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SAP R/3

Enterprise Resource Planning Systems. SAP R/3. Main Reference: Operations Management by Chase, Jacobs, and Aquilano, McGraw-Hill, 2004. OBJECTIVES . Enterprise Resource Planning Defined R/3 System Components Reasons for Implementing R/3. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems Defined.

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SAP R/3

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  1. Enterprise Resource Planning Systems SAP R/3 Main Reference: Operations Management by Chase, Jacobs, and Aquilano, McGraw-Hill, 2004

  2. OBJECTIVES • Enterprise Resource Planning Defined • R/3 System Components • Reasons for Implementing R/3

  3. Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Systems Defined • Enterprise Resource Planning Systems is a computer system that integrates application programs in accounting, sales, manufacturing, and other functions in the firm • This integration is accomplished through a database shared by all the application programs

  4. ERP Vendors • SAP • Oracle • PeopleSoft + JD Edwards • BaaN • QAD (Mfg/Pro) • Microsoft Great Plains • Others

  5. SAP • Founded in 1972. • Headquartered in Walldorf, Germany. • SAP is the world's largest inter-enterprise software company. SAP employs over 28,900 people in more than 50 countries. • 12 Million Users. 67,500 Installations. 1,500 Partners. 23 Industry Solutions.

  6. Exhibit MB 12.2 Triple Client/Server Configuration

  7. Financial Accounting Sales & Distribution Human Resources Manufacturing & Logistics R/3 System Functional Components R/3 System Functional Components

  8. Financial Accounting • Financials • Controlling • Asset management

  9. Human Resources • Payroll • Benefits administration • Applicant data administration • Personnel development planning • Workforce planning • Schedule & shift planning • Time management • Travel expense accounting

  10. Manufacturing & Logistics • Materials management • Plant maintenance • Quality management • Production planning & control • Project management system

  11. Sales and Distribution • Prospect & customer management • Sales order management • Configuration management • Distribution • Export controls • Shipping and transportation management • Billing, invoicing, and rebate processing

  12. Reasons for Implementing SAP R/3 • Desire to standardize and improve processes • To improve the level of systems integration • To improve information quality

  13. Question Bowl Which of the following is considered a part of the “triple client server configuration” of the SAP R/3 system? • Front-end server • Application server • Database server • All of the above • None of the above Answer: d. All of the above

  14. Question Bowl Which of the following is a “program” in the SAP Production Planning Application? • Purchasing • Workforce planning • Sales and operations planning • Project planning • None of the above Answer: c. Sales and operations planning

  15. Question Bowl Which of the following is a SAP Application? • Quality management • Project system • Logistics general • All of the above • None of the above Answer: d. All of the above

  16. Question Bowl Which of the following SAP Applications contains a full set of capabilities needed to manage, schedule, pay and hire people to run a company? • Financial accounting • Manufacturing and logistics • Sales and distribution • All of the above • None of the above Answer: e. None of the above (Correct answer is Human Resources or HR.)

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