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What is SAP?
SAP stands for Systems Applications & Products in Data

processing. Its an E.R.P software Started by 5 IBM engineers in the 1970s standards based ERP software Initial release was called R/2 on a mainframe SAP later released R/3 as a client server software The R in R/3 stand for Real Time New dimension products based on Netweaver.

Who uses SAP?

70% of all Fortune 100 companies 50% of all Fortune 500 companies Released business one & By Design designed for SMEs.

Ex: Wal-Mart , apple, Adobe, Unilever, Chevron, Fiord, GM, Bank of America.

Modules in SAP R/3 (or ECC)

FICO SD MM PP QM WM LE HR

PS
EHS PLM

New Dimention Products (mySAP)

CRM SRM APO BI SEM BPC FSCM PI

Industry Solutions
IS-AFS IS-OIL IS-UTILITY IS- RETAIL IS-AUTOMOTIVE MEDIA

SAP are categorized into 3 core functional areas:

Logistics

Sales and Distribution (SD) Material Management (MM) Warehouse Management (WM) Production Planning (PP) General Logistics (LO) Quality Management (QM) Financial Financial Accounting (FI) Controlling (CO) Enterprise Controlling (EC) Investment Management (IM) Treasury (TR) Human Resources Personnel Administration (PA) Personnel Development (PD)

Three-Tiered Architecture
SAP software uses a three-tiered architecture.
In a three-tiered architecture there are three nodes: Presentation Layer or Client: The PC-based GUI interface that is used by the enduser community. Business Logic or Application Server: The SAP application servers that service requests for data and manage the interface to the presentation layer. Database Server: The actual DBMS that communicates with the application servers to fulfill their requests for data.

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