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Electronic data interchange (EDI) enables business users homogenize diverse structures of identical datasets (such as orders, delivery notes, invoices, inventories, price catalogs, etc.,) to speed up digital transactions with minimum error, at maximum speed, with the lowest cost.

However, in order to enable the transfer of transactional information and ultimately reap benefits, business users will need an IDoc (Intermediate Document) which is an SAP file format. These IDocs further need to be integrated with EDI messages to streamline the transfer process. And here comes the role of an integration solution.

By mapping and integrating EDI messages with SAP IDoc formats, business users can streamline their B2B data exchange processes.

Ayoshya self-service-based solution makes it easy for all business users developers to integrate EDI messages with SAP IDoc and BAPI without excessively relying on IT or developer teams.

What Are the Advantages of in Using Ayoshya for EDI to SAP Integration?

1. Easy to connect and send/receive IDoc or BAPI data, little coding needed
2. Integrate SAP with any on-premise or cloud EDI application
3. Rich SAP logs dashboard that shows the status of all the transactions
4. Certified SAP Integration partner
5. Outbound processing of a large amount of IDocs with multiple self-registering RFC servers.
6. Inbound processing, i.e. transfer of IDocs to an R/3 system with an RFC client.
7. Full implementation of tRFC in both RFC server and RFC client.
8. Graphical mapping interface with data validation
9. Meta-driven SOA framework to rapidly build and deploy new services into production
10. Access to EDI data dictionaries, SAP IDoc and BAPI schemas

How Can Businesses Integrate EDI with SAP IDoc?

There are 2 simple steps to integrate an EDI message to SAP IDoc, in this example we will summarize the steps on how to map EDI 856 (Shipment Notice/Manifest) to SAP IDoc DELVRY03 document.

STEP 1: Map EDI to SAP IDoc

Create a mapping service between the inbound EDI to SAP IDoc. Adeptia’s AI-based graphical data mapper shows the specific EDI message schema and the IDoc schema. ayoshya SAP Adapter allows user to search for any IDoc automatically and select the particular IDoc that is needed for the SAP EDI mapping. The developer would then apply the mapping rules to convert the EDI to IDoc. This is a one-time effort since the mapping can be used in any orchestration where EDI 856 needs to be converted into SAP DELVRY03.

At run-time when the orchestration executes this data mapping service, the EDI data will be converted to IDoc.

Here’s an example of the EDI to IDoc mapping.

STEP 2: Deliver the IDoc to SAP through an orchestration

The final step is to design an orchestration that allows inbound EDI files to be delivered to SAP using the Ayoshya SAP Adapter. Here’s a sample process of EDI idoc mapping in sap where an incoming EDI file is being sent to SAP PI/XI server. The mapping service created in step 1 is embedded as a second activity in the flow. Process picks up new EDI message and converts it to IDoc and delivers it to the SAP server.

Run-time transactional logs are available to check the status of each transaction.

This is the COMPLETE SAP ERP modules list.

SAP ERP modules and SAP ERP components are the same thing (SAP changed the name in 2004—more on this below).

Get the full list of SAP ERP modules and learn what they are with this detailed article.

So without further ado, let’s do this!

What Are SAP ERP Modules (SAP ERP Components)?

Imagine SAP ERP modules (now SAP components) as building blocks for SAP ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems, such as:

• SAP R/3 (SAP Real-Time Tier 3)
• SAP ECC (SAP ERP Central Component)
• SAP S/4HANA (SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA)

A company picks the building blocks to integrate into their SAP ERP system that it needs and leaves out the ones that aren’t needed.

Each building block provides technology to run other building blocks or functionality for a specific purpose such as:

• Finance
• Human Resources
• Logistics

SAP ERP modules allow you to break your SAP ERP system into simpler and more manageable parts. SAP NetWeaver is both the technical foundation for the building block and a building block.

Although SAP ERP modules are now called SAP ERP components (since 2004 with the SAP R/3 upgrade to SAP ECC), for the sake of the old days and because modules sound cooler than components (don’t you think so too—leave a comment), let’s just call them SAP ERP modules.

Below SAP ERP Modules vs. SAP ERP Components, you’ll find a detailed explanation of the differences between SAP ERP modules and SAP ERP components.

First, let’s look at the difference between technical and functional SAP ERP modules:

Technical SAP ERP Modules vs. Functional SAP ERP Modules

SAP ERP modules come in two flavors:

1. Technical SAP ERP modules
2. Functional SAP ERP modules

Technical SAP ERP Modules

Technical SAP ERP modules make up the technical foundation of an SAP ERP system.

Technical SAP ERP modules are needed to integrate the functional SAP ERP modules.

Technical SAP ERP modules contain NO logic but serve as the environment for running functional SAP ERP modules.

Two technical SAP ERP modules are mandatory:

• SAP NetWeaver
• SAP ABAP

Functional SAP ERP Modules

Functional SAP ERP modules are building blocks that contain the processes and logic of specific business areas.

Functional SAP ERP modules extend an ERP system with functionality for certain business areas.

For example, three functional SAP ERP modules are:

• CO (Controlling)
• FI (Financial Accounting)
• PM (Plant Maintenance)

SAP ERP Submodules

SAP ERP modules are further divided into SAP ERP submodules.

SAP ERP submodules provide additional functionality in the business area of their parent.

For example, the SAP ERP module SAP PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) offers the SAP ERP submodules:

• Basic Data for Process Manufacturing
• Classification
• Document Management
• Engineering Change Management
• Enterprise Content Management

SAP ERP Modules vs. Software Modules

Even though SAP ERP modules are software, they are not software in a computer science sense in terms of programming.

In computer science, a software module is a functional and self-contained unit of software consisting of processing steps and data structures.

Though SAP ERP modules have processing steps and data structures. But SAP ERP modules are not functional and self-contained units. Since the functions of SAP ERP modules are intertwined or they rely on each other.

Operating an SAP ERP module always affects other SAP ERP modules. Therefore, SAP ERP modules are not self-contained and are no software modules in terms of computer science.

Maybe this is the reason because SAP changed the name from modules to components to differentiate more clearly between SAP ERP modules and software modules in a computer science way.

The complete SAP ERP Modules List

First, an overview of:

• All technical SAP ERP modules
• All functional SAP ERP modules

Following is the complete SAP ERP modules list including all SAP ERP modules and their submodules.

Let’s get started:

Technical SAP ERP Modules List

Here’s the complete list of all technical SAP ERP modules:

• ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming)
• Basis
• BI (Business Intelligence)
• CA (Cross-Application Components)
• NW (NetWeaver)

Functional SAP ERP Modules List

Here’s a list of all functional SAP ERP modules:

• CO (Controlling)
• CRM (Customer Relationship Management)
• CS (Customer Service)
• EC (Enterprise Controlling)
• EPM (Enterprise Performance Management)
• EHS (Environment, Health, and Safety)
• FI (Financial Accounting)
• HCM (Human Capital Management)
• IS (Industry Solutions)
• LIS (Logistics Information System)
• MM (Materials Management)
• PLM (Product Life Cycle Management)
• PM (Plant Maintenance)
• PP (Production Planning)
• PS (Project Systems)
• QM (Quality Management)
• SCM (Supply Chain Management)
• SD (Sales and Distribution)
• SEM (Strategic Enterprise Management)
• SRM (Supplier Relationship Management)
• TR (Treasury)

Technical SAP ERP Modules and Their SAP ERP Submodules List

Here’s the full list of all of SAP ERP’s technical modules and their submodules:

ABAP

• ABAP 00
• ABAP Workbench
• ALE
• ALV reporting
• ASAP methodology
• Business Connector
• Business Server Pages
• Business Workflow
• Data Dictionary
• Dialog Programming
• EBP
• EDI
• IDOCS
• Internet Application Server
• LSMW
• Menu Painter
• Mercator Report Painter
• Report writer
• Repository Information System
• SAP Script
• Screen Painter
• Smart forms

Basis

• ABAP Programming & Runtime Environment
• ABAP Workbench
• Application Link Enabling
• Authorization System Monitoring with CCMS Workload Alert Monitor
• Basis Services/ Communication Interfaces
• Business Management
• Change and Transport System
• Client Server Technology
• Common Program Interface Communications
• Computer Aided Test Tool
• Computing Center Management System
• Controls & Control Framework
• Customizing
• Database Interface, Database Platforms
• Documentation & Translation Tools
• Electronic Data Interchange
• Fiori
• Front End Services
• Gateway
• HANA
• Middleware
• Network Integration
• Object Linking & Embedding
• Operating System Platform
• Ready to Run R/3
• Remote Function Calls
• SAPUI5
• Security
• Upgrade General

Business Intelligence (BI)

• BI Platform
• BI Suite—Business Explorer
• Business Objects
• Data Warehousing
• Design Build
• Development Technologies
• Info Cube
• ODS Structures

Cross Application Components (CA)

• Application Link Enabling
• SAP Business Workflow

NetWeaver (NW)

• Application Platform
• Business Information Warehouse
• Business Intelligence
• Enterprise Portal
• Exchange Infrastructure
• Information Integration
• Knowledge Management
• Life Cycle Management
• Master data Management
• Mobile Engine
• People Integration
• Portal Content
• Process Integration
• Security
• Solution Manager
• Visual Composer
• Web Application Server

Functional SAP ERP Modules and Their SAP ERP Submodules List

Here’s the list of all functional SAP ERP modules and submodules.

Controlling (CO)

• Activity Based Costing
• Cost Centre Accounting
• Material Ledger
• Overhead Cost Controlling
• Product Cost Controlling
• Profitability Analysis
• Sales Order Costing
• Split Valuation
• Transfer Pricing

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

• Channel Management
• CRM Enterprise
• CRM Sales
• E-Commerce
• Field Applications
• Industry Specific CRM
• Interaction Center
• Marketing
• Trade Promotion Management

Customer Service (CS)

• Controlling
• Service Contracts
• Service Processing
• Workflow in Customer Service

Enterprise Controlling (EC)

• Business Planning and Budgeting
• Consolidation (EC-CS)
• Executive Information System
• Profit Center Accounting

Enterprise Performance Management (EPM)

• Corporate Close
• Entity Close
• Planning, Budgeting, and Forecasting
• Profitability and Cost Management
• Reporting and Disclosure
• Strategy Development and Translation

Environment, Health, and Safety (HCM)

• Basic Data & Tools
• Dangerous Goods Management
• Global Label Management
• Industrial Hygiene and Safety
• Occupational Health
• Product Safety
• Waste Management

Financial Accounting (FI)

• Accounts Payable
• Accounts Receivable
• Asset Accounting
• Bank Accounting
• Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC)
• Closing Cockpit
• Consolidation
• Credit management
• Extended Ledger
• Financial Supply Chain Management
• Funds Management
• General Ledger Accounting
• Group Risk and Compliance (GRC)
• Joint Venture Accounting
• Lease Accounting
• New General Ledger
• Real Estate Management
• Revenue Accounting and Reporting (RAR)
• S/4 HANA Finance
• Special Ledger
• Taxes
• Travel Management

Human Capital Managment (HCM)

• Benefits Administration
• Compensation Management
• Incentive
• Information System
• Internet Scenarios
• Organizational Management
• Payroll
• Personnel Administration
• Personnel Development
• Personnel Planning
• Recruitment
• Self-Service
• SuccessFactors
• Talent Management
• Time Management
• Training and Events Management
• Travel Management
• Wages
• Workflow

Industry Solutions (IS)

• Consumer Industries
  • Agribusiness
  • Consumer Products
  • Fashion
  • Life Sciences
  • Retail
  • Wholesale Distribution
• Discrete Industries
  • Aerospace and Defense
  • Automotive
  • High Tech
  • Industrial Machinery and Components
• Energy and Natural Resources
  • Building Products
  • Chemicals
  • Mill Products
  • Mining
  • Oil and Gas
  • Utilities
• Financial Services
  • Banking
  • Insurance
• Public Services
  • Defense and Security
  • Federal and National Government
  • Future Cities
  • Healthcare
  • Higher Education and Research
  • Regional, State, and Local Government
• Service Industries
  • Cargo Transportation and Logistics
  • Engineering, Construction, and Operations
  • Media
  • Passenger Travel and Leisure
  • Professional Services
  • Sports and Entertainment
  • Telecommunications

Investment Managment (IM)

• Appropriation Requests
• Automatic Settlement of Fixed Assets
• Corporation Wide Budgeting
• Depreciation Forecast
• Information System
• Investment Measures
• Investment Programs

Logistics Information System (LIS)

• Inventory Controlling
• Plant Maintenance Information System
• Production Planning and Control Information System
• Project Information System
• Purchasing Information System
• Retail Information System
• Sales Information System

Materials Management (MM)

• Extended Warehouse Management
• External Services Management
• Inventory/Valuations
• Inventory Management
• Invoice Verification
• Logistics (General)
• Logistics Information System
• Materials Planning
• Purchasing
• QM in MM
• Warehouse Management
• Workflow

Plant Maintenance (PM)

• Customizing
• Equipment and Technical Objects
• Information System
• Internet Scenarios
• Maintenance Order Management
• Maintenance Planning
• Maintenance Projects
• PM Processing
• Preventative Maintenance
• Service Management
• Structuring Technical Systems
• Work Clearance Management

Product Life Cycle Management (PLM)

• Basic Data for Process Manufacturing
• Classification
• Document Management
• Engineering Change Management
• Enterprise Content Management

Production Planning (PP)

• Assembly Orders
• Capacity requirements
• Information System
• KANBAN
• Make to Order
• Master Planning
• Plant Data Collection
• PP – Processes
• PP for Process Industries
• Product Cost Planning
• Production Orders
• Repetitive Manufacturing
• Sales and Operations Planning

Project Systems (PS)

• Approval
• Basic Data
• Information System
• Operational Structures
• Project Execution and Integration
• Project Planning
• Results Analysis
• Work Breakdown Structure

Quality Management (QM)

• Certificates
• Control
• Inspections
• Notifications
• Planning
• QM-IS
• Test Equipment Management

Sales and Distribution (SD)

• Billing
• Credit Control
• Electronic Data Interchange
• Foreign Trade
• Internet
• Master Data
• QM in SD
• Sales
• Sales Information System
• Sales Support
• Shipping
• Special Business Transactions
• Transportation

Supply Chain Management (SCM)

• Advance Planning and Optimization
• Event Management
• Forecasting and Replenishment
• Inventory Collaboration Hub
• Product Development and Life Cycle Management
• SCM Basis
• SCM Process and Business Scenarios

Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)

• Catalogue Content Management
• Plan Driven Procurement
• Self Service Procurement
• Service Procurement
• Spend Analysis
• Strategic Sourcing

Treasury (TR)

• Cash Management
• Electronic banking
• Funds Management
• Information System
• Loans Management
• Market Risk Management
• Treasury Management

There you go!

Some SAP ERP Modules Explained

Here are a few SAP ERP modules explained:

SAP FICO (SAP Finance and SAP Controlling)

SAP FICO helps an organization manage its financial data. SAP FICO enables organizations to keep an up-to-date version of their financials. SAP FICO in particular is designed to help companies create and maintain financial statements for analysis and reporting, as well as to assist with effective business planning and decision-making.

SAP FICO is comprised of two parts:

• SAP FI (Finance): handles overall financial reporting and accounting
• SAP CO (Controlling): focuses on cost planning and monitoringSAP FI and SAP CO used to be two separate modules, but now they’re so tightly integrated that they’re just talked about as one module.

SAP HCM (SAP Human Capital Management)

SAP HCM is used for recruiting, managing and developing employees.

HCM focuses on human resources as assets that need to be invested in and managed so they’re maximizing their business value. HCM is more than HR’s administrative functions and includes such strategic roles as talent management and employee engagement.

HCM also refers to the software that’s used to automate processes like development, management, and recruitment.

SAP MM (SAP Materials Management)

SAP MM allows companies to manage materials, inventory, and warehouses. SAP MM’s primary goal is to ensure the organization’s supply chain is always stable by ensuring material is kept in proper quantities and without shortfalls or gaps.

SAP MM also makes it possible for supply chain professionals and other SAP users to complete their purchases more quickly, and in a cheaper and more efficient manner, and to keep up with changes in these processes.

SAP MM is a part of logistics, and it helps manufacturers with their supply chains.

SAP PM (SAP Production Maintenance)

SAP PM helps companies maintain and support their equipment and systems.

SAP PM has three components to help with maintenance:

• Inspections: determines the actual condition of the system or equipment.
• Preventive maintenance: helps ensure optimal conditions for systems or equipment.
• Repair: supports the restoring of systems or equipment.

SAP PM lets you handle your maintenance requests and take care of some of the repairs automatically. You can use it to log problems, keep track of labor and expenses, and record and settle your costs.

SAP PM automatically triggers processes in the other modules when needed. For instance, a repair activity may trigger a purchase order for a material in MM or purchasing.

SAP PP (SAP Production Planning and Control)

SAP PP helps businesses plan the manufacturing, sale and distribution of goods. As part of logistics, SAP PP plays an important part in a manufacturer’s supply chains.

SAP PP includes:

• Bill of material
• Capacity planning
• Material requirements planning
• Routings

What makes SAP PP tick is master data that is manipulated and stored in centralized master data tables.

Data in the master table is used to create transactional data, for example:

• Creating a purchase order in MM
• Creating a production order in PP
• Creating a sales order in SD

Example: The SAP PP production order will use master data from SAP MM to determine the raw materials needed, which will then be used to create the SAP SD sales order.

SAP PS (SAP Project System)

SAP PS is a project management tool that lets users direct funds and resources where they’re needed, and control each stage of a project to make sure it’s timely and doesn’t break the budget.

SAP PS enables project managers to set start and end dates of their projects and break them down into discrete elements and structures.

With a work breakdown structure, projects are broken down into individual tasks and linked together hierarchically, and then by processes. As a result, work packages are created, which includes activities and their details, like dates of start and ends. Additionally, the network function lets you set up relationships between different activities.

SAP QM (SAP Quality Management)

SAP QM helps you prevent defects, make continuous process improvements, and ensure quality throughout the organization.

Benefits to the organization include:

• Compliance with manufacturing quality regulations
• Improved customer service
• Reduced costs

As with any SAP ERP module, SAP QM interacts with other SAP ERP modules.

SAP QM’s main focus is quality control processes that organizations use to ensure the quality of goods through

Technology is advancing rapidly, and forward-thinking manufacturers are embracing the digital revolution. SAP ERP For Manufacturing Industry They are adopting new technologies in order to stay relevant, innovative and competitive. One of these important technologies is the use of SAP erps for the manufacturing industry.

All manufacturers strive to optimize their operational processes by reducing costs, improving efficiency and increasing profits. Advancements in technology have aided many manufacturers in achieving these goals.

Failure to adopt new technologies in your manufacturing business will make it significantly harder for it to thrive and grow in today’s fast-paced, digital business environment.

SAP ERP

SAP was founded in 1972 by five former IBM engineers, and is one of the largest global vendors of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software.

It offers industry-specific ERP solutions that support business processes across procurement, manufacturing, service, sales, finance and human resources.

SAP ERP solutions support the following manufacturing types:

• Discrete Manufacturing: A manufacturing process whereby finished products are distinct items capable of being easily counted, touched or seen. Discrete manufacturing involves parts like nuts and bolts, brackets, wires and individual products. Examples of products made by discrete manufacturing include furniture, toys and smartphones.
• Process Manufacturing: A process whereby a product is created by using a formula or recipe to refine the raw ingredients. The final product cannot be broken down into its basic components. Examples of products made by process manufacturing include pharmaceuticals, paint, food and beverages.
• Repetitive Manufacturing: In this process, goods are manufactured by following the same production sequences. This type of manufacturing process often goes hand-in-hand with automated assembly processes. Examples of products made by repetitive manufacturing include small electronic goods and car components.

SAP ERP Integrations

SAP ERP solutions integrate with the following systems:

• Salesforce
• Microsoft Dynamics
• Zoho CRM
• Oracle
• Sage
• NetSuite

SAP ERP’s for the Manufacturing Industry

SAP Business One

Designed for small and mid-size businesses, SAP Business One is an ERP solution that automates and streamlines key business functions in financials, operations and human resources. With SAP Business One, you will gain greater insight into your business, streamline key processes and make strategic decisions based on real-time information. SAP Business One can be deployed on cloud or on-premise and is integrated with business intelligence and the SAP HANA platform.

Key Features of SAP Business One

• Financial management
• Sales and customer management
• Purchasing and inventory control
• Manufacturing management
• Inventory management
• Industry-specific manufacturing capabilities

Manufacturing sectors involved in the production of new products from seized raw materials are in need of software to leverage theirs in and out operations. SAP software solution adopted by manufacturing industries automates the complete process to attain successful production. It provides a single scalable approach to attain a profitable position.

Varied functionalities like production process, inventory management, financial module, the requirement of raw materials etc are covered under integrated platform scrutinizing production process to give out effective outcomes. An automated system gives a complete solution in order to avail fast growth.

How Does ERP Help in Manufacturing? 

ERP helps in manufacturing to automate the business processes from sales order to finished goods.  It manages inventory, controls production, provides orders and demand, and gives end-to-end visibility into the production process.

At Seidor, we have over 7000 customers running SAP solutions worldwide.  When talking with executive managers from manufacturing companies, we consistently hear the same business needs they expect from manufacturing ERP software:

Manage Inventory and Bills of Material for Manufacturing

• Handle all types of bills of materials, and multi-level bills of materials
• Incorporate landed costs for material coming from overseas
• Record, track and produce serial and/or batch numbers for incoming and outgoing products
• Manage multiple units of measure
• Conduct materials planning, purchasing and inventory forecasting projections within MRP

Manage the Production Process

• Manage production orders electronically
• Generate either an assembly or disassembly work order
• Record the usage of raw materials, resources and labor
• Generate finished goods

As a manufacturer grows, the business expands and drives additional needs or requirements.  To speed warehouse operations they look for wireless, handheld devices that are integrated into inventory systems for use in the warehouse.  To facilitate vendor orders and payments, they look for integration with EDI tools.  To expedite outbound shipping they look for integration with major shipping service providers like UPS, FedEx and USPS.  We have also seen requirements for advanced production scheduling, shop floor control, batch/lot management, WIP management and job costing.

The process to help you compare SAP ERP manufacturing solutions starts with understanding your place in the market now, and your vision for the future.  We ask questions to understand your business size, your manufacturing process, your place within your industry, and where you want your business to be.  Then we match your requirements, functions, users and investment goals to the SAP solution set to select an appropriate platform.

We apply your business principles with those we have encountered across our customer base.  Seidor has experience with providing ERP solutions within a number of manufacturing verticals, including automotive, chemicals, electronics, fabricated metals, food, furniture, lighting, machinery and equipment, and consumer goods just to name a few.

FEATURES

• SAP is considered to be a soulful software package covering all business entities within a single software package.
• Data about the utilization of resources are recorded inducing to analyze the demand for raw materials with ease.
• Accounts payable and receivable are maintained effortlessly by a valid financial management system since it gathers reports from every module.
• Daily production details are recorded enabling effective planning on a diversified process inconsistent manner.
• Efficient maintenance of inventories tracks the supply chain of furnished products allowing to generate demand-based production.
• The integrated solution promotes delivering quality products to customers. Pre-checking functionality exists before a product is being delivered to an ordered person.
• Documents on overall processing are retained under a separate cloud database. The information available can be viewed by concerned organizational authorities whenever in need of it.
• Customer relationship greatly enhanced through the SAP software package. Queries and ordering of consumers are responded quickly by sales representatives provoke to engage in long term business deals.

BENEFITS  

• SAP software takes care of end to end processing in an automated approach avoiding disruptions from production to sales of finished products.
• It reduces time and amount spent in doing the manufacturing of varied products by skilful planning since it gets linked with every module.
• Software system supports for efficient implementation of resources and labour based on which firm process done in the regulatory process.
• Feedback collected from customers helps manufacturers to upgrade areas of improvement. By doing so, the meeting of target people gets enriched.
• Records on entire functionalities maintained in a secured mechanism do not allow for third-party intruders to access information.

What is SAP EWM & How it helps in Uplifting your Career? Whether you have a company or business with either a manufacturing or production unit, or otherwise trading and supplying, you would be needing storage space, accounting for the stock material both of raw materials and other stocks. Inventories may be those utilized for manufacturing space or the final ones that have to be moved.

All these demands need to be accounted for and to be under the purview of the planners in the company that takes care of the demands and supplies, purchases raw materials and accounts for all types of supplies. Right from the day of accounting stocks in arithmetical means to the present day of robots and innovative software program inputs, the administration of stores or inventories is referred to as warehouse management, which is a strong branch of supply chain management.

The present-day managerial task, to develop business success ensures the appropriate speed of circulation of information as needed and the marketplace target, second of all, the information on the items in progress and the finished and the flow of the cash from completion user and the financier to satisfy out these work.

The warehouse management ensures its success in the above three flow assumptions in general. A lot of development research has been done on this warehouse management, and software leaders of the globe give many inputs via their expertise, studies, and growth based on the feedback from the warehouse point to the merchant end.

What is SAP EWM?

This is nothing quite different from the normal warehouse inventory accounting and data management. It is the only developed software application approach for inventory accounting with logistics support from and to the storage facility.

Known as Extended Warehouse Management, this application software offers links to all its potentially associated branches viz., factory unit for production, store for resources, delivery spots, logistics or delivery system from manufacturing facilities, accounting of all these features and the details of the location.

This software, SAP EWM relaxes the supervisors the required input with most precision on resources in hand, demand details, available logistics support as well as other related info. This makes the business individuals make correct and needed choices for movements of items so that the Supply Chain Management operates efficiently.

The SAP EWM application is not static and the software application has been created to fit all inputs in a versatile manner. This has been loaded in such a way that it caters to the needs of numerous branches and the end-users at numerous places. The input from each one of them is synchronized and if needed show the essential steps to be taken with caution.

This program is sure-fire to that level that every second of time the input from the information loader is updated to make the liable person know the position of the supply accessible, inventory in the operate in progression, items in the delivery process and the supplied quantum which reveals the cash to find.

In a way, it can be understood that the EWM of a leading software application firm like SAP, enhances the available time, workforce, cash and other sources and most significantly the logistics support in the best possible manner.

Because the market was extremely competitive, and to make the functions of numerous branches in warehouse management, SAP, after its research study findings highlighted its SAP EWM, which is presently used by business worldwide. In a way, it can be told that global level traders who wish the optimum utility of inventories and stocks have found EWM as an advantage to their business requirements and success.

Why does a business get profit with the SAP EWM option?

There are many small, medium and large size software application providers globally, and it is a reality that SAP, for more than four years has been offering a lot of new application software and various tools for publishing and operation for different businesses, trades and individuals.

Astonishingly it is observed that SAP has been offering new tools for iconic software giants for their enhancement. In a way, when warehouse management had been handled by the various software applications, SAP had introduced their new product of software called SAP EWM, which has been found by the international business community.

A business stats validate that SAP’s Warehouse Management System has got nearly 5000 companies and trade clients worldwide and it goes on. The success tale began with the new research study findings of SAP users in getting the responses of the problems faced during warehouse data collection and services.

The multi-level data of stock and inventories at a store, at the work in progress, and at shipping procedure posed problems and SAP figured out the EWM as their warehouse management option. SAP did not design the EWM to replace the existing warehouse management applications, however, made noticeably and result oriented improvements to that, and it came to become vibrant and successful.

In Supply Chain Management which is the rational measurer of logistical activities of the final items, EWM has been made as one of the finest of SAP’s programs. From 2007 onwards, this has been provided to so many companies of small and large size companies.

SAP EWM has been created to accommodate the possible modifications if found essential to overcome the drawbacks of any type that has been recognized by the sensible actions. The actual users of this application suggest that this Extended Warehouse Management offers them clear and no-frill data on supply in hand or raw materials in hand.

The feasibility of bookkeeping and economic angles mingled in this management comforts the organizers to have their ideal decisions. Completion support of SAP removes obscurity from the customers. With more supply control out of this software procedure of SAP, cost-cutting is possible and maximum usage of sources is also ensured.

What are job opportunities for SAP EWM?

Those who have got SAP environment understanding of various points do not find any difficulty in any industry or manufacturing system or business, given that the knowledge hence has obtained them the key to solutions of various kinds at the offered times and places.

The confidence level of such individuals compared with others are said to be high. This is the best-known factor that people of SAP applications find their career building or profession building extremely easy and favourable. Warehouse management is an abstract expression if the most up to date applications in that branch of activity are not appropriately thought of.

SAP EWM on that matter has not been penetrated and investigated by any other firm like SAP. The German software legends have made their EWM application ideal for small, medium and large size industries and corporate.

This made the job hunters look for and possess SAP EWM and get financially rewarding placements in USA, Canada and several parts of Europe. India is the most up to date destination where individuals are drawn more towards SAP ERP and SAP EWM.

Considering that SAP EWM has made the learners have the multi-level and cross-functional roles within and outside the industry premises, they are expected to have the most useful abilities and deal with the requirements of the trade. This is among the strongest reasons where production is taken on, or stocks are kept and disbursed, SAP EWM hands obtain a recommended signal than others.

With greater than 5000 clients worldwide, and the consumers’ base remains in almost all developing and developed nations, and they are of small, medium and big companies, the professional possibilities for SAP EWM are just best ensured. Additionally, the scientific environment of the warehouse management under an all inclusive and specific software program guarantees that.

SAP EWM Certification and related training facilities meet the ability right into desired candidates. Elaborated and extended training program leads candidates for better understanding. It helps with a functional session with a complete business scenario that aims to describe all functionalities of SAP EWM package. SAP EWM Certification online practice tests assist prospects and prepare to encounter all possible questions in the final exam.

Institutions such as ZaranTech provides a platform for self-paced learning through its online training program on SAP EWM conducted by experienced and well-known industry experts. Skyrocket your career by learning from the best!x 1

What is SAP Manufacturing?

SAP Manufacturing solutions enable your company to integrate and embed intelligence in processes facilitating Industry 4.0 principles with a single-source of real-time information. They provide the data required for optimal coordination of resource planning and production execution, covering all aspects of the manufacturing cycle from production order to order fulfilment and beyond. Digitization of your manufacturing processes allows you to increase manufacturing efficiency and agility and leverage the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Furthermore ensures transparency at the component and material level at all times. How is SAP used in manufacturing?

SAP is the only company that provides a fully integrated solution from machine level to ERP all-in-one. If your company is already running on SAP S/4 HANA and you are looking to fully integrate your supply chain and get more out of your production, SAP offers a variety of solutions for digital manufacturing.

Digital Manufacturing with the SAP Manufacturing Suite

The modular structure of the SAP Manufacturing Suite powered by SAP Leonardo  allows you to scale a solution tailored towards your specific needs. Whether your needs range from basic MES functionality with a focus on effectively controlling work-in-progress (WIP) processes, to “paperless manufacturing” by automating communication and decision-making regarding the execution of production processes, to more advanced automation capabilities where the operator oversees production processes which execute through limited or no human intervention – it is possible to identify the modules, methods, and products necessary to meet the unique needs of your production environment.

• SAP Manufacturing Execution (SAP ME)
  SAP ME is a complete, configurable MES system for discrete manufacturing that enables you to manage and control and production operations. 
• SAP Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence (SAP MII)
  SAP MII is the proven solution for the process industry. In addition to being able to monitor production in near real-time, it offers extensive data analysis tools. Data from a wide range of systems can be integrated, combined with data from business systems and necessary actions can be executed automatically or manually.
• SYSTEMA’s SAP Accelerator Suite (MAX Suite)
  SYSTEMA’ Accelerator Suite is a rapidly deployable, modular solution that can be quickly implemented to provide MES-like services.
• SAP Plant Connectivity (SAP PCo)
  SAP PCo enables data transfer between production level with SAP Execution Systems (MES) and ERP.
• SAP Digital Manufacturing Cloud (DMC)
  SAP DMC, improves with near real-time data and analytics. Execute manufacturing processes, analyze manufacturing and business data, and integrate systems with a cost-effective, high-quality, and resource-efficient method based on Industry 4.0. 
• SAP HANA Cockpit
  SAP HANA Cockpit ensures IT systems’ availability and optimizes computing power.
• SAP OEE Package Solutions
  Overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) measures of the true performance of manufacturing productivity by evaluating equipment availability, production performance, and product quality factors.

SAP Manufacturing Consulting and Services

• Analysis and optimization of manufacturing processes
• Architecture and process consulting for manufacturing execution solutions
• Design and implementation of automation solutions
• Integration of standard SAP MES solutions
• Customized extensions for SAP MES solutions
• Equipment integration services (more than 10,000 equipment integrations worldwide)
• Execution of international projects from small to large scale
• Support for SAP MES implementations with 24/7 support operating 365 days a year

What is an SAP Implementation?

SAP implementation is a collection of practices and workflows intended to design, build and tune an SAP landscape. SAP landscapes are all unique, so SAP implementations are seldom the same. Each has its own organization-specific requirements based on distinctive SAP configurations, customizations and combinations of SAP and third-party modules. Unique adaptations aside, an SAP implementation is always about taking a vision for SAP in the business and turning it into a reality. It’s a multi-step process, with distinct phases.

Installation vs. Migration vs. Upgrades

SAP implementation work arises in three main settings. The first is installation, such as with a product like SAP S/4HANA. New or old customers need installations. With an existing customer, the implementation may occur because the customer has such an extensively customized landscape that it’s better in the long-run to build a new system from scratch.

Migrations, in contrast, involve moving an SAP product between hosted environments. A migration might also mean moving SAP from one database to another. Migrations usually occur in multiple phases. They are by nature, complex and require frequent testing. An SAP upgrade is an implementation project that moves an SAP instance to a newer version. This could be something relatively simple, like adding enhancement packs. Some upgrades are challenging, however, requiring a great deal of planning and testing to successfully implement.

Types of SAP Implementation

In our experience, we see two main types of SAP implementation. Generally, you can either build an SAP landscape from scratch, known as a “greenfield” project, or modify an existing one, in a “brownfield” scenario. A new business is always a greenfield, while brownfield migrations usually occur when your SAP landscape is out of date. In some cases, though, it’s more efficient to skip the brownfield and start from scratch. This may be advised when your data has been corrupted, for example.

Lifecycle vs. Steps vs. Phases

In discussing an SAP implementation, it’s easy to get mixed up by a couple of similar-sounding terms that SAP consultants use to describe the work. These include “lifecycle,” “steps” and “phases.” They’re related concepts, but each has a different meaning. When we talk about lifecycle, we’re talking about the “age” of an SAP product. SAP product age is not measured in years. Rather, a new product is at the start of its lifecycle. One that is being retired is referred to as “End of Life” or EOL, even if it was only introduce a few years earlier. Many SAP implementation projects arise because a product is approaching EOL and needs to be replaced.

An SAP implementation has five basic steps:

• Project preparation
• Business blueprint
• Realization
• Final preparation
• Go Live support

In Project Preparation, you get ready to implement by identifying objectives, priorities and scope. During this initial planning phase, you work on gaining stakeholder support while lining up resources. Business Blueprinting is about defining the business processes your landscape will address. Realization is where the implementation team takes the business blueprint as the starting point to build, test and refine the landscape. Up until this point, the process has been headed up by the functional team, who are primarily concerned with what the system does. In realization, the technical team starts to take a bigger role. In Final Preparation, your team prepares for migration and go-live. Go Live Support means flipping the switch and then looking after the newly-implemented SAP landscape.

The phases of an SAP implementation occur in parallel with the steps described above. They include Onsite Initiation, which is an initial kickoff with the technical team and key stakeholders. Data Center and Network Setup involves provisioning and then configuring whatever on-premises infrastructure is needed, including Disaster Recovery (DR).  SAP General Activities cover other preliminaries and getting ready for implementation by downloading software, etc. Sandbox Migration is where you migrate the SAP landscape incrementally in advance of production migration. Development Migration comprises working out issues that inevitably arise in the implementation process. The Production Migration itself is the final phase.

Costs of an implementation

What does an SAP implementation cost? Unfortunately, there is no straight answer, but in general is not an inexpensive process. Each implementation is different in terms of scope, length of time and required resources. Thus, the budgets vary accordingly. However, what we’ve found is that good planning helps keep projects as economical as possible. And, an investment early on in detailing the requirements review and scoping will pay dividends in lower costs over time. Hiring the right project managers similarly keeps the process under control, in terms of cost.

Do You Need To Use A Guide?

An SAP Implementation Guide is an optional, but recommended deliverable in an SAP implementation. We recommend it for all of our clients. It doesn’t have to be a big document. The high-level guide sets out the basic goals of the implementation. It lets people know what’s expected of them, role by role. The guide is also a place to communicate the project calendar. This is useful for stakeholders. Letting people know about deadlines and critical points in the implementation process avoids headaches like accidentally planning for a major review when key people are out on vacation. The guide lets people know when they’re expected to perform certain tasks. For example, if someone has to order SAP licenses, a process that can take some time, it pays to give that person enough advance notice so the licensing doesn’t hold the implementation back.

SAP Implementation Methodology and Partners

SAP implementation has a standard methodology, known as Accelerated SAP or “ASAP.” Today, a new methodology called SAP Activate is starting to overtake ASAP as the standard. The partner you select to help with your SAP implementation ought to be well-versed in ASAP or Activate. This competency encompasses the technical and project management expertise required, but it really goes well beyond that.

The provider is your partner through the SAP implementation process. They can make a big difference in the subjective, organizational aspects of the process, such as bringing stakeholders together and facilitating discussions about business priorities for the new landscape. These tasks can be challenging for in-house teams due to political constraints, hierarchies and so forth.

Successful SAP implementations take investment and time. You want it done right. Having worked with some of the world’s largest and most demanding SAP enterprises, we are able to implement SAP according to best practices. We enable your organization to achieve maximum benefit from SAP while benefiting from a streamlined implementation process.

What Are The Steps In SAP Implementation?

In general terms, implementation of SAP software solutions is not an easy task because the companies deploying such solutions are either categorized as to big or large scale and most often they possess several distributed units globally.

This factor brings lots of diversity for the stakeholders who are willing to exacerbate the SAP implementation issues during the system development. During the time of project deployment if it fails to satisfy one or multiple criteria then it is obvious that reflected status will be a failure. Based upon a close examination it is seen that this failure usually arises because of the socio-technical system and in the big picture it cannot be attributed to the failure of technology.

Main steps of SAP implementation

The project implementation of SAP is actually intense and long where they require plenty of effort and resources from developers’ point of view. If they are not planned under proper segments then SAP projects can become tricky where SAP itself gives a well-defined methodology for project designing by delivering reliable results.

SAP implementation involves several faces including every stage of the software development life cycle (SDLC) for the project. It also divides the project according to the necessary phases and each phase is considered as a milestone. The project management team can actively concentrate on the recent phase and make their next move to prepare the following one. The most essential steps are-

• Project preparation
• Business blueprint
• Realization
• Final preparation
• Go live
• Production support
• Project preparation

SAP Service Cloud is part of the SAP C/4HANA suite of customer-facing solutions and, as its name suggests, is focused on delivering great customer service.

Rich with standard functionality, all of which is built on SAP’s responsive Fiori responsive user interface, the product can cater for any service requirement, whether it be B2C (Business-to-Consumer), B2B (Business-to-Business) or internal employee support scenarios.

Why SAP Service Cloud could be the answer both you and your customers have been looking for

Configuration is quick and easy, meaning lead times for building a basic solution are often greatly reduced and, being a SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) product, businesses are not forced to sign up to long and costly licence agreements, instead only paying a subscription fee based on the number of active users.

The Comprehensive Ticket Management functionality provides huge flexibility when it comes to recording, processing, and resolving service requests. Moreover, standard pre-packaged integration content between Service Cloud and SAP ECC allows for front- and back-office processes to tie up seamlessly. Huge value can be realized in this area, especially when it comes to handling field service scenarios; a work ticket in SAP Service Cloud can have spare parts consumption, time, and expenses recorded against it, all of which can then drive stock and financial processes in back-end SAP ECC as standard.

As mentioned earlier, SAP’s Fiori UI is highly user friendly, simple, and intuitive to use, meaning user adoption and buy-in are high, in contrast to many older legacy systems that have been over-engineered and whose screens are cluttered and require extensive training to successfully navigate.

Furthermore, SAP offers a Service Cloud mobile app for Android and iOS which, once configured (which takes moments), fully mobilizes your workforce enabling field agents to receive, amend, and complete assignments while on the move, all in real time.

Benefits and Features

Simplify service interactions

Provide a faster and more efficient response with an intuitive and customizable user interface

Make data-driven decisions

Improve data access and service analytics capabilities across the organization for unparalleled real-time visibility into service operations

Be mobile

Manage service tickets and monitor service performance using mobile devices