BPR Concept (Business Process Re-Engineering)
→ project duration is very length

ASAP(Accelerated SAP) – alternate to BPR

Functional people make functional specifications.

1st Job → Team Size (12 -15) → Administrator
ABAP Programmer
Functional people
Project leader
Team leader

Functional Specifications
↓
Project Leader
↓
Functional Specification → T.S (Technical Specification)
↓
ABAP (Team leader)
↓
ABAP (Programmer) → ABAP Tr

2nd Job → BDC – to have an interface between sales dept and FI
3rd Job → ABAP Reports




Versions of SAP R/3:

3.0(A – C), 3.1A, 3.1F, 3.1H, 4.0A, 4.0B, 4.5A, 4.5B, 4.6A, 4.6B, 4.6C, 4.6D, 4.7
↓ ↓
From this
version sap Failure version
e object oriented



While working with SAP R/3 software used

→ IDES(International Demo Educational System) – 4.6c & 4.7
- for training purpose
- Advantages – some training examples and data examples
→ Production software – 4.6c

ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning):


OA (Oracle Applications) --------------> compatible for mnc’s |
OF OM OHRMS ----------------> highest end ERP Technologies

People Soft -- People code language
SAP R/3 -- ABAP language

JDEDWARD --- used in marketing ----> mid-range ERP Technologies
RAMCO -- accounts ----> compatible for SSI and MSI
Baan ---- Tools


SAP R/3 stands for Systems Application for Products in data processing Real-time 3-tier architecture.

Non ERP
 client-server technologies
 Ex: Oracle/VB

ABAP stands for Advanced Business Application Programming.

Front end for SAP R/3 is SAP-GUI.

In SAP R/3 we have
 17,000 pre-defined tables (default)
 13,000 pre-defined applications

ABAP Methodologies:

1. ABAP Transactions  for modifying pre-defined applications (2%)
2. BDC (Batch data conversion)  Data transferring from non-SAP to SAP (20%)
3. SAP Scripts  works with respective business process (8%)
4. ABAP Reports  to design reports for SAP R/3 environment (70%)

Cross Applications:




RFC (Remote Function Call):

Provides integration between distributed environments.


BAPI (Business Applications Programming Interfaces):

Provides an interface between R/3 with third party front-end.
Ex: SAP R/3 VB



SAP  Functional consultant : you can analyze current business activities
 Technical consultant : ABAP language and Cross Applications

Hardware Profile:

80 GB
512 RAM
P3/ P4 processor
Total installation time – 48 hrs

SAP AG



SAP R/21990 SAP R/3  1992 mySAP.com SAP min & SMB IS


• SAP R/2  1990 (mainframes) –ABAP language
• SAP R/3  1992 (RDBMS) – ABAP language(designed based on ‘C’ language)
- Major advantages: It is database independent
It is platform independent
• mySAP.com – for e-business solutions
- it is comfortable for small and medium scale industries
- where as SAP R/3 is very expensive for top MNC’s
• SAP MIN or SMB (Small scale Medium scale Business)
- this technology is very cheaper when compared to SAP R/3
- it is used for particular department for ex: Sales department
• IS(Industry Specific) – it maintains database specific industry
- where as SAP R/3 maintains generalized database


New Dimensional Technologies:

• BIW or BW(Business Information Warehousing)
→ Uses data warehousing technology
• APO(Advanced Planner & Optimizer)
→ Uses supply chain management technology
→ better than ERP products
• SAPCRM(Customer Relationship Management)
• SEM(Strategy enterprise manager)
• SRM(Strategy Relationship Manager)
• SAP Portals
→ Used for e-business


Life Cycle Implementation / Post Implementation:

→ If x-company goes for R/3 technology then firstly steering committee will be created.
EPC(Enterprise Process Control) – VISIO & ABIS tools for preparing EPC diagram.

→ flow charts on ERP

→ with EPC project manager explains steering committee how the process goes on