2. ERP
What are Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
Systems?
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:
Input
Storage/Retrieval
Manipulation
Output
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28,610+ Tables in SAP
3. ERP
Who are the big ERP vendors?
SAP, the German juggernaut
Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der
Datenverarbeitung, or
Systems, Analysis and Products in Data Processing.
Don’t be a sap!
Oracle/PeopleSoft/J. D. Edwards (J.D. Orisoft)
Microsoft Great Plains, aimed at smaller companies
SAP Business One is competing product
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5. SAP R/3 Enterprise
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Oracle
DB2
MSSQL
SAP can use a
number of
database programs
to actually store
the data.
FI
Financial
Accounting
CO
Controlling
Workflow
PP
Prod.
Planning
SD
Sales &
Distrib.
MM
Materials
Mgmt.
QM
Quality
Mgmt.
PM
Plant
Maint.
HR
Human
Resources
AM
Asset
Mgmt.
PS
Project
System
FI
Financial
Accounting
CO
Controlling
Workflow
PP
Prod.
Planning
SD
Sales &
Distrib.
MM
Materials
Mgmt.
QM
Quality
Mgmt.
PM
Plant
Maint.
HR
Human
Resources
AM
Asset
Mgmt.
PS
Project
System
6. Configuration
Configuration is the process of making
standard software fit your business. SAP, as an
example, has:
Over 8000 configuration decisions
Data structuring
Sales divisions, distribution channels
Rewriting Code (Modifications)
Not recommended because of compatibility problems
when updated versions of the software are installed.
Customization
Writing code at SAP-specified user exits
Third-party software solutions
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10. 10
SAP vs MS Office
Database and
Application
Server
Nothing is saved on your PC. Only things saved on our
server in Missouri are saved, and they are saved for good.
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Saving in Windows vs SAP
In Window Applications, you save often
so you don’t lose everything when you
get the Blue Screen of Death:
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Saving in Windows vs SAP ...2
In SAP, there are very few delete
options:
Don’t save if things don’t look 100%
correct! Exit the transaction and start
over
13. Clients in SAP R/3
What is a client?
A way to separate data in the system
In some ways, a separate database
Also, a table entry
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Field
Mandt
201
201
201
202
202
Column (attribute)
Row
(Record)
Client
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Data Set Number (##)
I am data set number 00, not you!
Enter Cred. Contr. area ##CR
and Currency USD
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System landscape for student use
201
Config.
202
CATT Test
203
FS Master
501
FS Student
502
FS Student
503
FS Student
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Logging On – SAP GUI
To log on to an R/3 system with the SAP Gui, you
need the proprietary SAP Gui (Graphical User
Interface) software loaded on your system and an
internet connection
Account on
SAP R/3 System
at hosting site
Internet Connection
PC with SAP Gui
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SAP GUI Configuration
First, you need to tell the SAP Gui which system you
want to log into:
If you don’t have
any systems defined,
click on New Item
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System Definition (provided by UCC)
Text description (free)
Address of system (e.g.
sapd.umsystem.edu)
SAP Router usually
not required
R/3 System Selected
System Number
Frequently 00, but not always
System ID
Logical name of system
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Logging On
Enter Client
Enter User (R/3 Account)
Enter Password (R/3 Account)
Don’t worry about language—
English will default in
22. SAPGUI - System ID IS4
SAPGUI - Description IS4 -SAP ERP 2005 (6.0)
SAPGUI - Application Server sbasap72.sba.uwm.edu
SAPGUI - System Number 00
Client Number 225
Student Userids ... Will be advised
Student Passwords
(case sensitive)
... Will be advised
SAP User-IDs and Passwords
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Logging On ...2
On the first time logging in to
a new account, you will have
to change the password—try
To remember your new
Password WITHOUT WRITING
IT DOWN!
Then a message or two
Then . . . .
26. Data Types
Master Data
Data that is relatively stable
Materials, Customers, Vendors
Transaction Data
Data that is relatively temporary
Stored at various stages of a business process
Customer orders, purchase orders, production orders,
customer payments
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