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1. Introduction to SAP ERP

2. ABOUT US
Started in a moderate way software development and consultancy as its
activity and transformed by leaps and bounds into full scale IT Solution,
Infrastructure, Networking, Security and Service Company with focus on
network solutions, application development with proficiency in mobile
application, engineering services (CAD/CAM), cloud computing and all
species of portal development.
jhsoftech is strategic partner with few of the Fortune 500 names such as
IBM, HP, Cisco, MacAfee, Ericsson, TTK, Media Assist…

3. ERP
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 What are Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems?
 Incredibly large, extensive software packages used to manage a firm’s business
processes.
 Standard software packages that must be configured to meet the needs of a
company
 Database programs with the following functions:
 Input
 Storage/Retrieval
 Manipulation
 Output
28,610+ Tables in SAP

4. ERP
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Who are the big ERP vendors?
SAP, the German juggernaut
Systeme,Anwendungen, Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung, or
Systems,Analysis and Products in Data Processing.
Don’t be a sap!
Oracle/PeopleSoft/J. D. Edwards (J.D. Orisoft)
Microsoft Great Plains, aimed at smaller companies
SAP Business One is competing product

5. SAP R/3 Enterprise
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FI
Financial
Accounting
CO
Controlling
Workflow
PP
Prod.
Planning
SD
Sales &
Distrib.
MM
Materials
Mgmt.
QM
Quality
Mgmt.
PM
Plant
Maint.
HR
Human
Resources
AM
Asset
Mgmt.
PS
Project
System

6. SAP R/3 Enterprise
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Oracle
DB2
MSSQL
SAP can use a
number of
database programs
to actually store
the data.
FI
Financial
Accounting
CO
Controlling
Workflow
PP
Prod.
Planning
SD
Sales &
Distrib.
MM
Materials
Mgmt.
QM
Quality
Mgmt.
PM
Plant
Maint.
HR
Human
Resources
AM
Asset
Mgmt.
PS
Project
System
FI
Financial
Accounting
CO
Controlling
Workflow
PP
Prod.
Planning
SD
Sales &
Distrib.
MM
Materials
Mgmt.
QM
Quality
Mgmt.
PM
Plant
Maint.
HR
Human
Resources
AM
Asset
Mgmt.
PS
Project
System

7. Configuration
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 Configuration is the process of making standard software fit your business. SAP,
as an example, has:
Over 8000 configuration decisions
Data structuring
Sales divisions, distribution channels
Rewriting Code (Modifications)
Not recommended because of compatibility problems when updated
versions of the software are installed.
Customization
Writing code at SAP-specified user exits
Third-party software solutions

8. A typical manufacturing company
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Manufacturing
Process
Inputs Outputs
FI
CO
Material
Master
Vendor
Master
Pricing
Cust.
Master
Pricing
Basic
Data
Calendars
Currencies