
and MM application module support the procurement and
inventory functions occurring in day-to-day business operation.
This MM module includes many aspects such as purchasing,
goods receipt, material storage, consumption-based planning,
and inventory. SAP MM Module is fully integrated with other
modules in the SAP R/3 System such as Finance, CO, SD, QM,
PM, PP, WM, PS
5. What is mySAP :
mySAP is not a single product but is a suite of products from
SAP including SAP R/3.
Other products in the mySAP product suite includes
SRM(Supplier Relationship Management), CRM(Customer
Relationship Management), PLM(Product Lifecycle
Management), SCM (Supply Chain Management)
6. NetWeaver: (1/2)
NetWeaver is SAP's integrated technology platform and is not
a product in itself. In fact, the new version of basis is called the
NetWeaver. It is the underlying technology for all the products in
the mySAP suite.
All the products in mySAP suite can run on a single instance of
NetWeaver's, SAP Web Application Server also known as "SAP
WEBAs.“
NetWeaver makes possible access to SAP data using simple
HTTP protocol or even mobile. This eliminates the need for
installing and more importantly training in SAP's client side
software.
7. NetWeaver: (2/2)
The core capabilities of SAP NetWeaver are the integration of people,
information, and process
8. SAP HANA
SAP HANA (high-performance analytic appliance) is an application
that uses in-memory database technology that allows the
processing of massive amounts of real-time data in a short time.
The in-memory computing engine allows HANA to process data
stored in RAM as opposed to reading it from a disk.(In memory
database and application server)
SAP HANA offers 3 different roles.
HANA Database administration
HANA Data modeling
HANA Native application development
If you are looking for pure functional aspects, there is nothing in
HANA.
9. S/4 HANA stands for SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA. SAP
S/4 HANA is the fourth business suite version coming after SAP
R/3. Also, by making it solely compatible with SAP HANA system at
its backend, SAP replaces the old SAP ECC/ERP system with SAP
HANA. However, S/4 HANA is based around its successor i.e. ECC
(ERP Control Center) solution and treats it as its core
technology.(Next generation ERP solution)
Modules in SAP S/4 HANA
Plant Maintenance (PM)
Product Life Cycle Management (PLM)
Human Capital Management (HCM)
Production Planning (PP)
Project Systems (PS)
Controlling (CO)
Sales and Distribution (SD)
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10. Investment Management (IM)
Strategic Enterprise Management (SEM)
Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
Logistics Information Systems (LIS)
Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Customer Service (CS)
Materials Management (MM)
Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
Customer Service (CS)
Materials Management (MM)
Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
Enterprise Performance Management (EPM)
Treasury
NetWeaver
Environment, Health and Safety (EHS)
Industry Solutions, e.g. Aerospace, Automotive, etc.
11. Several S/4HANA modules fit into the Enterprise Resource
Planning (ERP) category. For example, under the Material
Management Module, the following sub-modules are available:
Extended Warehouse Management
External Services Management
Inventory / Valuations
Inventory Management
Invoice Verification
Logistics (General)
Logistics Information System
Materials Planning
Purchasing
QM in MM
Warehouse Management
Workflow