What is SAP*?
The SAP stands for Systems, Applications and Products in
Data Processing (It was originated in Germany. German
language - Systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der
Datenverarbeitung). SAP is one of the most leading ERP
(Enterprise Resource Planning) softwares. Because of
SAP's liberal open-architecture, there are millions of
programmers working around the world to provide
interaction between thousands of major softwares and
SAP.
SAP Modules
Offered:
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SAP FICO
Financial and Controlling
comprises: Financial Accounting - Designed for automated
management and external reporting of general ledger,
accounts receivable, accounts payable and other
sub-ledger accounts with a user defined chart of
accounts. As entries are made relating to sales
production and payments journal entries are
automatically posted. This connection means that the
"books" are designed to reflect the real situation;
Controlling - Represents the company's flow of cost and
revenue. It is a management instrument for
organizational decisions. It too is automatically
updated as events occur.
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SAP SD
Sales and Distribution - Helps to
optimize all the tasks and activities carried out in
sales, delivery and billing. Key elements are: pre-sales
support, inquiry processing, quotation processing, sales
order processing, delivery processing, billing and sales
information system.
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SAP MM
Material Management - Supports the
procurement and inventory functions occurring in
day-to-day business operations such as purchasing,
inventory management, reorder point processing, etc. The
module has two important master data - material and
vendor. Broadly, the various levels that can be defined
for a SAP MM implementation are: Client, Company Code,
Plant, Storage Location and Purchase Organization.
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SAP CRM
Supports all "customer-facing"
processes throughout the entire customer relationship
life cycle from market segmentation, lead generation and
opportunities to post-sales and customer service.
Includes business scenarios such as field sales and
service, customer interaction center and internet sales
and service. CRM Profile describes a finite list of
freely definable attributes and attribute values
relating to business partners or products and used for
marketing purposes.
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SAP SRM
Suppliers once were just a source
of goods. But today companies expect their suppliers to
play a larger role, providing value they can pass on to
their customers. SAP Supply Relationship Management
solution lets companies evaluate their supply and
sourcing strategy to lower procurement costs. It also
helps them work more closely with their suppliers to
build beneficial long-term relationships. TCLC offers
the comprehensive solutions training that handles
complex challenges of deploying a SAP SRM system. SAP
SRM has sourcing tools that monitor spending, help
identify supply sources and compress source cycling
times. It also can help companies automate and
streamline their procurement processes, and lets
suppliers maintain product information and manage orders
using a special portal.
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SAP PLM
Product Life-cycle Management
provides the Single Source of Truth for All
Product-Related Information Product innovation brings
new challenges daily - environmental concerns, shorter
product life spans, globally distributed sites and
project teams. Today manufacturers must deliver
high-quality products quickly and cost-effectively -
while retaining and building a customer base, reducing
service costs, and complying with international
regulations. After using sophisticated systems for
design, enterprise resource planning, and customer
relationship management, you may still need to get new
products to market faster. Critical departments and
functions may still operate separately. Suppliers and
partners may have challenges getting through your
firewalls. You need an integrated product life-cycle
management (PLM) software solution for collaborative
engineering, product development, and management of
projects, product structures, documents, and quality.
That PLM software provides an information backbone to
help you access relevant information anywhere, anytime.
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SAP BW
SAP Business Information Warehouse
is the name of the Business Intelligence, analytical,
reporting and Data Warehousing solution which is one of the
major enterprise software applications produced by SAP.
Also SAP BW consolidates data from internal systems and
external sources. It can be used to generate
departmental and management reports, for policy making,
for controlling processes and for monitoring critical
business factors. By making this information available
company wide, it also helps support your supply chain
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SAP Modules
Offered (cont'd)...
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SAP ABAP/4
Advanced Business Application
Programming is a high level programming language created
by the German software company SAP. It is currently
positioned, alongside the more recently introduced Java,
as the language for programming SAP's Web Application
Server, part of its NetWeaver platform for building
business applications. Its syntax is somewhat similar to
COBOL.
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SAP SEM
SAP Strategic Enterprise Management is part of the MySAP
ERP software. It is also called MySAP Financials SEM. It
is the Strategic Enterprise Management solution. It
delivers end-to-end capabilities to support financial
consolidation, strategy and performance
management life cycle, including:
Consolidated financial reporting;
Planning, budgeting, and forecasting;
Corporate performance management and scorecards;
Risk management - SAP SEM RM helps you identify,
quantify, and analyze business risks within individual
business units and manage risk-reducing activities.
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SAP HR
Human Resources - This module
demonstrates how you can use the graphical Human
Resources Information System to display evaluations on
the organization, personnel situation, and course
offerings within your enterprise. The standard R/3
System contains basic evaluations that you can modify
using the Implementation Guide in accordance with your
information requirements. This process chain is limited
to standard evaluations that provide information on the
organization itself, the personnel situation, and
corresponding qualifications. The evaluations use an
existing organizational structure.
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SAP Netweaver XI
SAP NetWeaver is SAP's integrated
technology platform and is the technical foundation for
all SAP applications since the SAP Business Suite. SAP
NetWeaver is marketed as a service-oriented application
and integration platform. SAP NetWeaver provides the
development and runtime environment for SAP applications
and can be used for custom development and integration
with other applications and systems. SAP NetWeaver is
built using open standards and industry de facto
standards and can be extended with, and interoperate
with technologies such as Microsoft .NET, Sun Java EE,
and IBM WebSphere.
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SAP Security
Security Essentials is a direct
answer to the need for practical security information
for SAP users, consultants, and managers. From default
passwords to authorization profiles, SAP Security
Essentials will put you on the path to understanding
what you really need to know. More than just a rehash of
SAP documentation and sales presentations, each session
is based on project knowledge and experience gained on
successful high-profile SAP implementations. SAP
Security Essentials Includes. Finding Audit Critical
Combinations. Authentication, Transaction Logging, and
Passwords.
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SAP Enterprise Portal Admin
Enterprise Portal - You can
integrate business-relevant content from the SAP
Business Information Warehouse seamlessly into a SAP
Enterprise Portal. The SAP Enterprise Portal enables you
to access applications from other systems and sources,
such as the Internet or intranet. Using one entry point,
you can reach both structured and unstructured
information. In addition to content from Knowledge
Management, business data from data analysis is
available to you from the Internet and from the
Intranet.
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SAP APO
The Advanced Planner and Optimizer (APO) is the software
from SAP dedicated to supply chain management.
The focus of this course is on introducing modeling
approaches and explaining the structure and
interdependencies of systems, modules and entities of
APO based on the release mySAP SCM 4.1. Another concern
is the integration with R/3, both technically and from a
process point of view. Since APO projects differ
significantly from other SAP projects, some key issues
and common mistakes concerning project management are
trained as well.
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