| SAP Company was found by five former IBM | | | | generally designed to meet the needs of the |
| employees- Dietmar Hopp, Hans Werner Hector, | | | | customer. SAP R/3 can be used on several |
| Hasso Plattner, Klaus Tschira and Claus Wellenreuther. | | | | databases like oracle, Adabas D, Informix, DB2 for |
| It was founded in Germany in the year 1972. SAP | | | | UNIX, DB2/400 and Microsoft SQL SERVER 6.0. SAP |
| stands for systems, applications, products in data | | | | R/3 software is used in many industries like insurance, |
| processing. In a year’s time the first financial | | | | banking, automobiles, oil and gas, public sector, |
| accounting software was completed which was | | | | manufacturing and material, services, transportation, |
| known as R/1 System. R stands for real-time data | | | | aerospace, defense, construction, pharmaceuticals |
| processing. The full name of the parent company is | | | | and chemicals. |
| SAP AG. It has subsidiaries in nearly 50 countries. SAP | | | | Most of the distinctive functional modules are |
| AG is the third largest software maker in the whole | | | | financials and controlling (FICO), Human Resources |
| world and it has nearly 27,000 employers all over the | | | | (HR), Materials Management (MM), sales & Distribution |
| world and over 17,500 customers. It is listed in | | | | (SD), and Production planning (PP).The most difficult |
| Frankfurt stock exchange and NYSE. Sap delivers | | | | part in SAP R/3 is its implementation. Atlas copco has |
| software to small and mid sized companies also. SAP | | | | a different implementation of SAP R/3 from Proctor |
| solutions that are used in small and mid sized business | | | | & Gamble. For example if a company is running SAP |
| are SAP business one, SAP business all-in-one etc. | | | | and then acquires a new business where SAP is |
| These solutions are affordable, easy to use. SAP | | | | already being used. They may elect to keep both |
| business one is specially designed for small concerns | | | | systems separate, migrate one into the other, or |
| mostly for 10 to 100 employees. It covers the core | | | | migrate both onto a completely new instance. SAP |
| operations to run a successful business like customer | | | | has many layers. The Basis system (BC) includes the |
| relationship management, accounting, e-commerce, | | | | ABAP programming language, and is the base of |
| reporting and warehousing and partner | | | | operations and should not be visible to higher or |
| management. Sap products and services integrate | | | | managerial users. The heart of the system is the |
| an organization from financials to human resources to | | | | application modules. SAP R/3 provides an |
| manufacturing and sales and distribution. Because of | | | | implementation roadmap that is broken into five |
| this integration the companies can optimize supply | | | | phases. The five phases and their tasks include |
| chains, strengthen customer relationships and make | | | | project preparation, business blueprint, realization, final |
| correct management decisions. More than 100 midsize | | | | preparation, and roll-out. SAP R/3 is a leader in ERP |
| companies implemented SAP R/3 solutions. | | | | installations and ERP sales. SAP R/3 is based on many |
| SAP R/3 is a software solution for client/server | | | | hardware and software architectures which is being |
| computing. This software can be used by a small | | | | runner in most types of UNIX, Windows NT, and OS |
| grocer to a billion dollar companies. This software is | | | | 400. |