Chapter 1 EUREHEKHLRLHKEG Introduction to SAP R/3 and ABAP/4 Sales and Distribution Human Resource Management Production Planning Fixed Assets Management Material Management Finandal Management Industry Solution Work Flow Plant Maintenance Quality Management Controlling Project system 4. Whatare the advantages of SAP R/3? Following are the advantages of SAP R/3: e 2 Furctionality—The R/3. System provides sofware solutions that cover all the commercial process and transactions used in a company. User friendliness— It provides @ uniform graphical user interface for all application areas. Flexible structure—The R/3 system provides flexible system's structure, as flexibility is an important aspect in every department, Real time integration—The R/3 system provides all the information related to xeal time integration, required by the user. Enterprise-wide integration—SAP R/3 fulfils the demand of continuous changes in the ‘organizations. SAP R/3 application components are fully integrated that provides flexibility, and. productivity, Three-tiered architecture—It provides enterprise-wide, three-tiered architecture that indudes presentation, application, and database interfaces. This architecture provides flexbility and the abilty to make changes according to the organizational needs. Concurrent engineering—Flexibility and integration in R/3 system helps in building the real ‘time workflow application links that are essential for concurrent engineering. Desktop integration—Desktop integration in the R/3 System means exporting the data to the Desktop by using the export utility provided by SAP.