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
MRP II ‘80
Enterprise Resource Planning
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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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)
• World’s fourth largest software provider
• World’s 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 it’s 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
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SAP
Peoplesoft
J.D. Edwards
Oracle
Microsoft—Great Plains
IBM
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Architecture
• Central relational database (e.g., Oracle and many
others)
• Client/Server—three-tiered
• ERP Component—Oriented 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
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Consistent and accurate data
Common definitions for terms
Shared, but restricted usage (e.g., profiles)
Eliminates data redundancy
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SAP Databases
SAP can use a
number of
database programs
to actually store
the data.
Oracle
DB2
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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
• GUI—Graphical 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
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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
AM
Production
Planning
QM
R/3
Fixed Assets
Mgmt.
Client / Server
ABAP/4
Quality
Management PM
Plant Maintenance
TR
Treasury
WF
Workflow
HR
IS
Human
Resources
Industry
Solutions
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SAP Industry Solution
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Aerospace/Defense
Automotive
Banking
Chemicals
Consumer Products
Engineering/Construction
Financial Svc Provider
Healthcare
High Tech
Higher Education/Research
Insurance
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Media
Mill Products
Mining
Oil & Gas
Pharmaceuticals
Public Sector
Retail
Service Providers
Telecommunications
Utilities
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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
Customers
KM
CRM
ERP
SCM
SEM
Web-enabled
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What is mySAP?
• The future of ERP software must include
CRM, SCM, SEM, BW, KM, Web-enable …
• 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
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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
Web Service
Suppliers
Web Service
BW
Web Service
Customers
KM
Web Service
SCM
Web Service
CRM
ERP
Web Service
Web Service
SEM
Web-enabled
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mySAP Business Suite
mySAP PLM
mySAP SRM
( ERP
mySAP
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/4—Advanced 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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