Wednesday, May 9, 2012

SAP Solution Applications

This page clarifies the convoluted names and acronymns for SAP product versions, presented chronologically and as a hierarchy of applications (apps) and modules, along with links to wikis, newsgroups, classes, and certification exams.




Product Version History

    SAP started in 1972 and became successful during the 1980s with their SAP R/2 solution on large IBM/Siemens mainframes within large corporations.
    The introduction of SAP R/3 in 1992 (with the SAPGUI fat client/server architecture) made SAP AG the world's leading vendor of standard application software.
    R/3 release 3.1 in 1996 provided the first Java-enabled SAP Internet-enabled solutions. Then came 3.3.1, 3.4.0, 3.4.5, 3.4.6
    R/3 Release 4.0 was announced late 1997 with modules for Retail e-commerce.
    R/3 Release 4.5 was announced in 1998.
    R/3 Release 4.6 announced at SAPPHIRE'98 featured the
    EnjoySAP GUI (from Hartmut Esslinger's work at frogdesign) with Internet Transaction Server (ITS) developed by Ixos Software GmbH to scrape open R/3 session screens and present them as HTML to Internet browsers. 4.6 also ushered in object-based enhancements to the ABAP language.

 

Set screenSAP AG, The Company

    "SAP" is pronounced "ess-ay-pee" (not "sap" as in tree sap) because it is anacronym of the German words"Systemanalyse und Programmentwicklung,", which loosely translates to "Systems, Applications, and Products".
    Jokes about the name include:
      Software Aginst People
      Shut-up And Pay
      Start And Pray
      Slow And Painful

     Wikipedia entry on SAP AG
    SAP AG has US offices in Pennsylvania.
    SAP AG is headquarted in the SouthWestern Germany town of Walldorf (pronounced by Germans as "Velldorf"). The "AG" in "SAP AG" is the equivalent of "SAP Ltd." in the US. AG is an abbreviation of the German word "Aktiengesellshaft".
    Stocks of SAP AG is traded on the Frankfurt stock exchange. Since August 3, 1998, one SAP share can be purchased in US dollars as 12 ADR (American Depository Receipt) shares through Deutsche Bank Mellon underNYSE ticker symbol "SAP" [ Google |Yahoo | MSN | MarketWatch | QuoteCNN | Reuters | StreetInsider ]
    About SAP corporate colors:
    The Gold is RGB 240/171/0
    The Blue is RGB 4/53/123

    Henning Kagermann, a former professor of mathmatics and physics, is the CEO since 1998 when founder Dietmar Hopp became chairman. See him talk on YouTube
    SAP America, Inc. has its US main office in Newtown Square 20 miles west of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where Bill McDermott is the CEO. See him talk on YouTube about "make every customer a best-run business" and replacing "12 of 13 direct reports" in the first 100 days after he arrived at SAP.
    Heinz Roggenkemper started SAP America in 1988 and now heads SAP Labs, SAP's R&D facility in Palo Alto.
    Until 2007 when he left to start a clean energy company, Shai Agassi led SAP's transition to Portal and Business One after SAP acquired his company in 2002 See him talk on YouTube about labs in Bangalore, Shanghai China, Sophia Bulgaria, Hungary, and Isreal.
    SDN Wiki SAP Research
 
 
     In an era when "my" before a term implied an "Internet-readiness," an ability to customize an application or web site for the individual user, the mySAP.com e-Business Suite with ERP (Enterprise Resource Planner) was introduced in 1999 with Business Connector (BC) XML/HTML listener for EDI licensed from webMethods, and
    Customer Relationship Management (CRM)/Internet Sales using a Java Connector to communicate back to the RFC and BAPI interfaces.
    A 64-bit kernel for the R/3 System is available since then.

    Release 4.6C, April 2001 (codenamed "Mercury") improved performance and renamed SAP Basis (common middleware kernel) to the SAP Web AS (Application Server) 2003 written internally by SAP. SAP ended mainstream support for 4.6C on Dec. 2006. SAP's "5-1-4" policy forces its users to pay for not upgrading an additional 1% fee after 1 year then an additional 4% penalty per year for not upgrading.
    Release 4.7 "Enterprise Edition"
    SAP ERP 2004 and SAP Enterprise Central Component (ECC 5.0) expanded the library of predefined BAPIs (Business APIs) and RFCs for connectivity to over 1,100.

    SAP ERP 6.0   mySAP ERP 2005 (ECC 6.0) is expected to end mainstream support March 2011.
    Page on this site
    NetWeaver 7.1 includes NetWeaver ESR (Enterprise Services Repository) features new ESR, PI, and CE modules. SAP Netweaver versions

    In 2007 SAP stopped using the term "New Dimensions" and switched to "Business Suite" as the collective name of add-on components (CRM, SCM, SRM, ERP, PLM).
    Duet software enables people to interact with SAP data and processes through Microsoft Office applications.
    SAP CRM 2007 includes support for "Web 2.0" applications and the Pipeline Performance Management module to create role-based interactive tools for sales staff to improve workflow via "what if" scenarios to map potential deals against sales opportunities.

    Set screen SAP For Small and Mid-Sized Businesses

    SAP has several product lines for SMB (Small and Mid-Sized Businesses).

    • Business One (B1) was purchased from former SAP executive Shai Agassi's company in Isreal, so it has a different user interface than SAP R/3. It was designed for small and startup organizations. So it covers mainly the finance, HR, CRM, and logistics areas along with some manufacturing processes, at $11,250 and up.


    • Business All-in-One is a scaled-down version mySAP Business Suite, offered by SAP partners, preconfigured with content and tools and perhaps modifications for some specific industries. So it is ready-to-use with minimum implementation time, at $250,000+


    • Business ByDesign (announced 2007) was developed (as product "A1S") by SAP R&D as a SaaS (software as a service) hosted at SAP, for $149 per user per month. It features a SOA architecture powered by NetWeaver.
 

 

     
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    Set screen Technologies


      another page on this site ABAPR/3, BW, XI, APO, CRM
      another page on this site JavaIPC
      another page on this site J2EEPortal, JavaWD, XI, BillerDirect, CRM-ISA
      another page on this site .NetMobileClient, Duet .Net PDK
      another page on this site C/C++TREX, ITS, Business One, MDM

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    Set screen SAP Business Process Flows

      Source to Settle (STS) processed by Vendor and Material Management modules.
      Plan to Stock (PTS) processed by manufacturing modules.
      Procure to Pay (PTP) processed by distribution modules.
      Customer to Contract (CTC) processed by CRM (Customer Relationship Management).
      The six steps in the Order to Cash (OTC) SD (Service and Distribution) process spans several departments within an organization:
      1. Market Analysis,
      2. Marketing Campaign,
      3. Customer Request,
      4. Logistics Execution (delivery, pick, pack, post goods issue),
      5. Bill, and
      6. Pay.

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    Set screen SAP Modules and Applications

      Application Categories: FinancialsHRLogisticsmySAP PLMBusiness SuiteCross-ApplicationBusiness Process ManagementIS
       SAP's Product Availability Matrix

      CategoryModuleApplications (Apps)Description and ClassesExam
      -BC (BASIS Components) accessed through SAPGUIThe "middleware" that links the SAPGUI desktop client to SAP applications, the database, and the operating system.SAP120 (SAP Navigation 4 hr elearning)-
      FinancialsFI (Financial Accounting)AR (Accounts Receivable),
      AP (Accounts Payable),
      AA (Asset Accounting),
      GL (General Ledger),
      FM (Funds Management),
      BL (Bank-related Accounting),
      LC (Legal Consolidation)
      TFIN50 & TFIN52
      Provides a complete financial accounting solution, including income statements, balance sheets, journals, ledgers, and all areas of financial accounting.
      -
      CO (Controlling)-Assists the controller organization in performing Profitability Analysis, Cost elements, Cost centres, Profit centres, Internal orders, Activity based costing, Product costing-
      EC (Enterprise Controlling)-Includes EC-EIS (Executive information system) EC-CS (Consolidation), EC-PCA (Profit Center Accounting)-
      AM (Asset Management) / EAM (Enterprise Asset Management)-Track, value and depreciate assets during Purchase, Sale, Depreciation, Tracking-
      TR (Treasury (Tesoreria)TR-CM (Cash Management),
      TR-CB (Cash Budget Management),
      TR-TM (Treasury Management),
      TR-LO (Loans Management),
      TR-MRM (Market Risk Management)
      Corporate banking and Cash budget management,-
      IM (capital Investment Management)-Assists finance organizations in their capital investments and tracking.-
      New GL (General Ledger)Profitcenter Accounting, Cost of Sales Accounting, Parallel set of books, Integration of controlling, Balance sheet by any dimension, Flexible data structure--
       HR (Human Resource)PA (Personnel Administration)PA-APP Applicant Management
      PA-BEN Benefits
      PA-EMP Employee Management
      PA-INW Incentive wages
      PA-PAY Payroll
      PA-TIM Time Management
      PA-TRV Travel Expenses
      Processes Employment history, Payroll.-
      PD (Personnel planning and Development)PD-OM Organizational Management
      PD-PD Personnel development
      PD-RPL Room Reservations Planning
      PD-SCM Seminar and Convention Management
      PD-WFP Workforce Planning
      Processes Training, Career management, Succession planning.-
      Logistics and ManufacturingMM (Material Management), MRP (Materials Requirement Planning), Material LedgerMM-PUR Purchasing
      MM-IM Inventory Management
      MM-WM Warehouse Management
      MM-IV Invoice Verification
      MM-IS Information System
      MM-CBP Consumption Based Planning
      MM-EDI Electronic Data Interchange
      TSCM40 & TSCM42 (Planning / Manufacturing I&II) underpins supply chain Requisitions, Purchase orders, Goods receipts, Accounts payable, Inventory management, BOM�s, Master raw materials, finished goods, etc.-
      SD (Sales & Distribution)SD-MD Master Data
      SD-CAS Sales Support
      SD-SLS Sales
      SD-SHP Shipping
      SD-TR Transportation
      SD-BIL Billing
      SD-? Foreign Trade
      SD-SIS Sales Information System
      SD-EDI Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
      SD-GF General Sales Functions
      Tracks order to delivery, including RFQ, Sales orders, Pricing, Picking (and other warehouse processes), Packing, Shipping-
      PP/DS (Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling)PP-SOP Sales and Operations Planning
      PP-CRP Capacity Requirement Planning
      PP-MP Master planning
      PP-ATO Assembly orders
      PP-BD Basic data
      PP-IS Information System
      PP-KAB Kanban/Just- in- Time
      PP-MRP Material Requirements Planning
      PP-PDC Plant Data Collection
      PP-PI Production Planning for Process Industries
      PP-REM Repetitive Manufacturing
      PP-SFC Production orders
      manages production processes Capacity planning, Master production scheduling, Material requirements planning, Shop floor-
      PM (Plant Maintenance)PM-EQM Equipment and Technical Objects
      PM-IS PM Information System
      PM-PRM Preventive Maintenance
      PM-PRO Maintenance Projects
      PM-SM Service Management
      PM-WOC Maintenance Orders Management
      Trackes Labor, Material, Down time and outages-
      Service Management---
      LO (General Logistics)LO-AB-TC Trading Contract
      LO-BM =Batches,
      LO-ECH Engineering Change Mgmt,
      LO-EHS Environment Management,
      LO-EWB Engineering Workbench,
      LO-HU Handling Unit Management,
      LO-LIS Logistics Information System,
      LO-MAP Merchandise&Assortment Planning,
      LO-MD Logistics Basic Data,
      LO-MDS Merchandise Distribution,
      LO-PDM Product Data Management,
      LO-PR Forecast,
      LO-RIS Retail Information System,
      LO-SCI SupplyChainPlanningInterface,
      LO-SRS Retail Store,
      LO-VC Variant Configuration
      Manages logistics for companies that require large-scale deployment of goods and resources.-
      Central Functions---
      SDN WikiPLM (Product Lifecycle Management)-SAP Project and Portfolio Mgmt.
      SAP Environment, Health and Safety
      SAP PLM Recipe Management
      Audit Management
      --
      QM (Quality Management)QM-CR (General functions),
      QM-PT-RP (Control in logistics)
      PLM415 (QM in Procurement) or LO715 (QM in Procurement)
      PLM420 (QM in Discrete Manufacturing) or LO720 (QM in Discrete and Repetitive Manufacturing)
      PLM421 (QM in the Process Industry) or LO721 (QM in the Process Industry)
      Solution Consultant C_TPLM40_03
      C_TPLM40_05

      Application Consultant C_TPLM40_05
      QM-QP (Quality Planning)PLM400 (Quality Management) or LO170 (Quality Management)
      QM-IM (Quality Inspection processing),
      QM-QC-AQC (Quality control),
      QM-IT (Test equipment management)
      PLM405 (Quality Inspections) or LO705 (Quality Inspections)
      QM-QN (Quality notifications),PLM410 (Quality Notifications) or LO710 (Quality Notifications)
      QM-CA (Quality certificates),PLM425 (QM in Sales and Distribution/Quality Certificates) or LO725 (QM in Sales and Distribution/Quality Certificates)
      C_TPLM40_03
      PS (Project System (Proyectos)PS-CAF Payments,
      PS-CON Confirmation,
      PS-COS Costs,
      PS-CRP Resources,
      PS-DAT Dates,
      PS-DOC Documents,
      PS-IS Information System,
      PS-MAT Material,
      PS-PRG Progress,
      PS-REV Revenues and Earnings,
      PS-SIM Simulation,
      PS-ST Structures,
      PS-VER Versions
      TPLM20 (Project Management I), TPLM22 (Project Management II (Case Study)) Includes PS-APP (Project budgeting), PS-BD (Basic data), PS-EXE (Project execution/integration), PS-IS (Information system), PS-OPS (Operative structures), PS-PLN (Project planning). Variations include Make to order, Plant shut downs project, Third party billing (on the back of a project).C_TPLM22_03
      3 hour 80 ques.
      DMS (Document Management System)---
      Cross Applications(xApps)SDN WikixApp for Manufacturing Integration & Intelligence---
      APO (Advanced Planner and Optimizer)Live Cachecross-system real-time decision support - materials management and inventory planning, availability checks.-
      WF (Workflow)---
      SDN WikiBW (Business Warehouse) 3.5,
      BIW (Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing), Analytics
      --C_TBW45_04
      3 hour 80 ques.
      xPDProduct Definition--
      SAP Business Suite(formerly New Dimension)ERP 6.0 (2005) with ECC 6.0-10 day TERP10 (ERP - Integrated Business Processes) ADM110 (SAP ECC Installation)C_TERP10_05
      3 hr 80 q.
      SDN WikiCRM (Customer Relationship Management)Analytics, Channel Management, Interaction Center, Field Applications, Implementation & OperationTCRM10 (CRM-Fundamentals) or SAPCRM (mySAP CRM Solution Overv.), CR100 (CRM Base Customizing), CR500 (Middleware)C_CR10_50
      2 hour 60 ques.
      Sales with mySAP CRM 2005Opportunity Management,
      Copy Control,
      Contract Management,
      Quotation and Order Management,
      Incentive and Commission Management
      C_CR300_50
      1 hour 40 ques.
      SAP MarketingMarketing Planning and Campaign Management (Marketing Planner, Product Selection, Discounts, Actions, Partner Functions, Back-End Integration,Campaign Execution), Marketing Calendar, Customer Segmentation, Product Proposals, Personalized Mail forms, Campaign Automation, External List Management, Lead Management, Marketing Analytics, CouponingC_CR600_50
      1 hour 40 ques.
      SAP ServiceCR700 (CRM Service) Installed Base Management and Individual Objects, Service Agreements and Contracts, Service Plans, Usage-Based Service Contracts, Service Order Management, Product Service Letter, Complaints and Returns, In-House Repair, Warranty Claims, Case ManagementC_CR700_50
      1 hour 40 ques.
      SDN WikiSCM (Supply Chain Management),
      SAP Auto-ID Infrastructure,
      SAP Supply Network Collaboration,
      SAP Extended Warehouse Management
      PlanningTSCM20 (Planning I), TSCM22 (Planning II), TSCM24 (Planning III (Case Study))Application Consultant C_TSCM24_03
      C_TSCM24_40
      ManufacturingTSCM20 (Manufacturing I), TSCM32 (Manufacturing II), TSCM34 (Manufacturing III (Case Study)) covers Order-Controlled Production with Production Orders & Process Orders, Project-Oriented Production, Repetitive Manufacturing, KANBANSolution Consultant C_TSCM24_40
      C_TSCM34_40
      ProcurementTSCM50 & TSCM52 (Procurement I&II)2005 C_TSCM52_05
      Order FulfillmentTSCM60TSCM62, TSCM64 (Order Fulfillment I,II,III (Case Study))2004 C_TSCM64_04
      2005 C_TSCM62_05
      SDN WikiSRM (Supplier Relationship Management),
      SAP Catalog Content Management,
      SAP SRM as Add-on for ECC
      Enterprise BuyerSRM210 / TSRM10 (SAP Enterprise Buyer Configuration)C_TSRM10_30
      1 hour 40 ques.
      C_TSRM10_40
      ProcurementTSCM50 (Procurement I), TSCM52 (Procurement II), TSCM54 (Procurement III (Case Study))C_TSCM54_03
      NetWeaver"Business Process Management"appsSDN WikiKMC (Knowledge Management & Collaboration) for 2004sDocument management service
      Content Mnagement service
      TEP30 (Configuration of Knowledge Management and Collaboration)
      EP300 (Config.KM & Collab.),
      EP600 (Conf. of the Universal Worklist)
      C_TEP30_04s
      3 hours 80 ques.
      SDN WikiXI (Exchange Infrastructure), morphing to
      PI (Process Integration)
      -TBIT40 (XI foundations),
      TBIT41 (Mapping Concepts),
      TBIT42 (Adapters Concepts),
      TBIT43 (Business Process Management Concepts),
      TBIT44 (Mapping, Adapters and BPM)
      BIT400 (SAP Exchange Infrastructure),
      TBIT50 (XI Technical Implementation & Operation I),
      TBIT51 (XI Technical Implementation & Operation II)
      Technology:
      C_TBIT44_04
      3 hours 80 ques.

      Development:
      C_TBIT51_04
      3 hours 80 ques.
      EP (Enterprise Portal)-SAPTEC (Fund.of the App. Plat.),
      ADM100 (SAP Web AS Admin. I),
      ADM200 (SAP Web AS Java Admin.),
      ADM102 (SAP Web AS Admin. II),
      SAPEP (SAP NW Portal Fundamentals),
      EP200 (SAP NW Portal System Administration),
      TADM10 (SAP Web AS Implementation & Operation)
      TEP10 (SAP NetWeaver Portal Implementation and Operation)
      Technology:C_TEP10_04s
      3 hours 120 ques.

      Development:C_TEP15_04
      3 hours 80 ques.
      IS (Information Systems) ManagementCCMS (Computing Center Mgmt System)BC-CCM-ADK Archiving Development Kit
      CCM-API Application Prog.Interfaces
      CCM-BTC Background Processing
      CCM-CNF Configuration
      CCM-HAV High Availability
      CCM-MON Monitoring
      CCM-PRN Print and Output Management
      --
      -Master Data Management (MDM 5.5 SP04)MDM100 (Master Data Management),
      MDM101 (MDM � GDS),
      MDM300 (MDM � Print Publishing),
      MDM400 (MDM � Data Modeling)
      -C_MDMS_04
      3 hours 80 ques.
      GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance)SDNVirsa,
      GTS
      xEM
      ---
      CPM (Corporate Performance Mangement) From acquisition ofOutlookSoft SEM (Strategic Enterprise Management)Strategy Management,
      Business Planning and Simulation (BI)
      Credit Management
      SAP Solutions for Performance Management
      Curriculum include TFIN40
      -

      Customer Interaction Center or Call Center (CIC) or the Sales Force Automation (SFA)
      APO of Supply Chain Optimization, Planning, and Execution (SCOPE) products.
      XECO (eXtended E-selling Components)
      FSCM (Financial Supply Chain Management) Server (ABAP)
      SAP xApps Self Services (XSS), not Cross-Site Scripting
      SAP MSS (Manager Self Service)

      SPM (Service Parts Management) with SPP (Service Parts Planning) SP developed with Caterpiller and Ford.
      EWM (Extended Warehouse Management)
      Company auditors use AIS (Audit Information System) to audit across business processes.

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    Set screen SAP For (Vertical) Industries

      Since ERP 6.0, all the 25+ industry software are delivered together, but selected via the SAP Switch Framework.

      IndustrySolution for ...NotesCoursesExams
      IS-Bbanking, financial industries, and market risk managementOCB13SFS
      IS-ISinsurance companies and currency markets-FS
      IS-Hhospitals and healthcare institutions--
      IS-OILOil & Gas industries-IOG100, TIOG10 Processes and Org.C_TIOG10_05
      3 hour 80 q.
      IS-MediaCommunication and publishing industries-IMD320, 420, 500, 700
      IS-PSAdministration and the public sector-IEG060, 110; IPS030
      IS-Retail 
      manuals
      MAP=Merchandise and Assortment Planning,
      POS-DM (Point of Sale Data Management
      F&R=Forecasting and Replenishment
      CLM=Customer Loyalty Management
      PCA=Profit Center Analysis (Khimetrics)
      Operational Assortment Planning,
      Procurement,
      Slow Seller Management,
      Pricing Planning Workbench,
      Promotion Enhancements.
      Enterprise Portal Business Package Retail
      OE5RET, IRT10, 310, 320, 330, 340, 350, 360, 370
      IS-UtilitiesUtilities industries-IUT
      IS-TelecomTelecommunication operators--
      IS-AutomotiveAutomobile manufacturing industries-IAU
      IS-Consumer ProductsConsumer products industries-ICP
      IS-Aerospace & DefenseAir and military industries--
      IS-ChemicalsChemical industries--
      IS-Engineering & ConstructionConstruction and engineering companies--
      IS-PharmaceuticalsPharmaceutical industries--
      Higher EducationCampus Management-OCM41S, IHE
      Mill Products--WDE500

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    Set screen Business-One Applications

      SDN WikiB1 (Business One) wiki

    1 comment:

    1. Hi lots of good information given on how SAP helps for business.Its really useful for many business to track there daily data.

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