Basis - BC (BASIS Components) accessed through SAPGUI (Graphical User Interface). It is middleware that links the SAPGUI client to SAP applications, the database, and OS (Operating System).
ABAP- ABAP is a SAP proprietary programming language. SAP R/3 supports nearly all databases: Oracle, Informix, DB2 for UNIX, DB2/400, Microsoft's SQL Server 6.0 etc.
Financial - FICO (Financial Accounting and Controlling), EC (Enterprise Controlling), AM (Asset Management) / EAM (Enterprise Asset Management), TR (Treasury), IM (capital Investment Management), GL (General Ledger).
Applications – AP/AR (Accounts Payable/Account Receivable), AA (Asset Accounting), LC (Legal Consolidation), GL (General Ledger), FM (Funds Management), BL (Bank-related Accounting), TR-CB (Cash Budget Management), TR-MRM (Market Risk Management), TR-CM (Cash Management), TR-LO (Loans Management), TR-TM (Treasury Management), Profit and Loss Accounting, Cost of Sales Accounting, Parallel set of books, Integration of Controlling, Balance Sheet by any dimension.
HR (Human Resource) - PA (Personnel Administration), PD (Personnel planning and Development)
Applications- PA-APP Applicant Management, PA-BEN Benefits, PA-EMP Employee Management, PA-INW Incentive wages, PA-PAY Payroll, PA-TIM Time Management, PA-TRV Travel Expenses, PD-OM Organizational Management, PD-RPL Room Reservations Planning, PD-WFP Workforce Planning, PD-SCM Seminar and Convention Management, PD-PD Personnel development.
Logistic and Manufacturing - MM (Material Management), MRP (Materials Requirement Planning), Material Ledger, SD (Sales & Distribution), PP/DS (Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling), LO (General Logistics), Service Management, PM (Plant Maintenance), Central Functions.
Applications- MM-PUR Purchasing, MM-IM (Inventory Management), MM-WM (Warehouse Management), MM-IV (Invoice Verification), MM-IS (Information System), MM-CBP (Consumption Based Planning), MM-EDI (Electronic Data Interchange), SD-MD (Master Data), SD-CAS (Sales Support), SD-SLS (Sales), SD-SHP (Shipping), SD-TR (Transportation), SD-BIL (Billing), SD-SIS (Sales Information System), SD-EDI Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), SD-GF (General Sales Functions), PP-SOP (Sales and Operations Planning), PP-CRP (Capacity Requirement Planning), PP-MP (Master planning), PP-ATO (Assembly orders), PP-BD (Basic Data), PP-IS (Information System), PP-KAB (Kanban/Just-in-Time), PP-MRP (Material Requirements Planning), PP-PDC (Plant Data Collection), PP-PI (Production Planning for Process Industries), PP-REM (Repetitive Manufacturing), PP-SFC (Production orders), PM-EQM (Equipment and Technical Objects), PM-IS (PM Information System), PM-PRM (Preventive Maintenance), PM-PRO (Maintenance Projects), PM-SM (Service Management), PM-WOC (Maintenance Orders Management), LO-AB-TC (Trading Contract), LO-BM (Batches), LO-ECH (Engineering Change Management), LO-EHS (Environment Management), LO-EWB (Engineering Workbench), LO-HU (Handling Unit Management), LO-LIS (Logistics Information System), LO-MAP (Merchandise & Assortment Planning), LO-MD (Logistics Basic Data), LO-MDS (Merchandise Distribution), LO-PDM (Product Data Management), LO-PR (Forecast), LO-RIS (Retail Information System), LO-SCI (Supply Chain Planning Interface), LO-SRS (Retail Store), LO-VC (Variant Configuration).
Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) - QM (Quality Management), QM-QP (Quality Planning), QM-IM (Quality Inspection processing), QM-QC-AQC (Quality control), QM-IT (Test equipment management), QM-QN (Quality notifications), QM-CA (Quality certificates), PS (Project System), DMS (Document Management System).
Applications- SAP Project and Portfolio Management, SAP Environment, Health and Safety
SAP PLM Recipe Management, Audit Management, QM-CR (General functions), QM-PT-RP (Control in logistics), PLM400 (Quality Management) or LO170 (Quality Management), PLM405 (Quality Inspections) or LO705 (Quality Inspections), PLM410 (Quality Notifications) or LO710 (Quality Notifications), PLM425 (QM in Sales and Distribution/Quality Certificates) or LO725 (QM in Sales and Distribution/Quality Certificates), PS-CAF (Payments), PS-CON (Confirmation), PS-COS (Costs), PS-CRP (Resources), PS-DAT (Dates), PS-DOC (Documents), PS-IS (Information System), PS-MAT (Material), PS-PRG (Progress), PS-REV (Revenues and Earnings), PS-SIM (Simulation), PS-ST (Structures), PS-VER (Versions).
Cross Application (X-Apps) - xApp for Manufacturing Integration & Intelligence, APO (Advanced Planner and Optimizer) – Live Cache, WF (Workflow), BW (Business Warehouse) 3.5, BIW (Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing), Analytics, xPD (Product Definition)
SAP Business Suite(formerly New Dimension) - ERP 6.0 (2005) with ECC 6.0, CRM (Customer Relationship Management), SCM (Supply Chain Management), SAP Auto-ID Infrastructure, SAP Supply Network Collaboration, SAP Extended Warehouse Management, SRM (Supplier Relationship Management), SAP Catalog Content Management, SAP SRM as Add-on for ECC.
Applications- Analytics, Channel Management, Interaction Center, Field Applications, Implementation & Operation, Sales with mySAP CRM 2005, SAP Marketing, SAP Service, Planning, Manufacturing, Order Fulfillment, Enterprise Buyer, Procurement.
NetWeaver "Business Process Management" apps – KMC (Knowledge Management & Collaboration) for 2004s - Document management service, Content Management service; XI (Exchange Infrastructure), morphing to PI (Process Integration), EP (Enterprise Portal)
IS (Information Systems) Management - CCMS (Computing Center Mgmt System), Master Data Management (MDM 5.5 SP04).
Applications- BC-CCM-ADK Archiving Development Kit, CCM-API Application Program Interfaces, CCM-BTC Background Processing, CCM-CNF Configuration, CCM-HAV High Availability, CCM-MON Monitoring, CCM-PRN Print and Output Management, MDM100 (Master Data Management), MDM101 (MDM GDS), MDM300 (MDM Print Publishing), MDM400 (MDM Data Modeling).
GRC (Governance, Risk, and Compliance) SDN - Virsa, GTS, xEM, CPM (Corporate Performance Management), SEM (Strategic Enterprise Management): Strategy Management, Business Planning and Simulation (BI), Credit Management.
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