1. ERP Systems
Lecture # 7

2. SAP Modules

3. Sales and Distribution (SD) module
Records sales orders and scheduled deliveries
Information about the customer
Pricing
Address
Shipping instructions
Billing details, and so on

4. Materials Management (MM) module
Manages the acquisition of raw materials from suppliers (purchasing)
Subsequent handling of raw materials inventory
From storage to work-in-progress goods
Shipping of finished goods to the customer

5. Production Planning (PP) module
Maintains production information
Production is planned and scheduled
Actual production activities are recorded

6. Quality Management (QM) module
Plans and records quality control activities
Such as
Product inspections
Material certifications

7. Plant Maintenance (PM) module
Manages maintenance resources
Planning for preventive maintenance of plant machinery
to minimize equipment breakdowns

8. Asset Management (AM) module
Helps the company manage fixed-asset purchases
Plant
Machinery
Manages related depreciation

9. Human Resources (HR) module
Facilitates employee
Recruiting
Hiring
Training
Payroll
Benefits

10. Project System (PS) module
Facilitates the planning for and control over
New research and development (R&D)
Construction
Marketing projects.
This module allows for costs to be collected against a project
Used to manage the implementation of the SAP ERP system.
PS manages
Build-to-order items
Low-volume
Highly complex products
such as ships and aircrafts

11. Financial Accounting (FI) module
Records transactions in the general ledger accounts
Generates financial statements for external reporting purposes

12. Controlling (CO) module
Serves internal management purposes
Assigning manufacturing costs to products and to cost centers
Profitability of the company’s activities can be analyzed
The CO module supports managerial decision making.

13. Workflow (WF) module
IT is not a module that automates a specific business function
Set of tools that can be used to automate any of the activities in SAP ERP