SAP R/3 OVERVIEW

By : K.GOWRI SHANKER Reg No :- 09CN06

Agenda
y Introduction y Objective of the study y Organization profile y Branch office and subsidiaries of SAP AG y What is ASAP? y Introduction of SAP Project Management y The role of Project Manager y Project Management Life Cycle y SAP Implementation Methodologies and Strategies y An Efficient Tool for Project Management : Internet Services

Introduction
y In the recent times the focus is on proven methods and lessons

learned from dealing with projects in diverse industries and settings. It brings new technology opportunities to the industrial environment. Projects like implementing SAP should address issues of organization, process, and technology, and explore how modern technology tools such as the internet and World Wide Web can support effective project management and project success.

Objective of the study

y Customers are increasingly looking for solutions that not only

support their critical business processes and minimize risks but also deliver fast ROI and lead to a lasting reduction in IT total cost of ownership. SAPs focus has been on solutions designed for specific processes predefined combinations of applications, services, and content for resolving urgent business problems. y Trends always change according to new requirements so that software developers and companies have to work on products continuously in order to meet these requirements. What is the progress with SAP technologies? What are the new requirements and the expectations of the business? These are some of the questions that are constantly needs to be answered.

Organization Profile
y 1972 : Five former IBM employees- Hasso Plattner, Dietmar Hopp, Claus

Wellenreuther, Klaus Tschira, and Hans-Werner Hketor- launch a company called SAP (System Analysis and Program Development). y 1973: The first financial accounting software is completed, the RF system. This forms the basis for the continuous development of other software components in what came to be known as the R/1 system. y 1974: SAP demonstrates its flexibility for the first time. Within eight weeks, the RF system is converted from DOS to OS. There are already 40 companies on the reference list. y 1976: SAP Gmbh systeme, Anwendungen und Produkte in der Datenverarbeitung ( systems, Application and Products in Data Processing) is set up as an auxiliary sales and marketing firm. Five years later in 1981, the private corporation established in 1972 (Systems, Analysis and Program Development) dissolved, and its rights are transferred to SAP Gmbh, giving the company its current name ( System Application and Products in Data Processing). SAP now has 25 employees and a turnover of DM 3.81 million.

Organization profile
y 1980: SAP moves into the companys first building on Max-Planck-Strasse in

Walldorfs industrial park. The software development area and its 50 computers are now finally under one roof . The new data processing infrastructure is also built .The Siemens 7738, and IBM/ 370-148, installed y 1982: SAP celebrates its 10th birthday. Its offices are already too small and the first building extension is built in record time. Over 250 companies in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland work with SAP software. Revenue reaches approximately DM 24 million, and the company has 100 employees. One of the company founder leaves the company. y 1984: SAP takes 48 new employees. This increase in personnel resources is brought about in particular by the further development of SAPs module (RK, PPS, and RP). SAP (International) AG is founded in Biel, Switzerland. The intention is to deal with foreign markets from this base in Switzerland. SAP has 163 employees and revenues of DM 46 million.

Organization profile
y 1986: SAP founds its first country subsidiary in Austria. It also opens its first branch

office in Ratingen, near Dusseldof, Germany. SAP increases its capital stock from DM 500,000 to DM 5,000,000. Revenues reach the DM 100 million mark earlier than expected. y 1987: Work begins on SAPs training center in Walldorfs industrial park. The first SAP software congress in Karlsruhe is used as a platform for the exchange of information between users and interested parties. The new generation of servers from IBM means that SAP software is now available to midsize companies (annual revenue from DM 30 million to 200 million). SAP Consulting is founded to serve this customer sector. The standardization of software production becomes an incentive for SAP to start developing a new generation of software SAP R/3.
y 1990: SAP stock reaches DM 85 million following the issue of preference

shares. The increased funds are used to finance increasing investments. DM 110 million is made available for R&D, both for the further development of R/2 and the new development of R/3. SAP now has over 1700 employees and its revenue exceeds DM 500 million.

Organization profile
y 1992: After successful installation at selected pilot customers, SAP R/3 is released to the

general market. This heralds the start of new stage in SAPs growth. As it celebrates its 20th anniversary, SAP intensifies its partner strategy in accordance with the expected high installation figures for R/3. Independent consulting companies support customers during the installation of R/3. y 1999: In May, Co-Chairman and CEO Hasso Plattner announces the mySAP.com strategy, heraldin the beginning of a new direction for the company and its product range. mySAP.com connects e-commerce solutions with existing ERP applications using up-to-date Web technology. In the same year, numerous mySAP.com customers are won, among them Hewlett-Packard and the Pharmaceutical company Hoechst Marion Roussel. Almost 15% of the revenue of EUR 5.1 billion is used for research and development. y 2004: Enterprise service Architecture delivers the first version of SAP NewWeaver04. The resonance from the new integration and application platform is overwhelming. By the end of 2004 the new product has more than 1000 customers. In total, more than 24,000 customers in over 120 countries run 84,000 installations of SAP Software. SAP announces the future of Enterprise Services Architecture. It is planned that by midyear all enterprise application of SAP will be service-based and offer the customer the utmost flexibility.

Branch Offices and Subsidiaries of SAP AG

y SAP has a network of development centers, training centers,

and service subsidiaries. For example, there are development centers (the SAP Labs) in Palo Alto (U.S), Sophia Antipolis (France), Bangalore (India), and Tokyo (Japan) and other countries. SAP has local Subsidiaries in more than 50 countries that are responsible for sales, consulting, training, and services. y There are a number of training centers in the United States, Newton Square (Philadelphia), Atlanta, San Francisco, and Dallas, just to name a few. In Germany, there are training and consulting centers in Walldorf (Baden), Berlin, Hamburg, and Ratingen.

What is ASAP?
y Accelerated SAP (ASAP) is a comprehensive solution for

efficiently implementing and continuously optimizing SAP software. It has a detailed, business-oriented structure and allows you to design implementation projects flexibly.

What is ASAP?
y Basic System: y Basic components (BC) y Advanced business application programming (ABAP4)

y Accounting System y Financial accounting (FI) y Controlling (CO) y Asset Management (AM)

Production and logistics

y Materials Management (MM) y Production Planning (PP) y Quality Management (QM) y Plant Management (PM)

INTRODUCTION OF SAP PROJECT MANAGEMENT

A project is defined as following by its components in general: y It has a beginning and an end y It is defined by specific goals and objectives y It is usually conducted by a well-defined organization y It has a single project manager who is responsible for its success, failures and risks y It can be expressed by identifying the starting point and the goal and the route between them Project Management covers the following functions: y Planning-deciding what is to be done y Organizing-making arrangements y Staffing-selecting the right people y Directing-giving instructions y Monitoring-checking on progress y Controlling-taking action y Innovating-coming up with new solutions y Representing-liaising with users

Project Management Life Cycle

y Initiation involves starting up the project, by documenting a

business case, feasibility study, terms of reference, appointing the team and setting up a Project Office. y Planning involves setting out the roadmap for the project by creating the following plans: project plan, resource plan, financial plan, quality plan, acceptance plan and communications plan. y Execution involves building the deliverables and controlling the project delivery, scope, costs, quality, risks and issues. y Closure involves winding-down the project by releasing staff, handing over deliverables to the customer and completing a post implementation review.