SAP program: what is it in simple words and how to work in it – how does SAP software stand for? (2024)

• Pochepsky Oleg
  

  Business analyst of the marking area

  Author of the article

But on a particularly large scale, its implementation is economically justified — using such modules to work in the SAP program.:

• PP-we remind you, for planning purposes,
• MM — for efficient management of funds flows,
• FI — so that you don't lose any financial items,
• AA and AM — for income and expense distribution,
• PM — for timely maintenance,
• SD — for profitable sales,
• CO — for monitoring activities,
• HR.

Package Additions

Over time, the developers of the German company offered a number of relevant innovations that expand the functionality of their platform. Let's look at 3 key innovations.

Open PS

An interface solution is a kind of bridge between a set of internal projects and external software. Now think about how potentially important it is for the SUB system: what it is, how inflexible a tool for working with data that is freely available. This is a module that helps facilitate a whole range of business operations.

Intranet

Automatically creates screens and thus gives registered users the opportunity to log in to the corporate network. Thanks to it, it is quite possible to create a whole complex of supply control with the most detailed database of suppliers, customers, and distributors.

Business Add-In (BAdI)

This is an application that allows you to determine a number of important indicators, for example, the reliability and relevance of available documentation, as well as the cost of a single product or its entire batch.

What are the pros and cons of SAP software, and what is it in practice?

There are really a lot of distinctive features of this SOFTWARE-let's look at the key ones — both positive and not the most convenient.

In the list of benefits:

• Easy setup.
• Work online.
• Updates are practically unnecessary.
• Automatic improvement of work efficiency of subordinates.
• Reduces the number and even the probability of errors.
• Covers a wide range of tasks-covers all the needs of a large enterprise.
• It is conveniently and naturally combined with other office applications.
• The interface can be fully adapted "for yourself" — to implement the smallest details in the product structure.
• High focus on cutting-edge standards and results, and therefore relevance.

Disadvantages include:

• Demanding to have specific knowledge for the most flexible configuration — you need to understand what AFE is in SAP, understand other codes and modules.
• Comparatively expensive — the purchase of this software pays off in the long run.
• Adaptability is possible only with individual debugging — if some functions do not coincide with the company's activities, you will have to spend extra money on reorienting them.
• The inability to switch to another vendor for free until the contract with the current one expires; renegotiation will result in significant costs, which is inconvenient for a company that spends its budget efficiently.
• Using a product is not yet a guarantee of the success of the product created with its help (although this is typical for any software, so this disadvantage is very conditional).

As you can see, the disadvantages are relative and strongly depend on who will use the same ERP. If this is a trained person, most of the disadvantages will be avoided, and the payback rate will be higher. Well, the advantages are quite real and obvious-those that should be adopted.

Implementation stages

We have almost covered what the SAP accounting program is-the description given, how it looks, is also clear - but to complete the picture, you also need to understand how it is configured for the needs of a particular enterprise and launched into operation. This is done in 4 steps:

1. Familiarization with the project and its preparation — here the necessary documents are viewed, collected, compiled, and the schedule of all events is agreed upon. Be sure to pay attention not only to the management's suggestions, but also to the developers ' recommendations.

2. Collecting the necessary information-it is found out what qualifications those employees who will directly use the software have, how much they are aware of future tasks; based on this, decisions are made on configuring the software.

3. Design — after analyzing all available information, developers approve the structure (making changes, adjustments, improvements, if necessary) and adopt a final plan, which they will continue to adhere to.

4. Implementation — all relevant scenarios for the enterprise are implemented, adjusted in accordance with the specific tasks of the company, and personnel are trained.

After that, support is provided-with periodic checks for the absence of errors and correct operation.

Naturally, it is important for managers not only to know how to decipher SAP, how to implement it in their organization, and how to use it, but also to understand what it is used for. A install it with two global goals:

• To get accurate information about the current state of affairs in a timely manner and see all changes made online.
• To gradually optimize business processes, eliminating unprofitable, overly complex, unnecessary ones and improving the efficiency of the most priority ones.

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