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by John Cook

Every organisation has numerous departments, and it is essential to integrate every last of these departments to work uniformly. SAP software integrates all interior procedures by means of various modules. The advance SAP technology enables R/3 to deal with business management operations throughout all the sections of the organization. Whatever change in the organisational structure can be easily mirrored by the SAP technology, and it provides space for the expansion. Both decentralization and centralization of processes can be done efficiently if the company has set up SAP software. Irrespective of the size of the business, SAP helps the company to organize all its business activities.

Components of SAP

Equally with whatsoever software system, SAP has a primary system addressed as the kernel. This is the engine of the whole R/3 system answerable for taking out all functionalities. The screen interpreter checks user input and displays error messages. This takes the input fed to the system and transfers the input to the ABAP/4 interpreter. This interpreter executes the instructions written in ABAP/4 programming language which was used to develop SAP. The SAP system also has a data dictionary for storing all types of definitions used in various modules. Flow control is handled by as a separate component which maintains perfect data flow inside the system. Interfaces connect the software with the outside environment enabling communication between the user and the system.

Modules of SAP

For any business, logistics, accounting, and human resources are the three essential departments carrying out the entire business process. SAP has separate modules for each of these departments and these modules help the organization to execute the business management tasks. SAP enables customization, making the software suitable for any organizing doing any type of business.

Logistic modules

The business processes like sales and distribution handling (SD), material management (MM), production planning (PP), plant maintenance (PM), and quality management (QM) are taken care of by logistic modules. Any organization will require most of these modules if not all. Materials used for production are handled by the MM module. PP and PM modules ensure that the production process works as required. QM module is used to handle quality assurance of the product. The ultimate aim of any organization is to sell its products and hence, SD module is an important module in the SAP system.

Accounting modules

Accounting is important for an organization and the SAP accounting modules automate the accounts department. The FI module handles all accountings like ledgers, balance sheets, and profit and loss statements. Asset management is also carried out by the FI module. The controlling functionality is carried out by the CO module which controls not only the costs but also the objectives of the company. Enterprise controlling (EC) module takes care of integration of company information and external markets to devise efficient marketing strategy.

Human resources modules

Among the various departments, the HR department is crucial for an organization. The personal administration (PA) module of the SAP system takes care of maintaining the records of all the staff. Any department can get access to these data and this module makes the updated data available throughout the system. The personnel planning and development (PD) module incorporates all that is essential for managing the man power of the organization.

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8 Comments to “For SAP Students - SAP Components and SAP Modules”

  1. on 30 Mar 2009 at 3:50 pmLeo Solaris

    From a home user’s standpoint, it would feel like the end of the world. No more windows? How will my computer turn on? I suppose I will have to spend a lot more to buy a Mac.

    From the server side of things… I doubt most would even notice, except perhaps colleges and schools who are paid to use Microsoft products for their online presence. (I asked the IT dept at my college about why they use MS products.) That loss of income would hurt them. Other than that, most servers already run Linux/Unix. The web will survive.

    More companies like Apple will come about, I bet, that take Open Source Software, add to it, and barely acknowledge the fact.

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  3. on 08 Apr 2009 at 7:30 amTammy M.

    to be honest i don't trust them very much. i go to a four year senior college, and i am currently taking one on-line course. there is a big difference between having to go to class and doing assignments on-line at your own time and never seeing the professor. luckily for us, our professor for this class met us first and set up a place where we can communicate with one another in case we had questions. i definitely like on-line classes because of the convenience, but i can not imagine all my classes being that way for the simple fact that i like going out more than being stuck at home, it gets very dull after a while. i say on-line college is good for people with hectic lives or work during the day, have kids etc. just be careful and make sure that the college is an accredited college.

  4. on 09 Apr 2009 at 12:37 pmmary b

    Online College is the almost the same thing as if you were going to go to and on campus college. I have done both on campus and then I switched to online, and I love online way better. The instructor's are wonderful as well as the staff. As for group projects ands writing long research paper's. I haven't done any group projects and I have done writing but that's because it was one of my courses. Depending on what your going for and what college you attend. Do your homework before entering any online college tho!! I looked into a lot of different college's until I decided. Good luck to you!!

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