SAP & MySAP Business Suite.
SAP stands for Systems Application Products in data processing.
It should be pronounced as S A P and not as a single word sap.
SAP product strategy is:
Extend instead of replace.
Business process integration for cost reduction and efficiency.
Cooperation among the supply chain, collaboration within business community for improved effectiveness, value creation.
The evolution of business is from ERP to Inter Enterprise Cooperation, collaborative business. Drives efficiency, profitability from business relationship.
SAP founded by 5 IBM Engineers in 1972 at Waldorf in Germany.
Claus Wellenreuther
Dietmar Hopp
Haus Wenner Hector
Hasso Plattner
Klaus Tschira
SAP Business suit is built on SAP Net Weaver, which include SAP Web application server, the portal infrastructure, the exchange infrastructure and information integration.
SAP Web application server supports Internet technology (HTTP & XML) JAVA and ABAP.
SAP switched over to R/2 Architecture in the year 1979, R/3 Architecture in the year 1992 and supported e-commerce since 1996.
SAP provides 23 industry and cross industry solutions.
28 languages which can be used in SAP.
46 various country specific versions available.
About 10,000 tables used in SAP R/3.
About 2.5 lakhs screens in SAP.
About 53 core modules called business components in SAP.
SAP reached India in year 1997, implementation by SAP partners and not SAP Labs.
SAP solution manager is for implementation, which covers operation, solution monitoring and support.
SAP implementation is a collective effort.