1. Introduction to SAP
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2. PP contacts
Customers
Business without ERP
Purchasing for
raw material
4
Purchasing
Customer
Calls to
1 place order
for a Car Sales
office/Inventory
contacts PP Production
Planning
3
3
Sales office
contacts
Inventory
2
Sales Inventory

3. Business without ERP (Contd..)
Lets add some more Business Processes

4. Where is my
What is this
Business without ERP (Contd..)
car
Customers confusion
What to
manufactur
e??
Whom to Production
contact for Planning
status?
What is
Cost and
Sales Shop floor
profit
Finance
Purchasing
Vendors
Inventory

5. Lets Deliver the end product to
I did not order
customer..
for a
TRUCK!!!!
Dear Sir,
Your Order…
Sales

6. Business without ERP (Contd..)
I AM NOT TAKING
DELIVERY AND WILL
NEVER DEAL WITH YOU!
We are
SORRY Sir
Sales

7. Overall Picture
Vendors
Sales Purchasing
General
Ledger A/P
Customers A/R
Production
Planning
Inventory Shop Floor
Execution

8. Why Enterprise Architecture ?
Why Enterprise Architecture
Numerous disparate information systems
Integrating the data becomes costly
 Time
 Money
 Resources
Inconsistencies and duplication of data
Lack of timely information

9. Enterprise Structure – Integrating
Business Payroll
FA
Marketing HR
GL
Treasury
Partner
Shop
Floor
AP Systems
Purchasing
PP
Sales
AR
Plants
Mfg.

11. Enterprise Architecture - Benefits
Eliminates the duplication, discontinuity and redundancy in
data
Increases the return on investment made on IT
implementations
Delivers quality information designed for the Enterprise as a
whole
Faster and cheaper
Delivers quality information to produce a quality enterprise
Satisfying Partners/CustomersP
ER
Reducing required manpower

12. Quiz Time
What is the full form of SAP?
When was SAP founded?

13. Quiz Time
What is the full form of SAP?
Systems Applications and Products in Data Processing
When was SAP founded?
Founded in 1972 by Wellenreuther, Hopp, Hector, Plattner and
Tschira
Renamed in 1977

14. History of SAP
Systems Applications and Products in Data Processing
German : Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte in der
Datenverarbeitung
Founded in 1972 by Wellenreuther, Hopp, Hector, Plattner and
Tschira
Renamed in 1977
Before 1977 : Systems Analysis and Program Development (German
: Systemanalyse und Programmentwicklung)
SAP is both the name of the Company as well as their ERP
Product

15. Steps to Strategic ERP
Enterprise Resource
Planning
is evolved through these Inter-Enterprise
Enterprise Resource
Planning
stages …
Co-operation
Collaborative
Business
Create
Strategic
Value
Total Efficiency and
Company Control
Value
Automation
80’s R/2 90’s R/3 Today mySAP ERP
Evolution of ERP

16. Evolution of SAP

17. Quiz Time
SAP R/3 client server architecture
evolved in year___________.
Which is the latest SAP product?
mySAP ERP
mySAP Business Suite
mySAP.com with one step business

18. Quiz Time
SAP R/3 client server architecture
evolved in year 1992
Which is the latest SAP product?
mySAP ERP
mySAP Business Suite
mySAP.com with one step business

19. SAP R/3 Architecture
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20. 3 Tier Client / Server Architecture
The SAP R/3 architecture is based on a 3-tier
client/server principle
Presentation Server
Application Server
Database Server
Dedicated Servers are linked by Communication

21. SAP R/3 System Architecture
(Contd...2)

22. Overview of Presentation &
Database Servers
The Presentation Server
GUI only
At workstation
Very light
Sends requests to application server
Obtains screens from application server and displays
The Database Server
Interface between application server and RDBMS
Also holds the vendor specific DB driver

23. SAP R/3 Conceptual Areas SAP Conceptual Areas
Basis Area Development Area
Application Area (The technical
(1. A developer’s
(Initiate and execute workbench
administration of
SAP transactions) 2. Create & Test
the system)
ABAP/4 programs)
(Functional)
(Authorizations/Ids/etc)
(Technical)

24. Transport Request
Systems in R3
Development Quality Production
System System System
(DC) (QC) (IC)
Client
110
100 etc..

25. Clients in R/3
The Logon Client
3 digit number ( 000 to 999)
Helps maintain independent sets of data within the same
R/3 system
Client mechanism and handling

26. Clients in R/3

27. Hardware
R/3 Technology Environment
UNIX Systems
Bull/Zenith Digital NCR
Bull IBM Compaq HP (Intel) Sequent IBM IBM
Digital SNI Data General IBM (Intel) SNI AS/400 S/390
HP SUN ...
Operating AIX Reliant
systems Digital UNIX UNIX (SINIX) Windows NT OS/400 OS/390
HP-UX SOLARIS
Databases ADABAS D ADABAS D
DB2 for AIX MS SQL Server DB2 for DB2 for
INFORMIX-OnLine INFORMIX-OnLine OS/400 OS/390
ORACLE ORACLE
Dialog Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT,
SAPGUI OSF/Motif *, OS/2 Presentation Manager (PM),
Macintosh *, Java
Languages
ABAP/4, C, C++, HTML, Java

28. Platforms and Databases supported
by R/3
Operating Supported Supported Front Supported
Systems Hardware ends Databases
AIX SINIX IBM SNI SUN Win 3.1/ 95 / NT DB2 for AIX
SOLARIS HP-UX Digital HP OSF / Motif Informix – Online
Digital Unix Bull OS/2 Oracle 7.1
Macintosh ADABAS D
Windows NT AT&T Compaq Win 3.1 / 95 / NT Oracle 7.1
Bull / Zenith OSF / Motif SQL Server 6.0
HP (Intel) SNI OS/2 ADABAS D
IBM (Intel) Macintosh
Digital (Intel)
Data-General
OS/400 AS/400 Win 95 OS/2 DB2/400

29. Client Server Benefit

30. Match the following
Quiz Time
Presentation Windows
Server
Application Basis
Server
3 Digit number Quality System
Client Testing/ GUI
UAT

31. Match the following
Quiz Time
Presentation GUI
Server
Application Business
Server Administration
3 Digit number Client
Client Testing/ Quality System
UAT (QC)

32. SAP R/3 Modules
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33. SAP Modules
SD – Sales and Distribution FI – Financial Accounting
MM – Materials SD FI
CO – Controlling
Management
MM CO
PP – Production Planning AM – Asset Management
PP AM
SAP R/3
QM HR
QM – Quality Management PM WF HR – Human Resources
PM – Plant Maintenance WM PS WF – Workflow
WM – Warehouse
PS – Project System
Management

34. SAP R/3 Application Modules
Financial accounting (FI)
Controlling (CO)
Asset management (AM)
Materials management (MM)
Sales and Distribution (SD)
Production Planning (PP)
Quality management (QM)
Plant maintenance (PM) & Customer Service (CS)

35. Module Functionalities
MM PP
SD
Material Procurement BOM/Work Center/Routing
Inquiry processing
Inventory Management MRP
Sales Order Processing
Batch Management Capacity Evaluations
Delivery Processing
Goods inspection Production Orders
Billing
Invoice Verification QM in production
FI
CO
General Ledger
Cost Center Accounting
Accounts Payable
Product Costing
Accounts receivable
Order Contribution Analysis
Cash management

36. Match the following
Quiz Time
Financial Inventory
Accounting Management
Controlling Shop Floor
Control
Materials Financial
Management Reporting
Sales & Profit center
Distribution Accounting
Production Billing

37. Match the following
Quiz Time
Financial Asset
Accounting Management
& Financial
Reporting
Controlling Profit center
Accounting
Materials Inventory
Management Management
Sales & Billing

38. Module FI – Financial Accounting
• External reporting of
• General ledger
• Accounts receivable/payable
• Sub-ledger accounts
with a user-defined Chart of Accounts
• Key elements
• General ledger
• Accounts payable
• Accounts receivable
• Asset Management
• Special Purpose Ledger (FI-SL)
• Legal consolidation
• Accounting Information System

39. Financial Accounting Management
Bank
Foreign exchange of secureties
management and loans
Finance information Cash management
system and forecast
Accounts Accounts
payable receivable
Bank
accounts
Payables
Receivables
General Ledger
Extended General Ledger Credit
Invoice
verification management
Consolidation

40. Module CO – Controlling
• Represents the flow of cost and revenue
• Instrument for organizational decisions
• Key elements of the CO application module include :
• Cost center accounting
• Product cost Planning
• Product Costing
• Profitability analysis
• Profit center accounting
• Activity based costing
• Enterprise controlling

41. Module SD – Sales and Distribution
• Optimize tasks/activities in
• Sales
• Delivery
• Billing
• Key elements of the SD application module include :
• Pre-sales support
• Inquiry processing
• Quotation processing
• Sales order processing
• Delivery processing
• Warehouse management
• Billing
• Credit Management
• Sales Information system

42. Sales Sales Support
and Distribution Processing Sales
SALES INFORMATION SYSTEM
activity
MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
Sales Inquiry
Quotation Contract
Delivery Subsequent
Sales Scheduling
USD free of delivery free Returns
order agreement
charge of charge
Shipping
Delivery
Billing
Debit memo Invoice Credit memo
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

43. Module MM – Materials Management
• Supports
• Procurement
• Inventory
• Key elements
• Materials procurement (purchasing)
• Inventory management
• Invoice verification
• Material valuation
• Vendor evaluation
• External Services management
• Purchasing Information System (PurchIS)
• Inventory Controlling Information system

44. Materials Management
BASIC DATA
Material
PURCHASING
 Purchase requisition
 MRP
SD Third-party
order
Special stock
Batch  Direct requisition
 Release procedures
PP Requirements
Purchasing information system
Vendor/one-time
customer  RFQ/Quotation
 Material/service PM Service/
Price comparisons Spare Parts
Vendor evaluation
Purchasing 
info record  Price comparison list Service /
Service  Purchasing QM spare parts lot
Inspection
specifications  Purchase orders
 Outline agreements G/L accounts
Workflow  Scheduling agreements FI Cash management
and forecast
Optical archive INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
 Goods receipt/issue AM Fixed assets
Texts  Transfer posting
Mail  Quantities and values
Communication  Physical inventory Cost center /
 Storage bins CO
Classification Budget
Documents INVOICE VERIFICATION
 Check and post PS Project
Conditions  Price update

45. Module PP – Production Planning
• To plan and control the manufacturing activities
• Key elements
• Bill of Material (BOM)
• Routings
• Work Centers
• Sales and Operations planning (SOP)
• Master Production Scheduling (MPS) – Capacity Planning
• Materials Requirement Planning (MRP)
• Shop Floor Control (SFC)
• Production orders
• Product costing, activity-based costing
• Work in process
• Kanban
• Production planning for process industries (PP-PI)
• Repetitive Manufacturing

46. Production Planning SD
PP
PS
SD
Sales and Operations Project
Planning Networks
Customers Demand management /
SD MPS PM
SD
Sales Material requirements Maintenance
Shipping planning Repairs
Billing Plant
maintenance
Detailed Schedeling and
Planning
Vendors MM
SD Capacity planning QM
SD
Purchasing Shop floor control Inbound Raw
Warehouse Costing Material
Invoice Information system
verification Finished Goods
FI CO HR
Financial Cost Human
accounting accounting resources

47. Module QM – Quality Management
• Supports
• Quality planning
• Inspection
• Control for manufacturing
• Costing
• Procurement
• Key elements
• Quality planning
• Quality during procurement, production, distribution
• Quality Management Information - Quality inspection
• Information System (QMIS)

48. Module PS – Project System & HR – Human Resource
• PS – Project Systems
• Support planning, control, & monitoring of long term highly complex projects
with defined goals
• Key elements
• Project WBS – Plan
• Budget & Monitor
• Network Management
• Activity monitoring, Material Planning, Milestones, Capacities Scheduling
• Project Management Information System
• HR – Human Resource
• Key elements
• Recruitment
• Payroll & Time management
• Travel Expense accounting & Benefits
• Workforce planning & Training administration
• Organization management

49. Quiz Time
Is Industry solutions an SAP module like FI/CO/MM
etc?
True/False
PP Supports procurement and Inventory
FI Handles project budgeting and monitoring

50. Quiz Time solutions a module like FI/CO/MM
Is SAP - Industry
etc?
NO
True/False
PP Supports procurement and Inventory
(False – MM Supports these functions)
FI Handles project budgeting and monitoring
(False – PS handles these functions)

51. IS – Industry Solutions
• Combines SAP R/3 application modules to additional industry-
specific functionality
• Result of the research by industry Centers expertise (ICOE)

52. mySAP Industry Solutions (Some
SAP for Aerospace &
Examples)
Defense
SAP for Media SAP for Healthcare
SAP for Automotive SAP for Public Sector
SAP for Mill Products SAP for High Tech
SAP for Banking SAP for Retail
SAP for Mining SAP for Higher Education &
SAP for Chemicals Research
SAP for Oil & Gas SAP for Service Providers
SAP for Consumer Products SAP for Industrial Machinery &
Components
SAP for Pharmaceuticals
SAP for Telecommunications
SAP for Engineering,
Construction & Operations SAP for Insurance

53. SAP Product Overview
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54. Evolution of SAP products
Solutions
mySAP CRM mySAP
mySAP SCM Business
mySAP HR Suite
mySAP ERP mySAP PLM
………..
R/3
Enterprise
R/3 SAP NetWeaver
Web AS
•Easing Upgrade Plans & Providing Transition Options
•Bringing benefits of SAP Netweaver into installed base
•New Customers have more entry options & receive world –class ERP

55. Evolution of SAP products
my SAP
my SAP
SAP R/3 Business
Solutions
Suite

56. SAP R/3
Financials
HR
Corporate Services
Operations

57. mySAP Solutions
mySAP PLM mySAP SCM
mySAP Financials
mySAP SRM
mySAP CRM
mySAP HR
Corporate Services
Operations
Adaptive Business Solutions SAP R/3

58. my SAP Business Suite
mySAP PLM mySAP SCM
mySAP
mySAP Financials
mySAP
SRM CRM
mySAP HR
Corporate Services
Operations
SAP NetWeaver
Application Platform ( Web As)
People Integration (Portal)
Information Integration( BI,MDM)
Process Integration (XI)

59. mySAP Solutions & Netweaver
mySAP CRM
mySAP SRM
mySAP SCM
mySAP PLM

60. My SAP Customer Relationship
Management (CRM)
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61. CRM Solution Map

62. CRM – Holistic view

63. Where does a CRM solution fit?
Who Marketing Sales Service Executives
What Service
Use a CRM Engage
Solution to
complete
the Cycle
Fulfill
Transact
Workplace
Which way Internet Mobile Telephony
How Operational Analytical Collaborative

64. mySAP.com
CRM Component Landscape
Portal Users
OLTP
R/3 System
CRM System
BW
As one big
logical box
Internet
Telephone APO
Callers
Mobile Clients

65. CRM Internet Sales
Enterprise
B2C Scenario Consumer
Internet-
selling
BBP Scenario Business Partner
B2R Scenario Reseller

66. Service Planning within CRM
• Service module
• Proactively engage customers with the correct resources at
the most beneficial times
• Customer Care
• Provide customer with 24/7 accessibility from all
communication channels with precise and consistent
informationon
• Installed Base Management
• Maintain an accurate, up-to-date record of a customer’s

67. MobileofSales module within of the
Suite tools tailored to the needs CRM
offline mobile sales force
Provides an integrated view of customers, prospects, products,
services, competitors, activities, opportunities, quotations,
orders, etc.
Heavy cross-referencing for easy navigation
Facilitates the sales process by
Effectively managing customers and prospects
Providing appropriate customer, product and competitive
information

68. Quiz Time
What is the latest version of mySAP
CRM
Name the three service modules with in
CRM

69. Quiz Time
What is the latest version of mySAP CRM
(Version 5.0)
Name three service modules with in CRM
Service Planning
Customer care

70. My SAP Supplier Relationship
Management (SRM)
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71. SRM Solution Map

72. Key Components of mySAP SRM
mySAP SRM – eProcurement mySAP SCE
Supplier Collaboration Engine
• Enterprise Buyer Prof 3.5 • Supplier self services 1.0
• Business Inf. W’house 3.0B • Bidding Engine 3.5
• Requisite Bugs Eye 3.5 • User Management 3.0
• Requisite eMerge 3.5
• Enterprise Portal 5.0
Exchange Infrastructure Content Integrator

73. Key Components of mySAP SRM
• Strategic Sourcing
•Sourcing analytics: Helps provide analytics based on supplier location, line of
business
•Supplier evaluation: Helps you evaluate the supplier base within the organization
systems and external market places to identify and select supplier to ensure reliable &
uninterrupted supply
•Request for quotation and auctions: Provides electronic auctioning and bidding tools
to compress sourcing cycle times
•Contract management: Helps create and manage value and quantity contracts
• Operational Procurement
•Self-service procurement: Enables decentralizing procurement process within
organization, without diluting the control
•Plan-driven procurement: Enables automatic purchase order generation for stock
materials across the integrated supply chain
•Services procurement: Enables service procurement process to be managed
online

74. Key Components of mySAP
•
SRM….Contd.
Supplier Enablement
•Supplier portal: Provides portal features for suppliers to manage their product data
and orders
•Supplier connectivity: Provides capability to connect multiple suppliers through XM_-
based document exchange
• Content Management
•Content consolidation: Provides capability to consolidate product and vendor
information
•Catalog content management: Provides capability to manage OCI compatible catalog
with tools for data import, data edit and a search engine

75. Quiz Time
Name any one key component of mySAP
SRM Solution map

76. Quiz Time
Name any one key component of mySAP SRM
Solution map
Following are the three key components of mySAP
SRM

77. My SAP Supply Chain Management
(SCM)
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78. SCM – Solution Map

79. mySAP SCM
SAP APO (Advanced Planning and Optimizing)
Flexible and Adaptive Planning, Integration with CRM, SRM and PLM
SAP ICH (inventory Collaboration Hub)
Collaboration with Suppliers
SAP EM (Event Management)
Monitor, alert and resolve exceptions

80. Typical SAP SCM Solution-scape
SAP SCM
SAP R/3
Dominant source of
Transaction Data Planning system where
Master Data in SAP selective Master data
SCM, destination of maintained and sourced
Core Interface
transaction data like from R/3
planning outputs or
Availability Checks for
Master Data
Execution systems
Module includea
Demand Planning, SNP
& Deployment, PPDS,
GATP, TPVS and TLB
Core interface
Planning Outputs
include Forecasts, SNP
SAP CRM, or PPDS Planned
SAP SRM Orders, Stock
Legacy Transfers and
and BAPI Production Orders
SAP PLM Systems

81. One-on-One comparison
i2 SAP SCM ORACLE APS Manugistics
Technologies (Networks
(Tradematrix SCM)
SCM)
Forecasting Demand Demand Oracle Demand Demand
Planner/Deman Planner Planner Management
d Management
ATP and Demand SAP GATP Oracle GOP Fulfillment
Fulfillment Fulfillment (Global ATP) (Global Order Management
Promising)
Material and Supply Chain SAP SNP Oracle ASCP Master
Resource Planning (Supply (Advanced Planning
planning Network SCP)
Planning)
Manufacturing Factory PP/DS Oracle Manufacturing
Planning Planning (Production Manufacturing Planning and
Planning and Scheduling Scheduling
Detailed

82. mySAP Product Life Cycle Management
(PLM)
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83. PLM Solution Map

84. SAP Netweaver
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85. A Roadmap for Web Services

86. Services are changing SAP’s
Product portfolio

87. From Basis to WAS

88. Integration is the Key Challenge
Business Drivers
Extended Value Network
Document Mgmt
Increased Market Dynamics
Call Center Market
Analysis
Integration costs are high
Long integration projects
SCM IT environments become increasingly rigid
Lots of heterogeneous systems
ERP
E-sales
Pressure on IT increases
Must leverage existing investments
Trading Must support new business processes
quicker
E-procurement
Must reduce total cost of ownership (TCO)
Technical
systems PLM

89. How to Address the Integration
Challenge Reduce Complexity
• Minimize the number of connections
through hubs
Document Mgmt
Market •Use only one platform to integrate all
Call Center Analysis people, information, and systems
Reduce Cost Integration
SCM
ERP •Deliver .NET and J2EE interoperability
•Deliver adaptors for ISV products
•Deliver products, not projects
Increase company
E-sales
performance
•Increase ease of use, scalability and
adaptability
Trading
E-procurement •Increase business process flexibility
Technical by using an Enterprise Services
systems Architecture
PLM

90. The fundamental Web services standards
are supported by the Web Application
Server (Web AS), which is the basis for all
other NetWeaver components

91. The
integration and application platform for
lower TCO Unifies and aligns people,
information and business
processes
Integrates across technologies
and organizational boundaries
A safe choice with full .NET and
J2EE interoperability
The Business foundation for
SAP and partners
 Powers business-ready solutions
that reduce custom integration
It’s Enterprise Services
Architecture increases business
process flexibility

92. SAP NetWeaver in Detail (SAP
Internal View)
SAP Mobile Infrastructure
Product
components and killer features NetWeaver
Tight coupling and alignment with SAP business solutions
SAP Enterprise Portal
SAP
Business packages
People Integration
Collaboration
Multi-channel Access
Composite Application Framework
SAP Business information Warehouse Portal Collaboration
Business content
Life cycle Management
Tight integration to Sap Information Integration
Open architecture (Crystal, Accential ) Bus. Intelligence Knowledge Mgmt
Master Data Management
Master Data Management
Coming in 2003
Process Integration
SAP Exchange Infrastructure Integration Business Process
Proxy generation and mapping tools Broker Management
Integration directory
SAP’s ability to execute Application Platform
J2EE ABAP
SAP Web Application Server
Multi-channel Access
Proven, scalable, comprehensive toolsets
Leverage existing infrastructure/skillets

93. NetWeaver
Business content makes the business
foundation

94. SAP Organizational units
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95. Business Scenarios – Main Elements

96. Organizational Structure in SAP
Production Planning Financial Accounting
Company
Plant
Code
Controlling Human Resources
Client
Controlling Personnel
Area Area
Sales and Distribution Materials Management
Sales Purchasing
Area Organization

97. Company Code

98. Organizational Structure - Levels

99. Organizational Structure – Business
Functions

100. Enterprise Structure - Technology

101. SAP Organizational Structure: Cardinality
Client
Chart of
Accounts
Purchasing
Group
Company
Code
Purchasing Sales
Plant Organ.
Org.
Shipping Storage Distribution Sales Sales
Point Channel Office Group
Location
Loading Division
Point

103. Quiz Time
Which is not a part of SAP Business Scenario main
Elements
Master Data
Organizational Unit
Transaction
Document
All the above
Answer True or False

104. Quiz Time
Which is not a part of SAP Business Scenario main
Elements
Master Data
Organizational Unit
Transaction
Document
All the above
Answer True or False
One Chart of accounts can be assigned to many
Company Codes

105. Organizational Elements in FICO
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106. Organizational Units in R/3 FI

107. Overview: Organizational Elements
in Accounting

108. Organizational Elements in Logistics
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109. Overview: Organizational Elements
in Logistics

112. Quiz Time
State True/False
Company is obligatory in an organization structure
Fill in the blank
Unit responsible for procurement of materials/services
and negotiating with vendors is called ____________.

113. Quiz Time
State True/False
Company is obligatory in an organization structure
(False – Company code is obligatory)
Fill in the blank
Unit responsible for procurement of materials/services and
negotiating with vendors is called Purchasing Organization

114. Organizational Elements in Sales
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121. Quiz Time
Fill in the blanks
Sales area is a combination of _____________,
________________ and _______________.

122. Quiz Time
Fill in the blanks
Sales area is a combination of
Sales Organization,
Division and
Distribution Channel

123. Navigation
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124. Logging on to SAP System
Logon pad with
different systems

127. Adding to favorites
Steps to add transaction to favorites
Step I: Select the transaction you want to add to
favorites
Step II: Right click on the transaction you want to
add to favorites
Step III: Select Add to favorites.

132. General Settings
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133. Global Settings (at Country level)
Variants
Calendar
Public Holidays
Holiday Calendar
Factory Calendar
Unit of Measurements
Currencies
Currency codes
Conversions (quotations)

134. The Variant Principle

135. Define Public Holidays
Calendar
Define Holiday Calendar
A combination of a yearly 12-month calendar and a list of all public
holidays that fall within a calendar year.
Gives an overview of all working days and all days off for a calendar
year. It can be created to cover a validity period of several years.
Can be defined according to the country or region in which they are
to be implemented, and adapted to suit individual business
requirements

136. Calendar Calendar
Define Factory
Calendar in which working days are numbered sequentially.
Defined on the basis of a public holiday calendar.
Validity period of a factory calendar must be within the validity
period of the public holiday calendar.
The weekdays that are working days must also be specified
in this calendar.
Examples:
 Monday through Friday are working days.
 Saturday, Sunday and public holidays are non-working
days.

137. • Unit of measurement
Enables calculations with quantities and physical
units.
• Units of measurement are needed for internal
conversions (such as kilogram <-> gram, but also
centimeter <-> inch).
• The international system of units (SI) is used for
this.
• UOMs are held centrally in the SAP System for
all applications.

138. Currencies
Legal means of payment in a country.
You can manage ledgers in two parallel currencies in
addition to the local currency

139. Currency codes
Currency settings
SAP maintains about 187 currencies. If any
transaction in a new currency will happen for
the organization, that currency to be
maintained
Standard quotation
Can specify direct or indirect quotation.
System by default will take direct quotes.
Conversion factors

140. Exchange Rate Type is used for different
Exchange Rate Type
business purposes where multiple rates can be
maintained for a pair of currencies
The following exchange rate types exist
Buying rate (G)
Bank selling rate (B)
Average rate (M)
Historical exchange rate
Key date exchange rate
Default exchange rate types can be maintained

141. Exchange Ratethe system for the following
Exchange rates in
purposes
Posting and Clearing
To translate amounts posted or cleared in foreign
currency, or to check a manually entered exchange
rate during posting or clearing.
Exchange Rate Differences
To determine gains or losses from exchange rate
differences.
Foreign Currency Valuation

142. Quiz Time
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The difference between ____________ and
____________ is called spread.
SAP maintains ___________ number of
currencies.

143. Quiz Time
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The difference between Buying rate and
Selling rate is called spread.
SAP maintains 187 number of currencies.

144. Thank You!
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