1. © 2008 SAP AG Introduction to SAP ERP Abstract This teaching material is intended to explain how the fundamental business processes interact with SAP ERP in the functional areas of Sales and Distribution, Materials Management, Production Planning, Financial Accounting, Controlling, and Human Capital Management. SAP University Alliances Version 1.0 Authors Stephen Tracy Bret Wagner Stefan Weidner Product SAP ERP 6.0 Global Bike Inc. Level Beginner Focus Cross-functional integration SD, MM, PP, FI, CO

2. SAP ERP SAP University Alliances Page 1-2 © 2008 SAP AG Introductions  Name  School  Area (MIS, Accounting, etc.)  SAP Experience  Something interesting

3. SAP ERP SAP University Alliances Page 1-3 © 2008 SAP AG A brief, incomplete history of academic materials SAP Education IDES Based Dolphin Group BPI 1 BPI 2 Fitter Snacker GBI International Demonstration and Evaluation System Baseball Uniforms Pen Company “Low Impact” Global Bike Company International Expansion ERPsim Game

4. SAP ERP SAP University Alliances Page 1-4 © 2008 SAP AG SAP ERP Client-server architecture USER PCs Application Server Application Server Application Server Application Server Database Server

5. SAP ERP SAP University Alliances Page 1-5 © 2008 SAP AG Client-server system Database and Application Server Nothing is saved on your PC. Only things saved on the server are saved, and they are saved for good.

6. SAP ERP SAP University Alliances Page 1-6 © 2008 SAP AG Good habits  In SAP, there are very few delete options:  Don’t save if things don’t look 100% correct! Exit the transaction and start over

7. SAP ERP SAP University Alliances Page 1-7 © 2008 SAP AG Clients  What is a client? -A way to separate data in the system -In some ways, a separate database -Also, a table entry -40,000+ tables for data Field Mandt 201 202 Column (attribute) Row (Record) Client

8. SAP ERP SAP University Alliances Page 1-8 © 2008 SAP AG Data Sets SAP Server Client 500 00 Data Set 01 Data Set 02 Data Set 99 Data Set Client 501 00 Data Set 01 Data Set 02 Data Set 99 Data Set Client 502 00 Data Set 01 Data Set 02 Data Set 99 Data Set

9. SAP ERP SAP University Alliances Page 1-9 © 2008 SAP AG Data Sets  I am data set number 00, not you! Enter Cred. Contr. area ##CR and Currency USD