ERP Systems Lecture # 7

SAP Modules

Sales and Distribution (SD) module Records sales orders and scheduled deliveries Information about the customer Pricing Address Shipping instructions Billing details, and so on

Materials Management (MM) module Manages the acquisition of raw materials from suppliers (purchasing) Subsequent handling of raw materials inventory From storage to work-in-progress goods Shipping of finished goods to the customer

Production Planning (PP) module Maintains production information Production is planned and scheduled Actual production activities are recorded

Quality Management (QM) module Plans and records quality control activities Such as Product inspections Material certifications

Plant Maintenance (PM) module Manages maintenance resources Planning for preventive maintenance of plant machinery to minimize equipment breakdowns

Asset Management (AM) module Helps the company manage fixed-asset purchases Plant Machinery Manages related depreciation

Human Resources (HR) module Facilitates employee Recruiting Hiring Training Payroll Benefits

Project System (PS) module Facilitates the planning for and control over New research and development (R&D) Construction Marketing projects. This module allows for costs to be collected against a project Used to manage the implementation of the SAP ERP system. PS manages Build-to-order items Low-volume Highly complex products such as ships and aircrafts

Financial Accounting (FI) module Records transactions in the general ledger accounts Generates financial statements for external reporting purposes

Controlling (CO) module Serves internal management purposes Assigning manufacturing costs to products and to cost centers Profitability of the company’s activities can be analyzed The CO module supports managerial decision making.

Workflow (WF) module IT is not a module that automates a specific business function Set of tools that can be used to automate any of the activities in SAP ERP