ERP

What are Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

Systems?
Incredibly large, extensive software packages used
to manage a firms 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
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.
Dont 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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SAP R/3 ENTERPRISE
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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
SAP R/3 ENTERPRISE
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Oracle
DB2
MSSQL
SAP can use a
number of
database programs
to actually store
the data.
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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FITTER SNACKER COMPANY
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Manufacturing
Process
Inputs Outputs
FI
CO
Material
Master
Vendor
Master
Pricing
Cust.
Master
Pricing
Basic
Data
Calendars
Currencies
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Three-tier Client/Server Architecture
USER PCs
USER PCs
Application
Server
Application
Server
Application
Server
Application
Server
Database
Server
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Two Tier Client/Server System
(Training Configuration)
User PCs
Database and
Application
Server
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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 dont lose everything when you
get the Blue Screen of Death:
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In SAP, there are very few delete
options:




Dont save if things dont look 100%
correct! Exit the transaction and start
over
Saving in Windows vs. SAP
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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Fitter Snacker Setup
SAP 5 Server
Client 501
01 Fitter Snacker
02 Fitter Snacker
03 Fitter Snacker
99 Fitter Snacker
Client 502
01 Fitter Snacker
02 Fitter Snacker
03 Fitter Snacker
99 Fitter Snacker
Client 503
01 Fitter Snacker
02 Fitter Snacker
03 Fitter Snacker
99 Fitter Snacker
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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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SAP 5 System Landscape
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
in Missouri
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 dont 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
CONFIGURED SAP GUI
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Select System:
double-click or
Logon button
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Logging On
Enter Client

Enter User (R/3 Account)

Enter Password (R/3 Account)

Dont worry about language
English will default in
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Logging On
On the first time logging in to
a new account, you will have
to change the passwordtry
To remember your new
Password WITHOUT WRITING
IT DOWN!

Then a message or two

Then . . . .
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Success!
SAP Easy Access
Master Data Entry
Transaction Data Entry
IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE (IMG)
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Where Configuration
Takes Place
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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TRANSACTION DATA
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Transactions flow down
the river of time
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