UNIT 3

SAP Unit 3 : System – wide Concepts

Organizational Elements

A company’s enterprise structure is mapped to SAP application using organizational elements

·         Master Data

Created centrally and available to all applications and all authorized

·         Transactions

Application programs that execute business prosesses in the SAP system

1.      Client

The client is the highest-level element of all organizational elements

2.      Company code

The company code is legal independent accounting unit representing the central organizational element of financial accounting

3.      Plant

Can manufacture product, distribute product, or provide a service; it is the according to storage location

4.      Sales Organization

Is the central organizational element in sales order management that controls the terms of sale to the customer

5.      Distribution Channel

Can be used to define how different products reach consumers

6.      Organizational Unit

Describe the various business units that exist in an enterprise

7.      Position

Are the individual employee assignments in the enterprise

IDES

International Demonstration and educational system is an international company dependent upon collaborations with external business partners and a global outlook

System – wide Master Data Concepts

In SAP, master data is created centrally and available to all applications and all authorized users. Centrally stored master data means data records are always consistent, up-to-date, and free of redundancy

Customer Master

A customer master containts key information that defines the business relationship between a company and its customer. Company code data controls the posting procedure and subsequent processing, asuch as payment and dunning. The customers master’s “three-part structure” is represented by :

1.    General Data : This data equally relevant to every company code and every sales organization within company

2.     Data for Company Codes : This data reflects company - specific agreements with the customer

3.    Data for Sales : This data has different characteristics for a company’s sales organizations and channels

Material Master

Contains all of the key information a company needs to manage a material within its organization

Personnel File

Are master data records used primarily mySAP ERP Human Capital Management. These master records follow the same basic three – part structure, as do other master records.

-          Organizational Units describe the various business units that exist in your enterprise

-      Jobs serve as description, or template, that apply to several positions with similar requirements, tasks, or other characteristics

-          Positions are the individual employee assignment in the enterprise

-          Persons hold positions within the organizational structure

Transactions

Are application programs that execute business processes in the SAP system