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SAP MODULES

Materials Management (MM)

• The grouping of management functions supporting the complete cycle of material flow, from the
purchase and internal control of production materials to the planning and control of work in process
to the warehousing, shipping, and distribution of the finished product.

Replaces: _____________________________________________________________

Sales and Distribution (SD)

• This module includes the business processes used to sell and deliver products and services to
customers and business partners. Information about the product and customers (both of which are
stored in the master data) is used in SD.

Replaces: _____________________________________________________________

Production Planning (PP)

• This module supports functions for the overall level of manufacturing output and other activities to
best satisfy the current planned levels of sales (sales plan or forecasts), while meeting general
business objectives of profitability, competitive customer lead times as expressed in the overall
business plan. One of its primary purposes is to establish production rates that will achieve
management’s objective of satisfying customer demand, by maintaining, raising or lowering
inventories or backlogs, while usually attempting to keep the workforce relatively stable.

Replaces: _____________________________________________________________

Plant Maintenance (PM)

• Supports the planning, processing, and completion of plant maintenance tasks
• Allows for planners to schedule routine maintenance in a way that is least disruptive for
manufacturing and sales requirements

Replaces: _____________________________________________________________

Quality Management (QM)

• Supports the quality inspection aspects of the business, including purchasing, research, and sales
• Allows for buyers and manufacturing personnel to track inspection lots and test results

Replaces: _____________________________________________________________

Financial Accounting (FI)

• Designed for automated management and external
reporting of General Ledger (GL), Accounts Receivable (AR), Accounts Payable (AP), and Asset
Management (AM) with a user-defined chart of accounts
• External reporting, such as income statement and balance sheet

Replaces: _____________________________________________________________

Controlling (CO)
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• Represents cost and revenue flows throughout the

organization
• Aids in organizational decision making
• Supports internal reporting such as cost center reports

Replaces: _____________________________________________________________

Asset Accounting (AA)

• AA provides tools to acquire, depreciate, evaluate, and retire assets. The kinds of assets covered are
fixed, low value, leased, and real estate.
• Low value assets depreciate in the year they are bought and are often aggregated as a single asset
master record.
• Depreciation often needs to be tracked (for more than one reason), so SAP R/3 allows you to
depreciate the same piece of equipment in several parallel ways.

Replaces: _____________________________________________________________

Human Resources (HR)

• Takes care of payroll, time recording, applicant administration, and organization data. It supports the
planning and control of personnel activities.

Replaces: _____________________________________________________________

Industry Solutions (IS)

• IS is scaleable and flexible, and can be tailored to the specific needs of each business. Examples are:
• SAP Aerospace and Defense
• SAP Automotive
• SAP Banking
• SAP Chemicals
• SAP Consumer Products
• SAP Engineering and Construction
• SAP Telecommunication
• SAP Utilities
• SAP Service Provider

Replaces: _____________________________________________________________

Work Flow (WF)

• Links the integrated SAP R/3 application modules
with cross-application technologies, tools,
and services, including e-mail.
• Workflow allows you to set up the followings:
• Maintain your company’s organization structure according to responsibility.
• Link the predefined standard tasks with the authorized agents in your company.
• Activate existing event receiver links between triggering events and consuming workflow tasks.
• Name a technical person responsible for each standard workflow template.

Replaces: _____________________________________________________________
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Project System (PS)

• Helps you to plan, manage, control, and figure the cost of R&D projects, and so on. The common
tasks revolve around allocation of people, resources, and money within the framework of schedule
and task relationships.

Replaces: _____________________________________________________________
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Name ________________________

Write down key information that you will need to access SAP:

Server to access

Training client code

Training client temporary password

Password changed to

Sandbox client

Sandbox client temporary password

Password changed to

Production client

Production client temporary password

Password changed to

What modules will your company implement?

Code Name Now? Later? Never?

MM Materials Management
PM Plant Maintenance
PP Production Planning
QM Quality Management
SD Sales and Distribution
AM Assets Management
CO Controlling
FI Financial Management
PS Project Systems
HR Human Resources
IS Information Systems
WF Workflow