About This Module: Module Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
About This Module: Module Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
About This Module: Module Duration: 1 Hour 30 Minutes
Organizational Levels and Master Data is the basic framework that supports business processes. As part of this module, you will be introduced to the transition from R/3 to SAP ERP, and therefore understand how to create the Organizational Levels and Master Data for the business processes inside SAP ERP. Module Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes Module Objectives Module Content Target Audience
As technology grows and changes, software has to upgrade accordingly. However, SAP believes in an environment where you do not have to scrap your existing software setup. Instead, it would provide upgrades and extend the functionality of the existing software, thereby reducing costs. In this image, you can see that to begin with SAPs technology was based on Mainframe architecture based on ABAP and R2. Keeping pace with business requirements and integrated business processes, technology changes were made from R2 to three tier R/3 and moved from Mainframes to Client-Server Architecture. SAP R/3 has always been an integrated system where business processes were integrated within an enterprises operations. Capable of e-commerce since 1996, SAP products
incorporated business technology for the future, thus paving the way for incorporating future developments. This eliminated the need for customers to change existing systems and allowed for integration of business processes between enterprises. Finally, with Technology advances and the internet revolution, you now have services catering to adaptive businesses like Web services. SAPs Enterprise service architecture platform features Netweaver, business suites and xApps offerings, keeping pace with the business requirements of today and the future.
The SAP ERP Central Component or SAP ECC, is the evolutionary successor of the previously offered SAP R/3 Enterprise, and is the central core of SAP ERP. Compared to the SAP R/3 Enterprise, in SAP ECC there are architectural changes with respect to Enterprise Services Architecture, enhanced usability and new developed functionality, like the new general ledger. SAP Business Warehouse, SAP Strategic Enterprise Management, and Internet Transaction Server integrated into SAP ECC. Customers now have the option to run these components on the same instance that runs SAP ECC to reduce the system landscape and save costs. Running the components on separate instances is also possible. SAP Web Application Server contains all capabilities of SAP basis as well as additional web capabilities.
Life Cycle Data Management Quality and Asset Management Sales Order Management Internet Sales Inventory Warehouse Management Manufacturing and Transportation Purchase Order Processing.
SAP ERP also supports mobile technologies featuring GPS and GSM-supported service options for collaborative businesses.