SAP ECC stands for ERP Central Component.
Back in 2005, SAP AG, the company that provides the enterprise resource planning solution upgraded SAP package and launched it as SAP ECC 6.0.
ECC6.0 is the latest version and it is the next generation of the SAP R/3. It supports NetWeaver component and also modules like BI,XI, and EP.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
SAP APO
APO stands for Advanced Planner and Optimizer.
This is a large component of SAP's New Dimension products. APO is an entire suite of supply chain planner applications that increase overall knowledge of the supply chain and provide forecasting, planning and optimization.
There are eight application levels within SAP APO:
1. Network design
2. Supply network planning
3. Demand planning
4. Production planning and detailed scheduling
5. Transportation planning
6. Vehicle scheduling
7. Global availability and
8. Supply chain collaboration.
SAP APO always requires a backend ERP system for execution functions. In most cases, the backend system is an SAP R/3 system.
The benefits of the SAP APO, is that it provides the basis for an end-to-end supply chain management solution, seamlessly linking all key processes from order generation to production planning to transportation.
SAP APO offers functionality for:
1. Demand planning
2. Supply network planning
3. Production planning
4. Detailed scheduling Available to promise.
This is a large component of SAP's New Dimension products. APO is an entire suite of supply chain planner applications that increase overall knowledge of the supply chain and provide forecasting, planning and optimization.
There are eight application levels within SAP APO:
1. Network design
2. Supply network planning
3. Demand planning
4. Production planning and detailed scheduling
5. Transportation planning
6. Vehicle scheduling
7. Global availability and
8. Supply chain collaboration.
SAP APO always requires a backend ERP system for execution functions. In most cases, the backend system is an SAP R/3 system.
The benefits of the SAP APO, is that it provides the basis for an end-to-end supply chain management solution, seamlessly linking all key processes from order generation to production planning to transportation.
SAP APO offers functionality for:
1. Demand planning
2. Supply network planning
3. Production planning
4. Detailed scheduling Available to promise.
SAP Business One
SAP Business is a business management software specifically for SME(small and midsize enterprises). It integrates all business functions across sales, distribution, and financials, all in a single flexible and responsive system.
SAP Business One has following modules.
1. Accounting and Financials: Handle all financial transactions and budget tracking and reporting. Tracks all banking processes and generates easy-to-use financial reports.
2. Customer Relationship Management (CRM): Manages the entire sales process and forecast revenue potential with web based interface to customers to log inquiries and check order status in real-time.
3. Operations and Distribution: Generate price quotes, enter customer orders, update stock levels, and manage all billing and accounts receivables.
4. Administration and Reporting: Handle inventory levels, item management, transfers between warehouses, and stock transactions. Manages production material requirements and predict demand based on forecasts.
SAP Business One has following modules.
1. Accounting and Financials: Handle all financial transactions and budget tracking and reporting. Tracks all banking processes and generates easy-to-use financial reports.
2. Customer Relationship Management (CRM): Manages the entire sales process and forecast revenue potential with web based interface to customers to log inquiries and check order status in real-time.
3. Operations and Distribution: Generate price quotes, enter customer orders, update stock levels, and manage all billing and accounts receivables.
4. Administration and Reporting: Handle inventory levels, item management, transfers between warehouses, and stock transactions. Manages production material requirements and predict demand based on forecasts.
SAP LES Module
LES stands for Logistics Execution System.
SAP LES is a core module of SAP R/3 or SAP ERP.
The main components of SAP LES are the warehouse management SAP WM (Warehouse Management) and the material flow control SAP TRM (SAP Task and Resource Management). SAP LES is the most widely used application for warehouse management and control worldwide with about 5000 installations.
Application of SAP LES completely replaces external warehouse control systems (WMSs/MFCs) for automated and manual warehouses.
SAP LES facilitates management of information and processes at all stages of the supply chain ranging from procuring raw materials to distributing finished products. SAP LES connects SCM processes involved in procurement, order processing, production, storage, inventory management, shipping, and sales.
SAP LES is a core module of SAP R/3 or SAP ERP.
The main components of SAP LES are the warehouse management SAP WM (Warehouse Management) and the material flow control SAP TRM (SAP Task and Resource Management). SAP LES is the most widely used application for warehouse management and control worldwide with about 5000 installations.
Application of SAP LES completely replaces external warehouse control systems (WMSs/MFCs) for automated and manual warehouses.
SAP LES facilitates management of information and processes at all stages of the supply chain ranging from procuring raw materials to distributing finished products. SAP LES connects SCM processes involved in procurement, order processing, production, storage, inventory management, shipping, and sales.
SAP FI/CO Module
SAP FICO stands for SAP Finance and Control.
SAP FICO is not an independent module of SAP ERP but a combanition of SAP FI and SAP CO modules of SAP R/3.
The SAP FI Module deals with accounting and finance while the SAP CO module deals with cost and revenue for the purpose of planning, reporting, and monitoring the operations of an enterprise.
As SAP modules have real time functionality and are automatically updated as events occur, using the FI module one can review the financial position of a company on real-time basis as compared to conventional systems where there is no real-time reporting.
The FI Module is integrated with other SAP Modules such as SAP MM , SAP PP, SAP SD, etc.
SAP FICO is not an independent module of SAP ERP but a combanition of SAP FI and SAP CO modules of SAP R/3.
The SAP FI Module deals with accounting and finance while the SAP CO module deals with cost and revenue for the purpose of planning, reporting, and monitoring the operations of an enterprise.
As SAP modules have real time functionality and are automatically updated as events occur, using the FI module one can review the financial position of a company on real-time basis as compared to conventional systems where there is no real-time reporting.
The FI Module is integrated with other SAP Modules such as SAP MM , SAP PP, SAP SD, etc.
SAP SRM Module
Supplier relationship management is a comprehensive approach to managing an enterprise's interactions with the organizations that supply the goods and services it uses. The goal of supplier relationship management (SRM) is to streamline and make more effective the processes between an enterprise and its suppliers just as customer relationship management (CRM) is intended to streamline and make more effective the processes between an enterprise and its customers.
SRM includes both business practices and software and is part of the information flow component of supply chain management (SCM).
SRM practices create a common frame of reference to enable effective communication between an enterprise and suppliers who may use quite different business practices and terminology. As a result, SRM increases the efficiency of processes associated with acquiring goods and services, managing inventory, and processing materials.
SAP SRM simplifies and automates procurement. The SAP SRM process integrates supplier qualification, negotiation, and contract management more tightly and cost-effectively with other enterprise functions and their suppliers’ processes – through a single framework with support for multichannel suppliers.
SRM includes both business practices and software and is part of the information flow component of supply chain management (SCM).
SRM practices create a common frame of reference to enable effective communication between an enterprise and suppliers who may use quite different business practices and terminology. As a result, SRM increases the efficiency of processes associated with acquiring goods and services, managing inventory, and processing materials.
SAP SRM simplifies and automates procurement. The SAP SRM process integrates supplier qualification, negotiation, and contract management more tightly and cost-effectively with other enterprise functions and their suppliers’ processes – through a single framework with support for multichannel suppliers.
SAP BW Module
Due to of increasing competition amongst corporations it has become mandatory to make quick and sound crucial business decisions based on analysis of business critical data. This is the point where data warehouses come into play. For them SAP’s Business Information Warehouse (BW) provides a complete information factory solution. BW is the central component in the SAP suite of applications with an added advantage of being a software package that can be used in both SAP and non-SAP environments.
SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) is the name of the Business Intelligence, analytical, reporting and Data Warehousing (DW) solution which is one of the major enterprise software applications produced by SAP AG. It was originally named SAP BIW, (Business Information Warehouse), but is now known as SAP NetWeaver BI.
For the modern enterprise, time wasted due to data loss and inconsistencies is unacceptable, particularly when this can often be remedied easily through the use of a data warehouse.
SAP introduced Business Warehouse Information Systems (BW) in the first half of 1997. This system approach consolidates the external and the internal sources of data into a single repository and provides preconfigured data that aids the organizations and enterprises in dealing with the data management and archiving.
The SAP environment therefore expanded its horizon with the introduction and implementation of SAP BW to encompass new applications for the SAP R/3 administrators responsible for administering and maintenance of these data reserves.
SAP Business Information Warehouse (SAP BW) is the name of the Business Intelligence, analytical, reporting and Data Warehousing (DW) solution which is one of the major enterprise software applications produced by SAP AG. It was originally named SAP BIW, (Business Information Warehouse), but is now known as SAP NetWeaver BI.
For the modern enterprise, time wasted due to data loss and inconsistencies is unacceptable, particularly when this can often be remedied easily through the use of a data warehouse.
SAP introduced Business Warehouse Information Systems (BW) in the first half of 1997. This system approach consolidates the external and the internal sources of data into a single repository and provides preconfigured data that aids the organizations and enterprises in dealing with the data management and archiving.
The SAP environment therefore expanded its horizon with the introduction and implementation of SAP BW to encompass new applications for the SAP R/3 administrators responsible for administering and maintenance of these data reserves.
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