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What 5 things does SAP ERP allow a company to do? |
- Enables company to support and optimize its business processes - Ties together disparate business functions such as: - Finance (financial, managerial accounting) - Logistics (sales, procurement, production) - HR - Helps the organization run smoothly - Real-time environment - Scalable and flexible |
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SAP Architecture - two components |
- Client/Server Environment - Three-tier structure |
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Client/Server Environment |
- Client: hardware/software environment that can make a request for services for a central repository of resources
- Server: hardware/software combination that can provide services to a group of clients in a controlled environment |
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Three-tier structure |
- User Interface (graphical user interface or web interface) - Application server (one or more, help distribute work load) - Database server (one single data repository) |
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The 8 SAP ERP Business Modules |
MM (buy) PP (make) SD (sell) FI and CO (track) HCM (people) WM (store) EAM (maintain) CS (service) |
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Three three SAP ERP core applications |
- Finance - Logistics - Human capital management |
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Subsets of finance |
Financial accounting Managerial accounting Asset management Treasury |
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Subsets of logistics |
Sales & Distribution Materials management Production planning Plant maintenance Quality management |
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Subsets of human capital management |
Personnel management Benefits Payroll |
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Generic business process |
Trigger, step 1, step 2, step 3, outcomes |
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Key business processes diagram |
See word doc - Diagram 1 |
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Procurement process |
1) Warehouse (create purchase requisition) 2) Purchasing (create and send PO) 3) Warehouse (receive materials) 4) Accounting (receive invoice, send payment) |
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Production process |
1) Warehouse (request production) 2) Production (authorize production0 3) Warehouse (issue raw materials) 4) Production (create product) 5) Warehouse (Receive finished goods) |
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Fulfillment process |
1) Sales (receive customer PO, create sales order) 2) Warehouse (prepare shipment - pick and pack, send shipment (ship)) 3) Accounting (create and send invoice, receive payment) |
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Three data types in ERP systems |
Organizational data, master data, transaction data |
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Organizational data - look at notes in email |
- Define enterprise structure by means of legal or business usage - Task is to adopt some functions inside of an enterprise and execute them - Judicial entities, plants, storage locations, sales organizations |
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Examples of organizational data |
- Client: highest organizational unit; represents enterprise which consists of several parts - Company code: represents judicial entities in the enterprise; central organizational unit in external accounting - Sales organization: organizational unit that executes sale and distribution of products and services |
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Organizational unit diagram |
See word doc - diagram 2 |
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Master data |
- Long-term data that represents mostly data sets |
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Examples of master data |
- Sales and distribution (customer master, material master, condition master) |
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Master data diagrams, examples |
See lecture 1 slide 26 and 27 |
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Transaction data |
- Process-related data that is short-lived and dedicated to certain master data - Master data of a vendor can be assigned to transaction data that concern the sales volume development - Includes organizational level, master data, situational data |
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Example: customer order |
- Organizational level: client, company code, sales org - Master data: customer master, material master - Situational data: date, time, person, amount |
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Documents |
- Data sets that are generated if a business transaction was executed; record of business transaction - Includes all relevant pre-defined info from master data and organizational entities |
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Examples of documents |
Sales document Purchasing document Material document Accounting document |
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Document flow |
- Document flow and order status allow the setting of the status at any point in time - SAP revises status every time change in document takes place |