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[Former Member]

hi

i would be really thankful if anyone would give me the exact answer for the below questions

what is sap?

what does it provide and what does it do?

how is it different from others?

can i relate database to sap?

advantages and disadvantages of sap?

what is the business that happens inside sap?

[Former Member]

hi...

for ur 5th question...

Advantage of SAP over other ERPs

• Three Tier Client/Server System

• Open System - Many O/S’s & DBMS’s

• Differentiated Development, Test & Production Systems (SAP’s Landscape)

• Imbedded Version Control

• Integrated Development & Implementation Tools

• Sophisticated Management & Monitoring Environment

Disadvantage of SAP over other ERPs

• Expensive

• Very Complex

• Demands Highly Trained Staff

• Lengthy Implementation Time

• Inter-modules functions least understood by

business, but high on list of reasons to buy

• Creates internal conflict in organizations

• SAP rolls out new versions every 6 months

Regards,

Roshani

[Former Member]

Hi Mamath,,

go though this link

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_nw2004s/helpdata/en/43/41341147041806e10000000a1553f6/frameset.htm

if useful,rewards,

Bhaskar

[sreeramkumar_madisetty]

Hi

what is sap? : SAP is an ERP

what does it provide and what does it do? : It provides custom built-in solutions

how is it different from others? : In SAP ERP when compare with others, All the Modules are tightly integated.

can i relate database to sap? : SAP Architecture will take care for this.

SAP is database independent.

advantages and disadvantages of sap? :

It provides custom built-in solutions. It supports HR,SD,MM all the Modules.

Implemenatation is easy.

what is the business that happens inside sap?

SAP has it's own Business Architecture Model.

Regards,

Sree

[Former Member]

Hi,

1) what is sap?

-> i ) Its a company

ii) Product : System Application Product for data processing

what does it provide and what does it do?

-> Its an ERP vendor, it integrates all the basic functionalities of org. like HR, FI,

SD etc.

how is it different from others? and can i relate database to sap?

-> It works on application server & does not have its own Database server, it can be connected to diff. DB available like Oracle, DB2 etc. through its native SQL. There are currently other ERP vendors like Oracle Apps, Peoplesodt are there.

advantages and disadvantages of sap?

-> SAP is strongest ERP vendor having strong integration

Dis: ofcourse not having own DB.

what is the business that happens inside sap?

-> It depends on each module like in SD we create Sales Order, create GR, post the doc., create an bill etc.

Thanks

Sandeep

Reward if helpful

[Former Member]

Hi,

SAP is an ERP Package , different product is available for different Bussiness needs and its is integrated as such.We can make use of all available according to the bussiness needs.

Compare to othere programming language like C ,C++ we have to develop our own product for the bussiness needs.

Abap is the 4th generation language which is not worried about database connection and any connectivity .Frankly speaking abap is the combination of C,Pascal and Cobal.

Other prgrammming langaugae we have to provide all the conections and settings.

Reward if useful,

Regards,

Pranathi.

[Former Member]

hi,

SAP t focusses on ERP or enterprise resource planning. You can't relate it to databse purely.It is a business apllication.it is useful to each and every oraganization like plant,cement industry etc.It contains tables related to SD,MM,Pm etc.

SAP, started in 1972 by five former IBM employees in Mannheim, Germany, states that it is the world's largest inter-enterprise software company and the world's fourth-largest independent software supplier, overall.

The original name for SAP was German: Systeme, Anwendungen, Produkte, German for "Systems Applications and Products." The original SAP idea was to provide customers with the ability to interact with a common corporate database for a comprehensive range of applications. Gradually, the applications have been assembled and today many corporations, including IBM and Microsoft, are using SAP products to run their own businesses.

SAP applications, built around their latest R/3 system, provide the capability to manage financial, asset, and cost accounting, production operations and materials, personnel, plants, and archived documents. The R/3 system runs on a number of platforms including Windows 2000 and uses the client/server model. The latest version of R/3 includes a comprehensive Internet-enabled package.

SAP has recently recast its product offerings under a comprehensive Web interface, called mySAP.com, and added new e-business applications, including customer relationship management (CRM) and supply chain management (SCM).

As of January 2007, SAP, a publicly traded company, had over 38,4000 employees in over 50 countries, and more than 36,200 customers around the world. SAP is turning its attention to small- and-medium sized businesses (SMB). A recent R/3 version was provided for IBM's AS/400 platform.

for how sap is helpfull for the organisations in maximising value plase visit the following url:

http://www.sap.com/solutions/index.epx

http://searchsap.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid21_gci214190,00.html

http://www.sap.com/solutions/benchmark/index.epx

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAP_AG

help.sap.com

sapinfo.com