Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are comprehensive software packages that manage business processes, featuring databases for various functions. Major ERP vendors include SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft, with configurations tailored to meet specific company needs. The document also discusses the architecture of these systems, logging in, and the distinction between master and transaction data.

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What are Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Systems?
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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:
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Input
Storage/Retrieval
Manipulation
Output
28,610+ Tables in SAP
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Who are the big ERP vendors?
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SAP, the German juggernaut
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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
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SAP Business One is competing product
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3. FI
Financial
Accounting
QM
PM
PS
Plant
Maint.
Quality
Mgmt.
Workflow
Project
System
PP
SD
MM
Prod.
Planning
Sales &
Distrib.
Materials
Mgmt.
AM
HR
Human
Resources
Asset
Mgmt.
CO
Controlling
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4. FI
Financial
Accounting
QM
Workflow
Project
System
Plant
Maint.
PP
SD
MM
Prod.
Planning
Sales &
Distrib.
Materials
Mgmt.
AM
HR
SAP can use a
number of
database programs
to actually store
the data.
PM
PS
Quality
Mgmt.
Human
Resources
Asset
Mgmt.
CO
Controlling
Oracle
DB2
MSSQL
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5. 
Configuration is the process of making standard
software fit your business. SAP, as an example,
has:
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Over 8000 configuration decisions
Data structuring
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Rewriting Code (Modifications)
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Not recommended because of compatibility problems when
updated versions of the software are installed.
Customization
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Sales divisions, distribution channels
Writing code at SAP-specified user exits
Third-party software solutions
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6. Calendars
Currencies
Inputs
Vendor
Master
CO
FI
Manufacturing
Process
Material
Master
Outputs
Cust.
Master
Pricing
Pricing
Basic
Data
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7. Three-tier Client/Server Architecture
Application
Server
Application
Server
USER PCs
USER PCs
Database
Server
Application
Server
Application
Server
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8. Two Tier Client/Server System
(Training Configuration)
Database and
Application
Server
User PCs
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9. SAP vs. MS Office
Database and
Application
Server
Nothing is saved on your PC. Only things saved on our
server in Missouri are saved, and they are saved for good.
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10. Saving in Windows vs. SAP
 In Window Applications, you save often
so you don’t lose everything when you
get the Blue Screen of Death:
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11. Saving in Windows vs. SAP
 In SAP, there are very few delete
options:
 Don’t save if things don’t look 100%
correct! Exit the transaction and start
over
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What is a client?
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A way to separate data in the system
In some ways, a separate database
Also, a table entry
Column (attribute)
Mandt
Client
Row
(Record)
Field
201
201
201
202
202
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13. Fitter Snacker Setup
SAP 5 Server
Client 501
Client 502
Client 503
01 Fitter Snacker
01 Fitter Snacker
01 Fitter Snacker
02 Fitter Snacker
02 Fitter Snacker
02 Fitter Snacker
03 Fitter Snacker
03 Fitter Snacker
03 Fitter Snacker
99 Fitter Snacker
99 Fitter Snacker
99 Fitter Snacker
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14. Data Set Number (##)
 I am data set number 00, not you!
Enter Cred. Contr. area ##CR
and Currency USD
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15. SAP 5 System Landscape
501
FS Student
201
Config.
502
FS Student
202
CATT Test
503
FS Student
203
FS Master
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16. Logging On – SAP Gui
 To log on to an R/3 system with the SAP Gui, you
need the proprietary SAP Gui (Graphical User
Interface) software loaded on your system and an
internet connection
Internet Connection
Account on
SAP R/3 System
in Missouri
PC with SAP Gui
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17. SAP Gui Configuration
 First, you need to tell the SAP Gui which system you
want to log into:
If you don’t have
any systems defined,
click on New Item
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18. System Definition
(provided by UCC)
Text description (free)
Address of system (e.g.
sapd.umsystem.edu)
SAP Router usually
not required
System ID
Logical name of system
System Number
Frequently 00, but not always
R/3 System Selected
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19. Select System:
double-click or
Logon button
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20. Logging On
Enter Client
Enter User (R/3 Account)
Enter Password (R/3 Account)
Don’t worry about language—
English will default in
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21. Logging On
On the first time logging in to
a new account, you will have
to change the password—try
To remember your new
Password WITHOUT WRITING
IT DOWN!
Then a message or two
Then . . . .
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22. Success!
SAP Easy Access
•Master Data Entry
•Transaction Data Entry
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23. Where Configuration
Takes Place
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Master Data
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Data that is relatively stable
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Materials, Customers, Vendors
Transaction Data
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Data that is relatively temporary
Stored at various stages of a business process
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Customer orders, purchase orders, production
orders, customer payments
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Transactions flow down
the river of time
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