Introduction

SAP stands for Systems, Applications, Products in Data Processing founded in Germany in 1972 by five
ex-IBM engineers. SAP is the world largest Business software company and the world 3rd largest
independent software provider. Highly customizable using SAP's programming language ABAP/4
(Advanced Business Application program).

SAP is running on various Hardware and software architectures, most types of UNIX, Windows NT and
AS/400. SAP runs on various Databases Oracle, Adabas D, Informix,DB2 for UNIX, DB2/400,
Microsoft's SQL Server 6.0.

The R/3 architecture is comprised of application and database servers. The system can support an
unlimited number of servers and a variety of hardware configurations (The application servers host the
software and the database servers handle document updates and master file databases). SAP R/3
Enterprise is built on SAP Web Application Server (SAP Web AS) and integrates with the enterprise
portals and exchange infrastructure. SAP R/3 Enterprise is built on SAP Web Application Server (SAP
Web AS) and integrates with the enterprise portals and exchange infrastructure.

SAP® ERP: Setting a New Standard in Enterprise Resource Planning

Software:
• Industry-specific functionality – SAP ERP provides support for more than 25 industries with
industry-specific features that enable organizations to leverage industry-wide best practices.

• Simplified user experience – Duet™ software, work centers, user-defined work lists, role-based
access, and interactive forms all enhance the usability of SAP ERP.

• Advanced business intelligence, reporting, and analytics – SAP and Business Objects,
an SAP company, offer solutions that give you better insight into your business and processes.

• Enterprise service-oriented architecture – Reusable enterprise services are readily available

for deploying flexible business processes.

• Innovation without disruption – The enhancement package for SAP ERP contains improved
general business and industry functionality, enterprise services, and other interface and process
improvements.
Common modules used by our customers include:
SAP now are moving away from describing their system as a set of SAP Modules, and now are
using the term ‘solutions’, which is much better, as follows:
• Financials.
• Human Resources.
• Customer Relationship Management.
• Supplier Relationship Management.
• Product Lifecycle Management.
• Supply Chain Management.
• Business Intelligence.
SAP FI Module - where FI means Financial Accounting – essentially this SAP module delivers your
regulatory ‘books of record’, including:
• General ledger
• Book close
• Tax
• Accounts receivable
• Accounts payable
• Asset Management (SAP AM)
• Consolidation
• Special ledgers
SAP CO Module - The CO stands for Controlling – basically the SAP Module which allows you to
manage your internal cost/management accounting, including
• Cost elements
• Cost centre
• Profit centre
• Internal orders
• Activity based costing
• Product costing
SAP PS Module - PS is Project Systems – this SAP Module is where you can manage your projects,
large and small, including
• Make to order
• Plant shut downs (as a project)
• Third party billing (on the back of a project)
SAP HR Module - The HR is for Human Resources people are the important part of this SAP module,
including
• Employment history
• Payroll
• Training
• Career management
• Succession planning
SAP PM Module - where Plant Maintenance is the PM – this SAP module is where you maintain your
equipment (e.g. a machine, an oil rig, an aircraft etc), including
• Labor
• Material
• Down time and outages
SAP MM Module - one of the most important SAP Modules where MM is Materials Management -
underpins the supply chain, including
• Requisitions
• Purchase orders
• Goods receipts
• Accounts payable
• Inventory management
• BOM’s
• Master raw materials, finished goods etc

SAP QM Module - QM stands for Quality Management in this SAP module – improve the quality of
your goods, including
 • Planning
• Execution
• Inspections
• Certificates
SAP PP Module - one of the really big SAP modules is Production Planning – manages your
production process, including
• Capacity planning
• Master production scheduling
• Material requirements planning
• Shop floor
SAP SD Module - another one of the large SAP modules is Sales and Distribution – from order to
delivery, including
• RFQ
• Sales orders
• Pricing
• Picking (and other warehouse processes)
• Packing
• Shipping
SAP BW Module - where BW stands for Business (Data) Warehouse which includes the following
main functions:
• Data extraction from source systems
• Some technical and functional transformation of the data
• Storage of the data in what are called Info providers
• Reporting (which uses Info providers)
SAP ABAP - is not really a module - it stands for Advanced Business Application Programming and
this is the structured programming language for custom development including reports.
SQL 2001 service pack and other operating system as well.

SPECEFICATION FOR THE OPERATING SYSTEM

SPEED Dual PIII 500MHZ

DISC SPACE 18 GB

NETWORK CARDS Required 10/100 or greater

CD Required

BACK UP DRIVE Required

System Requirements
LANGUAGES SUPPORTED
 English, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish
CLIENT SYSTEM
 Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Enterprise Edition SP2 or Microsoft Office Professional Plus
2007
 One of the following:
• Microsoft Windows XP
• Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition
• Microsoft Windows Vista
 Microsoft Windows .NET Framework 2.0 *
 Microsoft SQL Express 2005 *
MICROSOFT ENVIRONMENT
 No additional installation, software, or hardware requirements for existing Microsoft Exchange
Server landscapes
 Microsoft Windows Server 2003
 Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 including Active Directory Server 2000 or Microsoft Exchange
Server 2007

SAP SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENT

 Each scenario is enabled by the corresponding SAP solution:

Scenario mySAP Pre-requisites

mySAP™ ERP 2004

Time Management
(with SAP® ERP Central Component 5.0.1 add-on)
Leave Management
or
Organization Management
SAP ERP 2005
Budget Monitoring
(with SAP ERP Central Component 6.0 add-on)

mySAP ERP 2004 or SAP ERP 2005

Reporting and Analytics or
SAP NetWeaver® BI 3.5 or 7.0

Demand Planning SAP SCM 2005

Travel Management SAP ERP 2005

 Sales Management SAP CRM 2005

Purchasing Management SRM 2005 or 2006

Recruitment Management SAP E-Recruiting application 6.0

 Microsoft Windows Server 2003

 SAP NetWeaver Application Server component 6.40 running Java
 Microsoft Windows .NET Framework 2.0
 Microsoft SQL Express 2005
 Windows NT server 4.0

RUN TIME REQUIRMENTS

 The end user of an application using the BAPI gateway component needs the following:
 Windows NT (Service Pack 3) or Windows 95 operating system
 Windows NT Option Pack
 SAP R/3 release 3.1F or higher
 In addition, they need the following DLLs:

DLL Description

Sapbapgw.dll BAPI Gateway

Sapdlogn.dll SAP Automation DCOM Connector Logon Component

Saprepsv.dll Repository Services component

Saprsoff.dll Repository Services component (the offline component)

Librfc32.dll SAP DCOM Connector Component

Ccadmin.dll SAP DCOM Connector Component (Destination editor)

NETWORK TOPOLOGIES
 They also use Wan and LAN as well. they use RFID scanners

SERVER SPECIFICATIONS
OPERATING SYSTEM FOR THE SMALL COMPANIES

WINDOWS SERVER 2000 Server pack latest

WINDOWS SERVER 2003 Service pack latest required for business portal as
well.

SQL 2005 SP1 GP version 9.01

SYSTEM SPECIFICATION

Speed Dual PIII with single processor

Disc space 2*18GB

Net work card required 10/100 or greater

Ram 1Gb virtual memory should be set.

FOR MIDDLE COMPANIES

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Windows Service pack latest

Windows server 2003 Required for business portal.

SQL 2000 Pack

Network card required 100MB of 1GB

Supported Client Platforms

Windows:

OS versions 98, NT, 2000, XP

Internet Explorer 6, Service Pack 1

 Some SAP content is delivered in Adobe Acrobat format. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required in order to
view content provided in Adobe Acrobat format.

Macintosh:

OS X 10.4 only due to Java issues in older versions.

Firefox 2.0 or higher

Macintosh Firefox users must change the SAP pop-up dialog box setting to resolve interface problems
between SAP and Firefox