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AAA
Materials Management Automatic Account Assignment (configured with transaction omwb)
ABAP/4
Advanced Business Application Programming/4, the Fourth generation programming language
developed by SAP to develop application programs. The program can be executed/tested without
saving the same.
Account determination
System function that determines automatically the accounts in financial accounting
to which the amount(s) in question should be posted for the user during any
posting transaction.
AM
Asset Management Module
Application Link Enabling
Application Link Enabling (ALE) supports the creation and operation of distributed
applications and application integration is achieved via synchronous and asynchronous
communication , not via a central database. Provides business-controlled message
exchange with consistent data on loosely linked SAP applications.
APO
Advanced Planner & Optimizer
ARIS-Toolset
Tool for creating the graphical models that describe the functionality and
integration of the SAP R/3 System.
ATP
Available-to-promise is the quantity of a material or part still available
to MRP which can be used for new sales orders.
Authorization
Allowing a person/system/module to have a specified access limitations. An
authorization specifies one or more permissible values for each of the authorization
fields that are listed in an authorization object.
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BC
Basis
Backflush
Material is issued for use in an order. Automatic posting of a goods issue
for these components some time after their actual physical issue is termed as
backflush. During confirmation, the goods issue posting of backflushed components
is carried out.
Background Processing
To schedule a process to happen without coming onto the screen. Data can be
processed in the background while other functions are being carried out in parallel
on the screen. Some programs can be schedules to run on week ends at a particular
time. This is particularly useful for batch processing, taking back-up of data
etc.
BAPI
Business Application Programming Interface
Batch Input
Interface to facilitate the transfer of large amounts of either old data or
external data to an SAP system.
Batch Processing
The procedure to process large volumes of data at once. The processing can
not be modified once processing has begun.
BBP
Business-To-Business Procurement
BDC
Batch Data Communication. Used to define processing mode for a batch input
sessions like Displaying all records, Displaying error dialogs, Process sessions
in background etc.
BW
Business Information Warehouse
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CO
Controlling
CATT
SAP tool for grouping and automating repetitive business transactions for test
runs and text modules.
Change Management
Handling of transformation from one environment to another. This could be changing
systems internally from one system to another or moving to a new release from
the existing system.
Client
A self-contained unit with separate master records and its own set of tables.
Typically a Corporation.
Company Code
The smallest organizational unit for which a complete self-contained set of
accounts can be drawn up . Will be able provide data for generating balance
sheets, profit-loss statements.
CRM
Customer Relationship Management
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Dispatcher
The system agent that helps in sending a job to an idle work process by identifying
the type of task (ex: update, on-line, batch)
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EA
Each. A unit of measure.
EDI
Electronic Data Interchange
SAP Early watch

The EarlyWatch Service has been developed to take note of any problems that
may occur and to coordinate R/3 applications within your system, providing you
with Optimal system performance. Early recognition of potential problems in
R/3 customer systems is crucial to a problem-free installation. The EarlyWatch
team of experts locate bottlenecks and potential problem sources and recommends
feasible solutions. Constant system tuning helps you to optimise your system
resources.
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FI
Financial Accounting Module
SAPfind
Authoring system for developing hypertext books in the R/3 System
FOCUS
Focus On CUStomers
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GI
Goods Issue.
GL
General Ledger
GR
Goods Receipt.
GT
Goods Transfer posting.
GUI
Graphical User Interface. Windows like feel and look. User friendly screens
to develop and use are provided. The user can simply point the cursor and click
the mouse to operate.
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Help
All SAP systems are provided with information , in case the user needs more
information. In SAP system , place the cursor on the object where you would
like to know more information, and press F1 for more details.
Hot site backup
Identical copy of the Production database on a stand-by database host
HR
Human Resources Module
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IDES
International Demonstration and Education System. A sample application provided
for faster learning and implementation
Idoc
Intermediate Document. Data container for data exchange between SAP systems
or between a SAP system and a Non-SAP system.
IMG
Implementation Guide Hierarchical structure reflecting the R/3 component hierarchy
and contains all configuration activities.
Instance
An administrative unit that groups together components of an SAP R/3 system
or simply an Application server which has its own set of work process.
IR
Invoice Receipt.
IS
Industry Specific Solutions
InterSAP
InterSAP is REAL TIME COMMUNICATIONS WITH R/3 resulting in immediate on-line
transaction processing and transaction formats can easily be adapted to evolving
requirements.
ITS
Internet Transaction Server links R/3 Application server to web servers to
communicate with Internet.
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Job
A continuous chain of programs, using control commands.
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LES
Logistics Execution System LIFO
Last in First Out is a valuation procedure according to which the stocks of
a material that were last received are the first to be used or sold.
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Matchcode
A tool for finding specific record Mainly used to find possible entries for
an input field
MAP
Moving Average Price.
MM
Materials Management
MM SRV
Material Management External Services Management
MPS
Master Production Scheduling takes care of those parts or products which greatly
influence company profits or which take up critical resources.
MRP
Material Requirements Planning takes into account and plan every future requirement
during the creation of order proposals (independent requirements, dependent
requirements etc).
MVP
Material’s Valuation Price. The standard price for a standard price material,
the moving average price for a moving average price material.
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OLAP
Online Analytical Processing OSS
On-line Service System that helps in users to get fast and effective help from
SAP. The user may log-in to OSS system to find a possible solution for a 'bug'.
Get the patch ,if any, download and apply to correct the problem.
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PCC
Pre-Configured Client. The R/3 Simplification Group’s pre-configured client.
PM
Plant Maintenance
PO
Purchase Order.
PP
Production Planning
PREQ
Purchase Requisition
PRP
Product Requirement Planning
PS
Project System
PLU number
Number under which a price is stored in the POS system of Industry Solution
-IS.
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QM Quality Management
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RFC
Remote Function Call. Allows to call and process predefined procedures/functions
in a remote SAP system.
RFQ
Request For Quote
RI
Reversal of goods Issue.
RMA
Return Material Authorizations
RR
Reversal of goods Receipt.
RT
Reversal of goods Transfer posting
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SADT
Structured Analysis and Design Technique
SD
Sales and Distribution
SAPmail
Electronic mail system in SAPoffice with which you can transmit messages.
SAPoffice
The electronic mail system and folder structure in the R/3 System allows you
to send documents internally (to other R/3 users in the same system) or externally
(to users in other systems).
SAP R/2
SAP R/2 was the first compact software package for the whole spectrum of business
applications from the SAP corporation. SAP R/2 runs on mainframes, especially
IBM, BS2000 (Siemens' machines) or Amdahl.
Modules of SAP R/2
RF Financial Accounting

RA Assets Accounting

RK Cost Accounting

RK-P Projects

RP Human Resources

RM-INST Plant Maintenance

RM-QSS Quality Assurance

RM-MAT Materials Management

RM-PPS Production Planning and Control

RV Sales and Distribution
SAP R/3
R/3 is the SAP client-server solution It has proved hugely popular in many
countries. The solution is available to many more companies than R/2 as a mainframe
is not required.
It consists of the following modules:
BC Basis (includes ABAP/4 Programming Language)

AM Asset Management

CO Controlling

FI Financial Accounting

HR Human Resources

IS Industry Specific Solutions

PM Plant Maintenance

PP Production Planning

PS Project System

QM Quality Management

SD Sales and Distribution

MM Materials Management

WF Business Work Flow

SAP Retail
Includes more than 200 new business processes that have been designed specifically
for retail purposes. This is the integral part of R/3 release 4.0.
SAProuter
Software module that acts as part of a firewall system.
SAPscript
SAP-own word processing system. The text editor supplied with the R/3 System
for creating and editing documentation.
SCOPE
Supply Chain Optimization Planning & Execution
SERM
Structured Entity Relationship Model
Session Log
Record of a batch input sssion run. For each run, a session log is created.
SO
Sales Order
SOP
Sales & Operations Planning Sales & Operations Planning (SOP) is a
flexible forecasting and planning tool with which sales, production, and other
supply chain targets can be set on the basis of historical, existing, and/or
estimated future data. Resource planning can also be carried out to determine
the amounts of the work center capacities and other resources required to meet
these targets.
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UPC

Universal Product Code

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WBS
Work Breakdown Structure is a model of a project, that represents in a hierarchy
the actions and activities to be carried out in a project.
WF
Business Work Flow: Tool for automatic control and execution of cross-application
processes. This involves coordinating the persons involved, the work steps required,
the data which needs to be processed (business objects). The main advantage
is reduction in throughput times and the costs involved in managing business
processes. Transparency and quality are enhanced by its use.
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XXL List Viewer
Tool used to configure Microsoft Excel for display and further processing of
R/3 application data. The XXL List Viewer facilitates;
Presentation of R/3 data in Excel, taking into account information delivered
by R/3 on the structure of the data
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Year-end closing
Annual balance sheet and profit and loss (P+L) statement, which must both be
created in accordance with the legal requirements. All assets, debts and accrued
and deferred items (balance sheet) as well as all revenue and
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Zero Stock Check
Check or inventory procedure used to increase the level of accuracy in stock
figures. If a storage bin becomes empty after a goods movement, the bin is checked
as to whether it is really empty or not.