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ERP & SAPERP & SAPSAP R/3 in the BoxSAP R/3 in the Box

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6 Business ImperativesBusiness Imperatives

Reduce billing timeReduce billing time Manage cash betterManage cash better Plan and allocate resources betterPlan and allocate resources better Respond to changing marketsRespond to changing markets Respond to shifts in consumer Respond to shifts in consumer

demanddemand Manage corporate consolidationsManage corporate consolidations Reduce inventories/time to marketReduce inventories/time to market

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6 ERP IndustryERP Industry

70% of Fortune 500 have 70% of Fortune 500 have implementedimplemented

30-40%+ annual revenue growth for 30-40%+ annual revenue growth for last 5 yearslast 5 yearspartly attributable to Y2K re-engineering

Major playersMajor playersSAP --- one third of ERP software marketPeopleSoft JDEdwards, Baan, Oracle, SCT, SGAI

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6 What is SAP?What is SAP?

A series of integrated core business A series of integrated core business application modules for transaction application modules for transaction processingprocessing

A set of functions that implement A set of functions that implement best business practicesbest business practices

Client/Server software that processes Client/Server software that processes business transactionsbusiness transactions

A methodology for implementing A methodology for implementing application softwareapplication software

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6 Why install ERP System?Why install ERP System?

Current s/w cannot meet info Current s/w cannot meet info processing requirementsprocessing requirements

Major modifications are required to Major modifications are required to update current systemsupdate current systems

New business units have been New business units have been acquired and their systems must be acquired and their systems must be mergedmerged

Old systems must be replacedOld systems must be replaced Current systems not providing timely Current systems not providing timely

info to managementinfo to management

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6 Event-Driven Transaction Event-Driven Transaction ProcessingProcessing

An EVENT is a condition that has An EVENT is a condition that has business relevancebusiness relevancecustomer orderproduction ordercustomer payment receipt

Events trigger processing actionsEvents trigger processing actions Events are fundamental activities in Events are fundamental activities in

processing business transactionsprocessing business transactions

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Windows 3.11, Windows 95, Windows NT, OSF/Motif, Windows 3.11, Windows 95, Windows NT, OSF/Motif, OS/2-Warp, Macintosh OS/2-Warp, Macintosh

ABAP/4, C, C+ +ABAP/4, C, C+ +

DialogDialogSAP-GUISAP-GUI

LanguagesLanguages

Windows 3.11Windows 3.11, , Windows 95, Windows 95, Windows NT,Windows NT,

OS/2-WarpOS/2-Warp

ADABAS DADABAS DDB2 for AIXDB2 for AIX

INFORMIX-OnLine 7INFORMIX-OnLine 7ORACLE 7ORACLE 7

ADABAS DADABAS DMS SQL Server 6.0MS SQL Server 6.0

ORACLE 7ORACLE 7DB2/400DB2/400

AIXAIXDigital UNIXDigital UNIX

HP-UXHP-UX

SINIXSINIXSOLARSSOLARS Windows NTWindows NT OS/400OS/400

HardwareHardware AT&TAT&TBull/ZenithBull/Zenith

CompaqCompaq

SequentSequentSNISNI. . .. . .

Data Data GeneralGeneral

HP (Intel)HP (Intel)IBM (Intel)IBM (Intel)

BullBullDigitalDigital

HPHP

IBMIBMSNISNISUNSUN

UNIX SystemsUNIX SystemsIBMIBM

AS/400AS/400

OperatingOperatingSystemsSystems

DatabasesDatabases

R/3 Basic SystemR/3 Basic System