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| SAP AG founded when and where? |
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| founded in Walldorf, Germany in 1972 by 5 former IBM Systems Analysts |
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develop a standard Business Software that could be configured to meet the needs of multiple companies.
Founders wanted:
1. Data to be available in real time
2. Entire organization to be on one system
3. Users to work on a computer screen, not with paper |
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1. Enables a company to support and optimize its business processes.
2. Ties together disparate business functions (integrated business solution) such as finance, logistics, human resources
3. helps the organization run smoothly
4. real-time environment
5. scalable and flexible |
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1. Originally designed for sale to companies with annual sales of $250M and up
2. SAP R/1 and R/2 were developed to run on Mainframes only
A. The R designation stands for Real Time System
B. SAP R/2 had an installed base of approximately 1600
3. SAP R/3 was the first version developed to run in the client server environment
A. Between 1992 and 1996 there were approximately 5000 R/3 installations completed |
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| hardware/software environment that can make a request for services for a central repository of resources |
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| hardware/software combination that can provide services to a group of clients in a controlled environment |
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| Three - Tier Structure of SAP Architecture |
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1. GUI (graphical user interface or web interface)
2. Application Server (one or more, help distribute work load)
3. database server (one single data repository) |
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| sales and distribution, materials management, production planning, plant maintenance, quality management |
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| financial accounting, managerial accounting, asset management, treasury |
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| personnel management, benefits, payroll |
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| Collections of logically related transactions within identifiable business functions MM ("Buy"), PP ("Make"), SD ("Sell"), FI and CO ("Track"), HCM |
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1. Improved process (better tracking, better decision-making
2. Global integration, including currency exchange rates
3. Reduced IT maintenance: single system is easier to maintain
4. Provides information so that a company can be managed, not just monitored |
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| How is SAP positioned in the market? |
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1. Trusted business partner for 92,000 companies - the largest installed base in the enterprise software sector
2. deep vertical expertise with strategic solutions for more than 25 industries
3. great innovation power with 15,000+ developers
4. largest ecosystem in the industry (system integrators, ISVs, OEMs, resellers, partners)
5. One of the top brands globally - #31 according to BusinessWeek |
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