SAP
Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung, or Systems, Analysis and Products in Data Processing
What Does ERP Stand
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Enterprise Resource Planning - 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:
a. Input
b. Storage/Retrieval
c. Manipulation
d. Output
What are the different modules within SAP? - FICO, QM, PS, PM, PP, SD, MM, HR, AM
what do all of these stand for? Finance, Controlling, Quality Management, Project Systems, Plant Maintenance, Production Planning, Sales & Distribution, Materials Management, Human Resources, Asset Management.
What Year was SAP formed? what company did the original members come from
1972 IBM.
ERP Software Benefits
Improved process, better decision making, global integration, reduced IT maintenance, real time access to data
SAP is a
client server architecture
SAP
transaction based
What is the programming code used by SAP?
ABAP
What is the Z Transaction stand for?
Custom Code
What is a Client
A way to separate data in the system , sometimes a different database or a table entry
13. What is the main screen within the SAP GUI?
SAP Easy Access
14. SAP is designed for participants in business processes
a. Limited feedback
b. Few transactions in one module
c. Lots of options
d. Power means Complexity
e. Intuitive is in the eye of the beholder
15. What is ASUG?
SAP UA members are considered licensed customers; they are eligible to join ASUG like any other customer. They are not automatically an ASUG UA member.
16. How to do you access SAP for information?
1. What is the Silo Effect?
Focusing on functional objectives without regard to process objectives
a. Optimizing functional goals vs. process goals Process execution requires Communication and coordination among functions
2. What are Business Processes
a. Sequence of tasks or activities that produce desired outcomes
3. Procurement process
Create Purchase Requisition, Create and send purchase order, receive materials receive invoice and send payment
4. Production process
Request Production, Authorize, issue raw materials, create product and receive finished goods.
2. Architecture of Enterprise Systems
- Client Server & Service Oriented
3. There are 3 layers of the CS Architecture
Presentation Layer, Application Layer & Data Layer
4. Enterprise Resource Planning Systems
a. Focus primary on internal operations of an organization
b. Integrate functional and cross-functional business processes
c. SAP is a fully integrated, global ERP system
d. Supports multiple languages and currencies
5. SAP's Application Suite
a. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
b. Supply Chain Management (SCM)
c. Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)
d. Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
7. SAP HANA
converges database and application platform capabilities in-memory to transform transactions, analytics, text analysis, predictive and spatial processing so businesses can operate in real-time.
9. Organizational Level
is the company code a. Central organizational element in financial accounting
b. Books are maintained at this level for legal reporting
c. Identifies legal entities in an enterprise (Client)
d. Legally independent from other companies in the enterprise
e. Client can have multiple company codes
f. Company code must belong to only one client
10. Organization Level - Plant
a. Performs Multiple functions
b. Uses many Processes
c. Represents factory, warehouse, office distribution center
What is Master Data
a. Long-term data that typically represent entities associated with various processes?
b. Customer, Vendor, Material
12. Material Master is used in numerous processes
a. Procurement
b. Fulfillment
c. Production
d. Material planning
e. Asset management
f. Project systems
g. Lifecycle data management
13. What Transaction do you use to create a Purchase Order?
a. ME21N / ME22N / ME23N - Purchase Order (Create/change/check)
b. ME51N / ME52N / ME53N - Purchase Requisition (Create/change/check)
14. What is the Business Warehouse
Where reports are processed for SAP
1. FI / CO are part of the Accounting Process
a. Financial accounting (FI)
b. Management accounting (CO)
2. Financial Accounting
External - Legal reporting - Financial Statements communication to investors
3. Management Accounting
Internal - Managing the firm with regard to costs and revenues
4. Key Financial Accounting Processes
a. General ledger accounting
b. Accounts receivable accounting
c. Accounts payable accounting
d. Asset accounting
e. Bank ledger accounting
1. ERP SIM Game
HEC Montreal SIM Game
Water
ERP Water Natural, ERP Water Carbonated & ERP Water Lemon
2. We Sold
a. There were 6 products
b. 3 District Marketing accounts
c. One Distribution Channel
d. We sold in North, West & South region of Europe
e. Products were sold in EUROS
3. We focused on the following areas
Sales, Procurement & Planning
1. Purchasing Group is usually associated
Procurement : a. A buyer or group of buyers responsible for certain materials or groups of materials
b. Can be internal to the company or external
c. Decide to purchase land, but use a realtor (external purchasing group) to execute the purchase
2. Master Data used in Procurement
a. Material Master
b. Vendor Master
c. Purchasing info record
d. Conditions
3. Material Master Views in Procurement
a. Forecasting (Material Planning process)
b. Sales (Fulfillment process)
c. Work Scheduling (Production process)
d. MRP (Production process)
e. Classification (PLM process)
f. Warehouse Management (WM process)
4. Types of Materials in procurement
a. Raw
b. Finished Goods
c. Trading goods
5. Goods Movement
Transaction that causes a change in stock status (value or status)
a. Categories of Goods Movement
b. Specific Movement types
1. Basic fulfillment process includes the following,
receive customer PO, Create Sales Order, Prepare shipment (pick and pack), send shipment (ship), create and send invoice and receive payment
3. Sales Area
includes, the Sale Org, Distribution channel & division
4. Distribution Chain
some master data is maintained in the fulfillment process - they include material master and pricing conditions.
6. Credit Control areas
are responsible for the customer credit information and usually centralized.
7. The Customer Master
is maintained during the Fulfillment process
8. To update Customer Master Data use the following Transaction code
transaction code XD01.
1. The Basic Production Process
- request production, authorize production, issue raw materials, create product and receive finished goods
2. What is a BOM
Bill of Material
3. BOM's are used in the following areas
a. Material planning
b. Production
c. Procurement
d. Product costing
4. GBI Dallas Production Facility
includes 4 Storage Areas
5. Elements of the Good Issues Step include
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