SAP Overview

What is the full form of SAP ?
Systems Applications and Products in Data Processing
When was SAP founded ?
Founded in 1972 by Wellenreuther,Hopp,Hectar,Plattner and Tschira
- Renamed in 1977
-Before 1977 :System analysis and Program Development

SAP is the fourth largest software company in the world.
It ranks after Microsoft,IBM and Oracle in terms of market capitalization.
SAP is the largest Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) solution software provider.
SAP's products focus on ERP, which it helped to pioneer.
The company's main product is SAP R/3;the "R" stands for real time data processing and the number 3 relates to a three-tier application architecture: database, application server and client SAPgui.
Other major product offerings include Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO),Business Information Warehouse(BW),Customer Relationship Management(CRM),Supplier Relationship Management(SRM), Human Resource Management Systems(HRMS),Product Lifecycle Management(PLM), Exchange Infrastructure(XI) and Knowledge Warehouse(KW).
Reportedly, there are over 91,500 SAP installations at more than 28,000 companies. SAP products are used by over 12 million people in more than 120 countries."

SAP MODULES OVERVIEW

SAP FI Module - where FI means Financial Accounting – essentially this SAP module delivers your regulatory ‘books of record’, including
General ledger
Book close
Tax
Accounts receivable
Accounts payable
Asset Management (SAP AM)
Consolidation
Special ledgers
SAP CO Module - The CO stands for Controlling – basically the SAP Module which allows you to manage your internal cost/management accounting, including
Cost elements
Cost centres
Profit centres
Internal orders
Activity based costing
Product costing
SAP PS Module - and PS is Project Systems – this SAP Module is where you can 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)
SAP HR Module - the HR is for Human Resources ... people are the important part of this SAP module, includes
Employment history
Payroll
Training
Career management
Succession planning
SAP PM Module - where Plant Maintenance is the PM – this SAP module is where you maintain your equipment (e.g. a machine, an oil rig, an aircraft etc), including
Labour
Material
Down time and outages
SAP MM Module - one of the most important SAP Modules where MM is Materials Management - underpins the supply chain, including
Requisitions
Purchase orders
Goods receipts
Accounts payable
Inventory management
BOM’s
Master raw materials, finished goods etc
SAP QM Module - and QM stands for Quality Management in this SAP module – improve the quality of your goods, including
Planning
Execution
Inspections
Certificates
SAP PP Module - one of the really big SAP modules is Production Planning – manages your production process, including
Capacity planning
Master production scheduling
Material requirements planning
Shop floor
SAP SD Module - another one of the large SAP modules is Sales and Distribution – from order to delivery, including
RFQ
Sales orders
Pricing
Picking (and other warehouse processes)
Packing
Shipping
SAP BW Module - where BW stands for Business (Data) Warehouse which includes the following main functions:
Data extraction from source systems
Some technical and functional transformation of the data
Storage of the data in what are called Infoproviders
Reporting (which uses Infoproviders)

SAP Openings:
http://www.vaultinfo.com/index.php?page=currentopenings