SAP - Introduction
By SAP FICO Consultant
List of Contents :-
What is SAP ?
Why SAP is preferred over other ERPs ?
Eligibility for SAP Courses
Functional and Technical modules available in SAP
Roles and Responsibilities of a Consultant and an Enduser
What is ASAP Methodology
What is SAP R/3 Architecture
Introduction with SAP
SAP stands for Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing founded
by 5 IBM employees (Wellenreuther,Hopp,Hector, Plattner and Tschira) in
1972, Germany.
SAP is leading the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) market other players
like Oracle, BAAN, Microsoft Dynamics and Tally
It’s enterprise level software platform which is used to manage operations
and processes.
Companies can automate their financial, supply chain, manufacturing, sales
and other business processes
SAP integrates various modules like FI, MM, SD, PP etc. that can be
customized to meet business requirements
Why SAP is preferred over other ERPs ?
Increased Efficiency:- SAP automates various business processes and eliminates repetitive
tasks, saving business time and money.
Improved Decision Making:- Real time data in SAP helps management to take prompt
decisions. It provides data access on sales, finance, inventory. Helps to understand the
trends and identifies areas of improvement.
Enhanced Visibility:- With SAP, companies can monitor inventory levels, customer orders,
supplier performance etc.
Standardization:- SAP provides standard processes across various department which helps
companies to align their operations with SAP Best Practices
Cost Saving:- With automation and streamlining business processes SAP reduces cost and
also provides areas that require cost-cutting measures
Who Can Join this Course:-
IT developers and testers
Business Analysts
Data analysts
Project managers
Data scientists
Any graduate/postgraduate degree holder (B.Tech, MCA etc.)
Good to have academic background of finance like M.COM, MBA (Finance), CA,
ICWA, CPA, CIMA etc. for SAP FICO module
Streams and Relevant Modules in SAP
Functional Areas Relevant SAP Modules
Finance SAP FI (Finance)
Purchase SAP MM (Material Management)
Sales/Distribution SAP SD (Sales and Distribution)
Cost Control SAP CO (Controlling)
Production SAP PP (Production Planning)
Human Resource SAP HR/HCM
Plant Maintenance SAP PM
Warehousing SAP WM/EWM
Programming/Coding SAP ABAP (Technical Module)
Companies Partners with SAP :-
Companies
HCL Deloitte
TCS Accenture
Tech Mahindra PWC
Birlsoft Capgemini
L & T Infotech IBM
Infosys Atos
Wipro EY
MindTree Cognizant.
SAP Projects :-
Implementation :- When SAP is implementation for the first time in the
client’s business. It’s an end to end implementation
Roll Out:- Client already using SAP as ERP but needs to increase its presence
in other entities due to take overs, new acquisitions, mergers etc.
Support:- Client wants SAP support services for day to day business
requirements and issues
Accelerated SAP (ASAP) Methodology :-
Project Preparation (Decide Scope of Work)
Business Blueprints (As Is and To Be Approach)
Realization (Working on actual system for configuration & Test)
Final Project Preparation (Cutover activities)
Go Live (Business started working on SAP environment)
Hyper Care and Normal Support
EndUser Roles in SAP :-
Enduser:- He is the person responsible for doing the day to day business
activities like
Entering or Posting various types of documents and invoices
Maintaining or Creating accounts like general ledger, vendor, customer, asset,
material etc.
Creating and Tracking Invoices, Purchase or Sales Orders
Generating the reports from SAP system for external and internal reporting
SAP R/3 Architecture :-
R – Real Time and 3 - Tiers/Systems/Clients
Development Client:- Golden client used for configuration and unit testing
done by consultant. No end user role on this client
Quality Client:- It’s copy of production client. It is development data is copied
over to from this server to perform various kinds of testings like UT, SIT, UAT,
Regression etc.
Production Client: Real Time system with actual business data
Consultant Roles in SAP :-
Consultant:- He is called developer and responsible to meet the business
requirements of his client. Following are roles and responsibilities :-
Gathering the requirements from client and understand their client SOPs (Standard
Oriented Processes)
Mapping of client business processes with SAP Standard best practices. Creating
Business Blueprint documents, Functional/Technical specifications documents
Configuring and Customizing SAP application to suit the business requirements to
ensure the best possible solutions
Testing various business scenarios and transporting them to production system
(real time system)
Consistency of test results in Quality and Production system in order to get the
required development done successfully.
SAP Core Team :-
Common SAP Team Structure:-
Delivery Head
Delivery Manager
Project Manager
Solution Architect/Process Architect (Functional)
Lead/Principle Consultant (Functional/Technical)
Sr. Consultants (Functional/Technical)
Consultants (Functional/Technical)
Associate Consultants (Functional/Technical)
Team from Client side:-
Business Application Manager (IT Head)
Process Owner
Functional/Product Manager
SAP FI Introduction
By SAP FICO Consultant
Main Components of SAP FI Module
Following are the main components of SAP FI module:-
General Ledger Accounting (FI-G/L)
Account Payable Accounting (FI-AP)
A/c Receivable Accounting (FI-AR)
Asset Accounting (FI-AA)
SAP G/L Accounting
G/L accounting records all the transactions that posted in SAP and displays
the real-time status of financial accounts of an organization or a company
Master Data for incomes, expenses, liabilities and assets
Transaction processing direct or through integration
Account Analysis and Reconciliation
Periodic Processing (Interest Posting, Recurring Run etc.)
Reporting
SAP A/P Accounting
A/c payable accounting is also known as sub-ledger accounting that records
all the business transactions of vendor purchase activities and generate
automatic postings in G/L accounting.
Vendor Master Data
Invoice Processing (Purchase, Credit Memo)
Payment/Disbursement (Manual and Automatic Payment Program)
A/c Analysis and Reconciliation
Periodic Processing (Foreign Currency Revaluation Run for Vendor)
Reporting
SAP A/R Accounting
A/c receivable accounting is also known as sub-ledger accounting that records
all the business transactions of customer’s sales activities and generates
automatic postings in G/L accounting.
Customer Master Data
Invoice Processing (Sales Invoice, Debit Memo)
Incoming Payment against sales invoice
A/c Analysis and Reconciliation
Periodic Processing (Foreign Currency Revaluation for Customer)
Reporting
SAP Asset Accounting
Asset Accounting is also sub ledger accounting that records business
transactions of assets and generates automatic postings in G/L accounts
Acquisition and Sale of Asset
Posting of Depreciation
Integration of Asset with GL
Asset Master Data
Scrapping of Asset
Transfer of Asset
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