SAP Education

ERP
ERP is an acronym for "Enterprise Resource Planning". An ERP attempts to integrate all departments and functions across a company onto a single computer system that can serve all those different department's particular needs. Facilitates Company-wide integrated Information Systems Covering all functional Areas.

Performs core Corporate activities and increases customer service augmenting Corporate Image.
Organizes & Optimizes the data input methodologies systematically. E: Enterprise is a huge business Organisation. R: Resources are Money, Material, Man power, Machinery, and Methods P: Planning for optimal Utilization of resource for a huge business Organisation Benefits Why ERP? There are five major reasons why companies undertake ERP. Integrate financial Information Integrate Customer Order Information Standardize and speed up manufacturing processes Reduce inventory Standardize HR information. ERP is used for planning resources [Money, Material, Man power, Machinery and Methods] to get maximum profits with minimum Efforts. For this, all the business functions and processes need to be atomised and integrated. The common business functions of any large enterprise are - FICO -Financial Accounting & Controlling, HR -Human resources, PP-Production planning, MM -Material Management, SD -Sales and distribution PM -Plant Maintenance, QM -Quality Management, etc depending on the enterprise.

Advantages of ERP
..Highly Graphics based User Interface. ..Zero Down time/ planned down time. ..Readymade solutions for most of the Problems. ..Only Customization required. ..Integration of all functions ensured. ..ROI earlier than the software developed in-house. ..Easy enterprise wide information sharing. ..Suppliers and Customers can be on-line communication. ..Knowledge transfer between industries guarantees innovation. ..Automatic adaptation to new technology

Summary
Optimum utilization of resources Customer satisfaction Seamless integration between Functions Reduced overheads & inventory Timely responsiveness Market share & image enhancement Faster design to manufacturability Keep up with technology changes About SAP: SAP(Systems ,Applications,Products for data processing). SAP AG was founded in 1972 in Mannheim, Germany by a group of ex-IBM engineers with a great idea. Now,it is the Global leader in providing Enterprise Software solutions. Basically SAP software is a ERP(Enterprise resource planning). ERP means planning of the resources like employees,raw materials,Time,Markeing,etc .for the efficient business operations. In SAP there are many components, many products, and therefore many potential SAP solutions. Individually, each of these modules effectively serves to manage a business area or functional area for which a particular company department often is responsible. For example, if we consider one of the product ECC(Enterprise central component),it consists of modules like HR(human Resources),FI/Co(Finance and Controlling),PP(Production planning),SD(sales and distribution),MM(Material Management),ABAP(Advanced Business Application programming).

PS(project system), OM (quality Management), BI(Business Warehouse), PM (Plant Maintaince) .Additional course TERP10, SAP01 Basic course. In the industrial business, each process are inter-dependent, all the domains play a crucial role. For example:If the company is small and also the business process is simple, then they will be maintaining the process by manually or by using some software.But,as the company grows,the resources also grows with business process gets complicated.then we need a hand to control the business process efficiently.There are many hands available, but industries go for SAP software as their arm. Even though SAP software is very costly ,industries go for SAP by knowing it advantages.SAP is the generic application software which has flexibility for the customers to involve their own applications to lead the business of the enterprise very efficiently, results to vertical growth of the company.He can control the operations of business even from remote areas. SAP ERP is the integrated software of the applications in a single system,so that all the procees of an enterprise can be visualized over the single system.

Career opportunities: As there are many Manufacturing indusries in every sectors and others like retail,banking,chemical, Aerospace, health care,Telecommunication,etc. are implementing SAP software by knowing its value especially in India & China, lot of opportunities for the certified consultants to get job.Currently there is a huge ratio gap between the job opportunities and available SAP consultants.It is the right time for the people to get into the environment of SAP to build a bright career with good packages.Now SAP consultants are highly paid compare to other professionals.