At present there
was huge demand on simple web based ERP interface, user friendly & easy to
access
People are
looking for google, Facebook like interface.
SAP has introduce
new dimension products such as S4 /Hana, C4C, Simple finance, simple Logistic,
Fiori, Hybris marketing, IBP many more
New dimension
products are design to meet present software trend
SAP now are moving away from
describing their system as a set of modules, and now are using the term
‘solutions’,
Traditional SAP Module as follows:
- Financials
- Human Resources
- Customer Relationship Management
- Supplier Relationship Management
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Business Intelligence
Solution wise SAP module are categorized
.lets check traditional SAP Module
FI Financial Accounting –
essentially your regulatory ‘books of record’, including
- General ledger
- Book close
- Tax
- Accounts receivable
- Accounts payable
- Consolidation
- Special ledgers
CO Controlling – basically your
internal cost/management accounting, including
- Cost elements
- Cost centres
- Profit centres
- Internal orders
- Activity based costing
- Product costing
AM Asset Management – track, value
and depreciate your assets, including
- Purchase
- Sale
- Depreciation
- Tracking
PS Project Systems – manage your
projects, large and small, including
- Make to order
- Plant shut downs (as a project)
- Third party billing (on the
back of a project)
HR Human Resources – ah yes, people,
including
- Employment history
- Payroll
- Training
- Career management
- Succession planning
PM Plant Maintenance – maintain your
equipment (e.g. a machine, an oil rig, an aircraft etc), including
- Labour
- Material
- Down time and outages
MM Materials Management – underpins
the supply chain, including
- Requisitions
- Purchase orders
- Goods receipts
- Accounts payable
- Inventory management
- BOM’s
- Master raw materials, finished
goods etc
QM Quality Management – improve the
quality of your goods, including
- Planning
- Execution
- Inspections
- Certificates
PP Production Planning – manages
your production process, including
- Capacity planning
- Master production scheduling
- Material requirements planning
- Shop floor
SD Sales and Distribution – from
order to delivery, including
- RFQ
- Sales orders
- Pricing
- Picking (and other warehouse
processes)
- Packing
- Shipping
CA Cross Application – these lie on
top of the individual modules, and include
- WF – workflow
- BW – business information
warehouse
- Office – for email
- Workplace
- Industry solutions
