ERP-SAP

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SAP AG is a German multinational software corporation that configures  enterprise resource planning  software to manage tomorrows business operations of an organization.
Headquartered is in Germany with offices around the globe.SAP is one of the largest software companies in the world with its leading software products SAP ERP.

ERP is a software tool which combines which combines all department (such as Production,Human resource,Finance, Sales & distribution, Marketing,Supply chain, Manufacturing etc)  transactions in one software package.

SAP  is a leading ERP software package.

SAP has different modules to meet the requirements of different industry sectors & different business operations like production,HR, Sales & distribution, marketing,supply chain etc).
 



List of SAP modules:

SAP Modules are classified into 4 types
  1. SAP Functional Modules
  2. SAP Technical Modules
  3. SAP New Dimensional Modules /SAP New Modules
  4. SAP IS - Industries specific modules
SAP Functional Modules
  1. SAP FI - Financial Accounting.
  2. SAP CO -  Controlling.
  3. SAP PP-Production Planning.
  4. SAP CS - Customer Service.
  5. SAP EC - Enterprise Controlling.
  6. SAP EHS - Environment, Health & Safety.
  7. SAP FSCM- Financial Supply Chain Management.
  8. SAP HR- Human Resources.
  9. SAP IM - Investment Management.
  10. SAP MM - Materials Management .
  11. SAP PLM - Product Life Cycle Management.
  12. SAP PM - Plant Maintenance.
  13. SAP PP-Production Planning.
  14. SAP Product Costing
  15. SAP PS - Project Systems.
  16. SAP QM - Quality Management.
  17. SAP RE - Real Estate.
  18. SAP SD - for Sales and Distribution.
  19. SAP SM - Service Management.
  20. SAP TR - Treasury.
  21. SAP WM - Warehouse Management.
  22. SAP LO - Logistics General.
  23. SAP CRM -Customer Relationship Management.
  24. SAP SRM- Supplier Relationship Management.

SAP Technical Modules
  1. SAP ABAP - Advanced Business Application Programming.
  2. SAP Basis
  3. SAP BI - Business Intelligence.
  4. SAP BODI - Business Objects Data Integrator.
  5. SAP EP - Enterprise Portal.
  6. SAP GRC - Group Risk Compliance.
  7. SAP PI -Integration (SAP PI)
  8. SAP - Master Data Management.
  9. SAP Netweaver 
  10. SAP Security module
  11. SAP Solution Manager
  12. SAP XI
  13. SAP BPC - Business Planning and Consolidation.
SAP New Dimensional modules / SAP New Modules 
  1. SAP APO - Planner Optimizer.
  2. SAP SEM - Strategic enterprise management.
  3. SAP SCM - Supply Chain Management.
  4. SAP EWM- Extended Warehouse Management.
SAP IS modules (Industry specific)
  1. SAP IS Insurance for Insurance companies and Currency Markets.
  2. SAP IS Wholesale Distribution for wholesale distribution industry.
  3. SAP IS Automotive for Automobile manufacturing industries.
  4. SAP IS Banking for Financial Industries, Banking, and Market Risk Management.
  5. SAP IS Chemicals for Chemical industries.
  6. SAP IS Consumer Products for Consumer product industries.
  7. SAP IS Defense & Security for defense and security industries.
  8. SAP IS Engineering, Construction, and Operations for Construction and engineering companies.
  9. SAP IS Healthcare for hospitals and healthcare institutions.
  10. SAP IS Higher Education & Research for Campus management.
  11. SAP IS High Tech for high tech industries.
  12. SAP IS Industrial Machinery and Components for heavy machinery manufacturing companies.
  13. SAP IS Insurance for Insurance companies and Currency Markets.
  14. SAP IS Oil & Gas for Oil and Gas Industries.
  15. SAP IS Life Sciences for life sciences industry.
  16. SAP IS Media for Communication and Publishing industries.
  17. SAP IS Mill Products for mill product industries.
  18. SAP IS Mining for mining industries.
  19. SAP IS Professional Services for professional services industry.
  20. SAP IS Pharma for Pharmaceutical industries.
  21. SAP IS Public Sector for Public Sector and Administration.
  22. SAP IS Retail for Supermarkets and Retail industry.
  23. SAP IS Telecommunications for Telecommunication operators.
  24. SAP IS Transportation & Logistics for transportation and logistics industry.
  25. SAP IS Utilities for Utility industries.
  26. SAP IS Aerospace & Defense for Air and military industries.

Minimum hardware and software requirements to install SAP ERP

There are some minimum hardware and software requirements are essential to install SAP ERP.
The number of clients running on the server will decide the capacity of the server.
1.Hardwares for SAP ERP
 Supported hardwares for SAP are HP,IBM,Sun,AT&T,AS400 etc
 Ram size :1-6 GB RAM
 Hard disk size :160-500 GB
 Processor speed :Min 1Ghz
2.Databases for SAP ERP
 Database can be used in SAP software are  Oracle, MS SQL, Informix, Sybase, DB2 for AIX etc
3.Operating System for SAP 
 SAP can be installed on the Operating systems such as MS WindowNT,OS/400,Unix,Solaris ,AIX ,HP UX .
4.Software requirements
Internet Exp 5.0 or higher ver, Windows NT  server , Windows NT  service pack, MS SQL       server, SAP R/3  CDs( export cds-3 nos ,report data ,GUI),SAP R/3 Kernel CDs.